Comments on Id Rather Be Blogging: The Hummer

Ha Bruce! (Makes note never to accompany Bruce any...

2009-06-14T20:26:32.199-05:00

Ha Bruce! (Makes note never to accompany Bruce anywhere stressful...). But she wasn't the one getting the dental work; her daughter was!

Janet: OMG... it's not bad enough to be in the dental chair, but also to go through the torture of HIS humming???? GAH!!!!! I feel so bad for you. Thank goodness he is your ex-dentist! He probably wonders why he loses so many patients to other dentists!

Vegas Princess: Mumblers are awful too... hubby mumbles a LOT; I constantly have to remind him to ENUNCIATE!

Oh, and get your mind outta the guttter, gal.... ;)

Oh and I also thought of another kind of "hummer" ...

2009-06-14T19:26:49.355-05:00

Oh and I also thought of another kind of "hummer" initially. My mind is in the gutter...

I hate The Mumblers. Those who mumble to themselv...

2009-06-14T19:26:25.941-05:00

I hate The Mumblers. Those who mumble to themselves and you are not sure if they are talking to you or not. I either get yelled at because I ask what they want and they weren't talking to me or get yelled at because I don't acknowledge them. You can't win with a Mumbler.

Oh, this story brings back suppressed memories. I ...

2009-06-13T09:44:17.623-05:00

Oh, this story brings back suppressed memories. I used to go to a dentist who hummed. I'm telling you, it was dreadful. There you were, captive in the dental chair with your mouth open and a filling in process, then the incessant humming began. There was no hope of escape!

Sounds like a cooping mechanism for someone that w...

2009-06-12T19:00:29.989-05:00

Sounds like a cooping mechanism for someone that was nervous to be at the dentist office. If I had been there, would have just started farting......

Jeff: When two events involving "Hummers" (first t...

2009-06-11T16:31:26.387-05:00

Jeff: When two events involving "Hummers" (first the vehicle, then the lady) ocurred within a few days, it was a post just begging to be written.

Oooh.. the old "stink eye". That can be deadly, you know. Or at the very least, embarrasing.

Oh my Jay! You have got me wondering now... why didn't *I* think of the alien reasoning???? Silly moi.

Haha! Well, maybe the poor soul had tinnitus and w...

2009-06-11T14:57:52.531-05:00

Haha! Well, maybe the poor soul had tinnitus and was trying to drown it out? Or perhaps she was really, really nervous and it was her calming technique? Or maybe she was an alien and just trying to say 'hi'?

You didn't think of that, did ya? LOL!

Well done... you had me convinced you were talking...

2009-06-11T08:47:27.830-05:00

Well done... you had me convinced you were talking about the HII at first.

I'm guilty of finger-drumming on my computer whilst I read a page or wait for something to load. I usually don't even know I'm doing it until my co-workers start giving me the stink eye.

Hey, I'm a musician... I have no control over the matter!

Jill: Yeah, unfortunately Hummers ARE stil roaming...

2009-06-10T17:02:09.941-05:00

Jill: Yeah, unfortunately Hummers ARE stil roaming the Earth... I took that photo just a few days ago,'cause the licence plate says 'Mummer Hummer'. Ha!

Karen Meg: I wonder how people can justify driving those behemuths around?

Swubird: Endure we must. But it just goes to show how self-centered so many people are... I just shake my head in disbelief some days.

Pinklea: Apology accepted. I do have to give them a bit of leeway if they do it unonsciously; and next time? I'll be sure to pack the iPod and have it charged up. In case of emergency.

I'm a bit of a quiet hummer - but it's completely ...

2009-06-10T10:37:11.495-05:00

I'm a bit of a quiet hummer - but it's completely unconscious. DD tells me that she can tell my mood (and also my location) by whether or not I'm humming. I usually have no clue that I'm doing it, and when I do realize, I'm mortified that people might have heard me! DD and PG both assure me that it's not annoying humming in the least, but I'm not sure. I don't even know how loud I actually am! So, on behalf of hummers everywhere, I humbly apologize to those whom we annoy!

Maureen: This post touches a very sensitive cord ...

2009-06-10T09:50:01.410-05:00

Maureen:

This post touches a very sensitive cord with me. I hate inconsiderate hummers, foot movers, leg flappers, whistlers and cellphone talkers.

