toucan
You have more patience that I have Miso, and you have a great sense of humour. Not sure what I would have said but doubt I could have kept quiet the whole trip. I used to travel quite a bit on the buses, mostly the only bule on the bus and you could guarantee if I found myself a nice spot with empty seat next to me I would get someone plonk down beside me and then want to chat for the next few hours. And Indonesians do like to ask the most personal questions, these days I just make up some outrageous lie and then we can both laugh. Maybe I should just get out a bible and start reading aloud :lol: One thing I found worked in Australia to keep salesmen from knocking at my door, a little wooden sign saying God Has Blessed this House - or something similar. Salesmen would see the sign and turn around before knocking, too scared they were going to get a full religious ear bashing. The Bible people would of course still knock, but the dogs plastered and barking against the security door usually stopped any long discussions there too. Friends know to come through the garage and to call first.
chilli
and what would you do with telemarketers ringing your home landline every night at dinner time, 2 and 3 times per night ?ive got to the point where i ask them for their home telephone number so i can call them first thing in the morning/ breakfast time to answer their questions......they dont like that much :o
toucan
Actually I have had an unlisted number for years here, costs an extra $3 per month but well worth it because I don't get the telemarketers. There is a list you can get your number put on - they are not supposed to call if you are on the list. I think it is called the "do not call register" or something similar, could be worth looking it up and registering. My advantage was having the unlisted number for so long that I never got on anyone's list. Those calls would drive me crazy. My friend's old dad of 80+ asks them to hold for a moment, and then he just goes and watches tv for an hour or so :lol: .
toucan
Here you go Chilli I found the site for the do not call register, hopefully once you are on it you can have some peace and quiet at dinner time.[url="https://www.donotcall.gov.au/"]https://www.donotcall.gov.au/[/url]
chilli
Thank you Toucan, I will register.i love your dads response, i will :lol: do that in the meantime......
chilli
I meant your friends dad......thanks.
MiSO
Haha...yeah, lying is bad, but sometimes it's so funny.Once in awhile you need to do it to keep things sunny.How is possible to ask more than 10 questions in less than a minute?-"Where are you from?"" I am from Africa" (a snow white Australian woman)-"But you are not black?""I was born black, but the sun made me white"-"Where do you live?""In a house made of cow's sh*t, it's normal in Africa"-"Where are you going?""To heaven, and when I don't hurry, to hell"-"Where are you from?""I am from where the sun doesn't shine" (in other words: my mother)You have more patience that I have Miso...One thing I found worked in Australia to keep salesmen from knocking at my door, a little wooden sign saying God Has Blessed this House...[/quote]Haha...This is what I call blasfemy.... :D Like Chilli, I also don't like salespeople intruding my private life (who does actually?) When I need something I will ask for it. Calling and ringing my doorbell after having worked the whole day, even in the weekend at 8 am (!), always made me very aggressive :evil: So to them I could be harsh.To Jehova's Witnesses I always said:" No thank you, I am not searching anymore, I already found my path..." And give them this huge enlighted smile. Most of the time they gave me the same smile back, wished me a good day and moved on.As for my patience...Well, my patience and trying to bend negative situations into positive ones kill me sometimes...Why don't I use my long fingernails? E.g. why didn't I scratch my housemate (from whom I am renting)? Who promised me the world and then made up excuses for not keeping them. Some people take all they can, in a not very elegant way. I don't want to be like that, so I try to focus on win-win situations. In this case I didn't succeed, it takes 2 to Tango... Well, as I said before: perhaps I am just a wimp... :) But it's OK, I don't want to have callus on my skin.People...you gotta love them! :D
widder
When I am asked the usual (list of) questions, I like to make up stories. That's not lying, it's providing entertainment :P I have different story lines, but I try to weave in something a little outrageous, something which appeals to the sense of humour of the Balinese. I don't do "irony" anymore as, unfortunately, that's not readily understood.
JohnnyCool
The Bible-reader was just a nice old man, I think no-one could have been harsh to him.[/quote]You wanna bet?And who knows, perhaps he was God in disguise... but it wouldn't have made any difference for me, as I am a heathen...[/quote]Why would [b]He[/b] be "hiding" in the first place? Why, for that matter, would he send Heaven's visa agents to some weird place 2000 years ago without even an internet connection? Doesn't make much sense to me. Some wit once said: "[i]Twas odd of God to choose the Jews[/i]". The Moslem version, hundreds of years later, didn't make any more sense (to me).I personally believe in "God" - just not the businesses that have sprung up all over the place calling themselves "religions".Next time you're on a plane and sitting to someone you really don't want to talk or listen to, tell them you're a "Funeral Director". Only the most inquisitive will continue the "conversation". If so, tell them you lied and you're [b]really[/b] an Air Crash Investigator. Always works for me.[i]Could[/i] work on buses, trains, ships, taxis, too :D
