Am I bugging you? I don't mean to bug ya.
Last night while talking to my father on the telephone, he fell asleep.
I was there talking away for about five minutes and then I hear nothing.
Busy signal.
I tried a few more times. Busy signal.
Called my mother's cell phone to ask if I could speak to Dad. She told me he had left a message for me, to hang up and call back.
I did and then he told me what happened.
And all he remembered was the first part of our conversation. He said he thinks he dropped the phone and when he went to pick it up off the floor, he was getting a busy signal.
Well, this has me thinking, because earlier in the day, I'm putting Facebook status after Facebook status, and getting zero responses.
I put up this message:
To which one of my friends Mike responded (I think the first response of the day):
All this to say and to ask you honestly: "Am I boring you?" Or to paraphrase Bono from the movie Rattle and Hum during the song "Silver and Gold" after a speech ranting about apartheid:
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I was there talking away for about five minutes and then I hear nothing.
"Dad?"Pause. Nothing.
"Dad?"As often is the case with cell phones, I thought well, maybe it's just a bad connection. So I hung up and called again.
Busy signal.
I tried a few more times. Busy signal.
Called my mother's cell phone to ask if I could speak to Dad. She told me he had left a message for me, to hang up and call back.
I did and then he told me what happened.
"I remember you were talking about.."
And all he remembered was the first part of our conversation. He said he thinks he dropped the phone and when he went to pick it up off the floor, he was getting a busy signal.
Well, this has me thinking, because earlier in the day, I'm putting Facebook status after Facebook status, and getting zero responses.
I put up this message:
echo echo...ever get the feeling you're talking into a vacuum? am there today
To which one of my friends Mike responded (I think the first response of the day):
...there today...today...today...Of course, another one of my friends Jaffer pointed out that you can't have an echo inside a vacuum, although I have since learned that the company Echo makes a vacuum.
All this to say and to ask you honestly: "Am I boring you?" Or to paraphrase Bono from the movie Rattle and Hum during the song "Silver and Gold" after a speech ranting about apartheid:
"Am I boring you? I don't mean to bore you."If you think I am, well, instead I'll give you what you want: the music. As Bono said:
"Okay, Edge, play the blues."
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35 comments:
Let's just say, conversations with you fill up the empty time between important tasks. :-)
I love U2! By, God, now you've got my attention. 8-)
No! You are far from boring Zzzzzz. No, just kidding. Thought I'd toss a joke in there. I know, keep my day job.
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Remember, blog comments are no indication of how many people are reading. Though it is an indication of how many are engaging with you.
So maybe you *are* putting people to sleep. I don't know. All I can attest to is, you're not putting ME to sleep. Now, anyway. :)
Well, that's something anyway. :)
See? Music. Why do I even blog? I should just put up YouTube videos of U2, REM and the like.
No worries. As long as I'm not like Moby Dick. ;) Seriously, though, for some reason, actually liked Moby Dick...no, didn't read it in one day or even one week, but did like it...wait a minute, maybe that says I AM boring. Scratch that last thought about me liking Moby Dick.
I'll take that compliment...even if it is coming from a dog. ;) Off to add your blog (back) into my reader, been moving blogs in and out of my reader, sometimes people (well, dogs too) get lost.
Don't worry. Give me time. I will put you to sleep. :)
Maybe it was just late when you called your dad. maybe he missed his nap. Maybe Facebook users were out to lunch. Maybe Zzzzzzzzz... *DONT_KNOW* :-D
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You're not boring me as much as you're boring your Dad. =-O
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That was not nice. :(
But hey, at least, I'm not putting you to sleep like some of the other commenters. :)
For the record, my dad was already in bed when he was talking to me (which I didn't know) and he did have a long day already.
HA! I recognized that Bono quote immediately. Hey, did I ever tell you about the time I . . . Zzzzzz.
Dude, I think the plague has made you cranky and hyper-sensitive. :) People aren't online a lot in the last two days. My stats are down. Forums are quiet. Maybe folks are prepping so they can take off of most of Thanksgiving week.
It's not you. Chill. :)
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Dude, I think the plague has made you cranky and hyper-sensitive. :) People aren't online a lot in the last two days. My stats are down. Forums are quiet. Maybe folks are prepping so they can take off of most of Thanksgiving week.
It's not you. Chill. :)
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I almost wrote a blog post about this whole "echo" syndrome. It seems that as more and more people are coming online with things like Facebook and Twitter, more and more people are also moving away from blogs - both in writing them and reading/commenting on them.
I fear the heyday of blog activity is waning. My comments have dropped from the high 30s a few years ago to 10-15 these days. Likewise, the number of newly published posts in my feed reader is slowing down at a rapid rate as well. It just seems there are too many other distractions out there and people only have so much time.
*sigh* Well, it was fun while it lasted!
Great post. Having your own father fall asleep on you mid-conversation has got to be a soul-crushing experience. But it made for some funny reading! ;)
I'm putting everybody to sleep today. I didn't realize my name was George W. Bush. ;)
I think it's becoming contagious, and I tried to keep the post short too.
It's not me? Come on, it's all about me, haven't you noticed? ;)
There are a lot of distractions out there...
...personally, I'm addicted to Facebook, mostly the games, not the status updates like the one from my college friend this afternoon. I shouldn't be so shocked since I went to a Christian college, but still...it was a "liberal" arts college. I thought it would be a little different than the comments I've been seeing from some of my fellow grads.
It was a soul-crushing experience. That's why I shared it here...so that when it happens to you (the collective you, not you personally, although I hope it happens to you personally too), you'll know how it feels.
I imagine your dad is far more interesting than Bono. I met him once (Bono, not your dad) years ago. He was incredibly boring (droning on about kids and cocaine or some nonsense)
It's a good thing I was drunk because I would have totally fallen asleep at the table.
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I can't believe you just dissed Bono...I mean, are you serious? Isn't he like God or something? Oh, wait, never mind, that was Clapton. Um, sorry, getting my rock stars confused here.
I've been perusing your blog (okay, like a few posts). Are you sure I'd be welcome there. It seems very heavy with estrogen. ;)
I welcome EVERYONE to my blog. If you have a penis or vagina. Can I say that here? Penis and vagina. Or vagina and penis?
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Well, I guess you just did, didn't you? :)
My father used to fall asleep on me all the time.
I'm still in therapy.
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I bet you are in therapy...and not just for that. :)
You bore me all the time. . . zzzzzzzzz
Ahbahaaaaaaaaaa!!! Thanks for the laugh! I was j.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzz........
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I know. That's what big brothers are for. :)
I know. Don't worry, I'm getting used to my lack of social (media) skills.
Leave it to some killjoy to point out that there's no echo in a vacuum. It's still a funny line . . . funny line . . . line . . . line . . .
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Thank you...thank you...thank you. :)
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