Comments on: Water torture

By: Lennydead

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:31:53 +0000

i take only the red, i dig through the entire bowl until i have every last one, just because im fucked up like that, as for your glass test i would be one to purposely knock it off the table, just to set the tone of the meeting at hand.

By: Havelocke

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:26:57 +0000

I have a similar tactic, I meet people at restaurants and pubs quite a bit, and usually find an excuse to knock the salt shaker or catsup bottle over… then I leave it. Not usually intended as a judge of will, but rather as a test of how high-maintenance a new friend is, or to gauge the mood of an old friend (as they usually know about this and will either studiously ignore it if in a good mood, or “James! Quit dicking around!” if not so much”

By: Tia

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:47:48 +0000

that’s just the sort of thing he’d do
thanks.

By: Ben

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:30:15 +0000

It wasn’t that cat that was streaking on the baseball the other night was it?

Seriously tho, I hope you cat is ok.

By: Tia

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:20:00 +0000

i eat all but the black ones, bleah~

i just got home from California, and apparently my cat’s been missing for three days, in the middle of the monsoon’s flooding and the ever-present coyotes.

By: Davey

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:05:50 +0000

I would take your glass.

Also, I’m going to start a current events-based, scraggly-lined, rainbow colored comic.

I EAT NOTHING BUT THE BLACK JELLY BEANS! HA!

By: Maddie

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:28:32 +0000

I don’t know if the glass would bother me or not…I know that I have a weird urge to clean up in anyone’s house/office/school/building other than my own, mainly at parties, which tends to irritate people (Last weekend I was walking around collecting empty glasses and washing them up at 4am at a mates party) but glasses on the edge of the table…I’d probably watch it, wait till it falls/gets knocked and then say “I saw that coming” or some such.

By: Maddie

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:25:25 +0000

I hear “donuts” and start craving donuts.

By: Brandy

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:18:59 +0000

So I’m neurotic and controlling. Can’t really argue with that, actually.

By: Adam

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:22:43 +0000

You know what that tells me about you? It tells me that you shouldn’t mess with a Seraphine, especially if you are thirsty.

By: Adam

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:21:55 +0000

I hear “I see a bowl of donuts and start craving donuts.” and start craving donuts.

By: Seraphine

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:19:26 +0000

i’d be tempted to nudge the glass of
water off the table and into your lap.
sera the nemesis you’ve always wanted.
was that your leg? sorry i kicked it.
pass the rolls, nevermind, i changed my mind.

By: Adam

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:16:28 +0000

Well, that’s pretty much how it works:

I would see that you’re not distracted by the glass which would tell me that you are the sort of person that concentrates on the task at hand.

Sure it’s not an encyclopedia of information, but when trying to asses a situation it all helps.

By: Adam

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:14:16 +0000

Ahh, a traditionalist.

By: Adam

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:05:27 +0000

Genius. Mr Muscle is a universal nemesis!

By: Adam

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:04:45 +0000

Yeah, I have no idea what each reaction means… I think of it as a scale of neurosis with a subscale of dominance.

That is, to be bothered by the glass shows some level of neurosis, whether you do anything about it suggests how you control your world.

I grab handfulls of jelly beans because I’m greedy and like sweets, it doesn’t go much deeper than that.

By: golfwidow

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:22:28 +0000

I like that restaurant in Austria with the big bowl of stale donuts. According to the propaganda, there are three types of people in the world: those who look at a bowl of donuts and think nothing of it, those who dream of flinging donuts at others, and those who actually take a donut out of the bowl and fling it.

I see a bowl of donuts and start craving donuts.

By: Ms Em

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:10:37 +0000

Just looking at this picture puts me slightly on edge.
I’m definitely the type who stands up and puts the glass in a safer position, as Adam likes to demonstrate to our friends!
I also always pick out orange sweets first.

By: justine

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:02:57 +0000

you are not alone in this

By: Ben

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:16:22 +0000

I don’t understand how your glass test works?
When I am in a meeting, I tend to ignore things that aren’t of immediate import.
Esp. when I am in a meeting in a chaotic environment, like underground where there is alot of noise and movement.
I’ve noticed that a few of the senior guys just ignore everything, even their phones ringing until the meeting is over.
So I don’t think your glass test will work very well.