As an example, my Queen and I frequently sit in Borders Bookstore and read. There are usually several people doing the same thing---students, etc. But there's this one lady who crosses her legs and then commences to exercise her feet while she reads. First one clodhopper and then the other. So there I sit trying to concentrate and all I can see is her foot waving about as she goes through all the motions of her ankle joints. She has no idea it bugs the other people. But, I'm telling you, it drives me crazy. It's so frustrating, in fact, that I'd like to pour a cold drink over her head. But it's a free country---at least for the time being. So we endure.

Happy trails.

Gah, I don't know what's worse, bad humming of bad...

2009-06-10T09:03:03.947-05:00

Gah, I don't know what's worse, bad humming of bad singing. I've heard both in the office in my time.

At least you can do something with the other hummer, even though I'd look ridiculous driving that thing around.

That's funny, the first thing I thought was that I...

2009-06-10T08:12:21.202-05:00

That's funny, the first thing I thought was that I didn't think people even drove Hummers anymore.

That's funny on your humming and just as funny that it didn't cause her to become aware of what she was doing (presumably). Maybe if you had started singing too. :-)

Reforming Geek: You don't know HOW close she was t...

2009-06-09T21:31:08.236-05:00

Reforming Geek: You don't know HOW close she was to getting a good smack. Both by daughter and me. I wonder if she would have even noticed???

Whack! Hummmm! Whack! Hummmmmmmmmm!

I'm proud of you for resisting the urge to whop he...

2009-06-09T21:26:09.177-05:00

I'm proud of you for resisting the urge to whop her with a magazine.

People are nuts!

Mom Taxi Julie: Hmmmm... I didn't think "Hummer" h...

2009-06-09T16:46:25.031-05:00

Mom Taxi Julie: Hmmmm... I didn't think "Hummer" had so many connotations!

Kathy: Oh gad, haven't you said d anything? I am so glad I have an office door.

VE: I guess so!

Shawn: Ha! I think you were trying to say you wanted a Hummer... hmmmmmm.

JD: I think you are right. I was THIS close to actually saying something... but as a Canuck, I am way too polite for my own good.

DJ: Believe me, I WAS tempted. I just wish my iPod had been charged up :(

FeeFiFoto: Ha! Now that will be interesting to see!

Ha! Douglas!!! Well, I NEARLY died listening to her... does that count?

Oh Jo-Jo No! I do hope you didn't hum in public! Did you at least pick a tune that others could figure out?

hahahaha Well, as one who has always had music st...

2009-06-09T13:56:10.042-05:00

hahahaha

Well, as one who has always had music stuck in her head her entire life, sometimes we just don't realize that we are singing out loud. I'm always singing or whistling something, in my office, at the copier, very loudly in the car....it's a habit I picked up from my parents who were also always humming, whistling or singing.

I'll check with the Vatican but I believe you just...

2009-06-09T13:44:17.165-05:00

I'll check with the Vatican but I believe you just inched one step closer to Sainthood. You'll have to die first, of course, but we can work out the technicalities later.

You realize, don't you that you're going to get qu...

2009-06-09T13:33:54.462-05:00

You realize, don't you that you're going to get quite a lot of traffic from people searching for the gas guzzler kind of Hummer. This was purely unintentional, right?

What really? I would have had to go in and watch ...

2009-06-09T12:36:14.311-05:00

What really? I would have had to go in and watch the brace tightening session...either that or burst a blood vessel trying not to strangle that woman!

Oh, I used to work with a Hummer. SO ANNOYING. And...

2009-06-09T10:45:00.904-05:00

Oh, I used to work with a Hummer. SO ANNOYING. And yes, tuneless, meandering little humming. With lots of vibrato. I don't think these people even realize they're doing it.

I used to want one of those so badly (the car, not...

2009-06-09T09:04:19.218-05:00

I used to want one of those so badly (the car, not the annoying person, and not the thing Mom Taxi Julie is talking about...well, ok, yeah, that too, but...oh man, this is a long parenthetical), but now they've become so socially shunned.

Hmm.

I don't even remember what my point was.

Better than a 'cruncher'...

2009-06-09T08:24:31.685-05:00

Better than a 'cruncher'...

I'm plagued by a whistler in my office. I don't kn...

2009-06-09T04:50:04.109-05:00

I'm plagued by a whistler in my office. I don't know which is worse, humming or whistling. But at least you got to leave and never see that woman again. I gotta live with this guy 8 hours a day. Pray for me.

Actually my mind jumped to a different type of "hu...

2009-06-09T01:00:16.924-05:00

Actually my mind jumped to a different type of "hummer" all together. Whoops bad me ;O)