How to Have Fun and Enjoy Life

[ChemEngineer]

It is fun to have fun but you have to know how. - The Cat In The Hat



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January 9, 2023

Just inside Ralph's grocery store, I saw litter on the floor and bent over to pick it up. There were four small foils of mustard from the deli just a few feet away. This lovely lady asked me what it was and when she learned, said she would like to have them. She does not waste!
Hearing her accent, I asked her where she was born. "Italy."
I replied, "Sono molto lieto di fare la sua conoscenza. I played tennis in Sorrento."
We have travelled all over Italy but for some reason, I brought up Sorrento.
"I was born in Sorrento and lived there for 20 years!"

"Fiorina" means "little flower." My newest friend. You can't make these things up.


August 15, 2021 I see this family obviously from India and walk to their table to talk to them, as I enjoy meeting new friends.


"My wife and I have travelled the world and I know from these experiences that you are all from Ireland." (They laugh heartily at my joke.)
Since my wife and I saw an Indian movie titled "Last Train to Chennai," I ventured the guess, "Are you from Chennai?"
"YES, WE ARE!"
(My last correct India guess was Mahesh at Costco. I correctly guessed Mumbai.)

"Namaste. Satyameva jayate. (This is the national motto of India. It means "Truth always prevails.") Do you know that Miss Universe was Miss India?"
Then I quoted Rabindrinath Tagore: "I slept and dreamed that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was duty. I acted and behold; duty was joy."

October 1, 2021 At the post office, I saw these three girls and told them of my story about the Chennai family. They replied, "We're from Chennai!"



July 30, 2022 I told you I enjoy talking to strangers. After telling these natives of India my Chennai story, they replied, "Three of us are from Chennai!"


When you meet someone with a foreign accent, think hard and try to guess their country of origin. Then ask them if they are from the capital.
They often are, unless it's India. Too many big cities there to all be from (where?)


New Delhi

To Arco clerk, light complexion and very lean: "Are you from Ethopia?"
Answer: "100% correct!
"Addis Ababa?"
"I am from Addis Ababa!"

Two weeks later to dark complexioned, heavy set male, miles away: "Are you from Nigeria?"
"Yes. (No big deal.)"
"But wait a minute! Two weeks ago, I correctly guessed a light complexioned slender man was from Ethiopia!"
Without looking up from his papers: "Those Ethiopians eat too much rice."

 

[tyroneweaver]

wow, chem engineer. You're obviously smarter than I am

 

[norwegen]

wow, chem engineer. You're obviously smarter than I am

Are you from California?

 

[ChemEngineer]

wow, chem engineer. You're obviously smarter than I am

I sincerely thank you for the compliment, Tyrone. But "smart" is a complex term.
Many Leftists think themselves smarter than anyone else, "more intelligent."
Take the Unabomber, please. Then there is the PhD candidate facing trial for murdering four young adults
with a K-Bar knife.

Please grow in wisdom with practice. Read, analyze, think and be kind. Love your spouse and your children
with every fiber in your body. Do all the good you can every single day and these things will make you
feel smart, make you be smart. I promise you.

 

[jwoodie]

When you meet someone with a foreign accent, think hard and try to guess their country of origin.

I am always friendly to people with whom I come into contact, but I hesitate to assume their nationality unless they bring it up first.

 

[Unkotare]

The OP sounds pretty annoying.

 

[themirrorthief]

It is fun to have fun but you have to know how. - The Cat In The Hat



___________________________

January 9, 2023

Just inside Ralph's grocery store, I saw litter on the floor and bent over to pick it up. There were four small foils of mustard from the deli just a few feet away. This lovely lady asked me what it was and when she learned, said she would like to have them. She does not waste!
Hearing her accent, I asked her where she was born. "Italy."
I replied, "Sono molto lieto di fare la sua conoscenza. I played tennis in Sorrento."
We have travelled all over Italy but for some reason, I brought up Sorrento.
"I was born in Sorrento and lived there for 20 years!"

"Fiorina" means "little flower." My newest friend. You can't make these things up.


August 15, 2021 I see this family obviously from India and walk to their table to talk to them, as I enjoy meeting new friends.


"My wife and I have travelled the world and I know from these experiences that you are all from Ireland." (They laugh heartily at my joke.)
Since my wife and I saw an Indian movie titled "Last Train to Chennai," I ventured the guess, "Are you from Chennai?"
"YES, WE ARE!"
(My last correct India guess was Mahesh at Costco. I correctly guessed Mumbai.)

"Namaste. Satyameva jayate. (This is the national motto of India. It means "Truth always prevails.") Do you know that Miss Universe was Miss India?"
Then I quoted Rabindrinath Tagore: "I slept and dreamed that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was duty. I acted and behold; duty was joy."

October 1, 2021 At the post office, I saw these three girls and told them of my story about the Chennai family. They replied, "We're from Chennai!"



July 30, 2022 I told you I enjoy talking to strangers. After telling these natives of India my Chennai story, they replied, "Three of us are from Chennai!"


When you meet someone with a foreign accent, think hard and try to guess their country of origin. Then ask them if they are from the capital.
They often are, unless it's India. Too many big cities there to all be from (where?)


New Delhi

To Arco clerk, light complexion and very lean: "Are you from Ethopia?"
Answer: "100% correct!
"Addis Ababa?"
"I am from Addis Ababa!"

Two weeks later to dark complexioned, heavy set male, miles away: "Are you from Nigeria?"
"Yes. (No big deal.)"
"But wait a minute! Two weeks ago, I correctly guessed a light complexioned slender man was from Ethiopia!"
Without looking up from his papers: "Those Ethiopians eat too much rice."

I traveled all over Nashville, met dozens of foreigners women from India are very very friendly

 

[ChemEngineer]

I traveled all over Nashville, met dozens of foreigners women from India are very very friendly

Hands together as in prayer: "Namaste"

You're in.

 

[ChemEngineer]

So I promised Joel Miller and his outstanding crew some chocolate chip cookies I bake for their great work, just as I have delivered them to other city offices, Ralph's grocery store, Smart & Final, my bank:

Down to the yard, I pull up to Building 3 and notice the door that reads "Signal Maintenance":

As I am about to get out of my car and walk inside Signal Maintenance, city pickup truck 1031 pulls in and puts on his brakes, demonstrating that the center brake light on the cab of the pickup truck..... has a burned out light bulb.
It needs SIGNAL MAINTENANCE ! ! !

My work is never done I tell ya.

So's I gave the driver one of my signs he can show other drivers with burned out brake lights and maybe prevent an accident, which Irvine police department would appreciate greatly:

Be sure and show the driver the flip side of the sign too. It always elicits a thumbs up and a big laugh:

And this is for you Joe Dillman:

 

[initforme]

Quit working and retire. That's how to enjoy life. Working takes all enjoyment away.

 

[ChemEngineer]

A family puppy beloved by many had to be put down last week after fifteen years of life. She was the sweetest little thing
anyone could ask for. She left a very unusual sign of her love in her last week. I've never seen anything like it in my long life.

 

[Woodznutz]

Quit working and retire. That's how to enjoy life. Working takes all enjoyment away.

"Play is the work of children.
Work is the play of grownups."