No Smart Phone Required July 31, 2014
Posted by nrhatch in Gratitude, Humor, Magick & Mystery, Mindfulness.trackback
The other day, BFF and I were driving down the road.
After recounting a story of no import to this tale, I launched into a German accent: “Und zen, vhat ve have here iz . . . ”
I often parody and parrot voices ~ French, English, Southern, Joysey, Longysland, Irish, Scottish, Bahston, Canadian, Monty Python, etc.
German, however, is NOT in my usual repertoire.
BFF stared at me.
I stopped talking (since I didn’t really know where I was headed anyway) and said, “what’s up with the look?”
He laughed, “You’re a mind reader . . . with a very bad German accent to boot.”
“Why do you say that?’
“Seconds before you switched from speaking in your normal voice to your still-needs-work German accent, I had a passing thought: Who wouldn’t want to chat with my little Einstein?”
“Really?”
“Yup. As soon as I thought Einstein, you switched gears to German.”
“Cool! I’m a mind reader . . . AND a little Einstein! ”
This is NOT the first time I’ve picked up on one of BFF’s thoughts. And I trust it won’t be the last.
It’s always fun to get a wink from the Universe reminding me that we are all connected to the World Wide Web . . . even if we don’t own a Smart Phone.
Aah . . . that’s better!
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Spirit Lights The Way 
I love that we can transmit and receive, all without handheld electronics. Our own CPUs are remarkable!
They are, VG! Sometimes our intuition gives us the “inside scoop” even across the miles. With no static!
Absolutely!
Here’s to being Awake and Aware! 😎
Its confirmed … we live in the Twilight Zone.
doo do doo do
doo do doo do
doo do doo do
doo do doo do
… if this was an episode I wonder what would have happened next !?!
Heil!
We laughed about the odd-incidence for a few minutes and then wandered off into other territory.
I always knew you were smart, Nancy. You don’t own a Smart Phone? I thought I was the last person in the world who didn’t. 🙂
No. No smart phone. I have a tidy little cell phone in my purse for emergencies, pre-loaded with $100 (400 minutes).
At the end of the year, I have $90 (360 minutes) remaining.
If I spent more time “out and about” or “on the road,” I might want to be connected. For now, I love that they minute I step away from my computer, I’ve pressed the *disconnect* button.
You and me both, Nancy!
The other night, we were walking on the beach at sunset. Most folks were focused on the descending sun . . . but I saw a few peeps wandering around staring at hand held devices.
Technology often disconnects us from the present moment.
You may remember my mother is German? And so growing up, all five of us kids perfected our German accents – often to her dismay. We’ll have to have a “conversation” one day, Nancy. And by the way, I love this story.
Thanks, Barbara ~ BFF is 1/2 German, 1/2 Irish but his accent is all Joysey.
With most of my accents, I have a few standard phrases or select words I do well. I muddle the rest. That said, I would love to sit down and have a conversation one day, no accents required.
This is the next step after finishing each other’s sentences!
Or the step BEFORE finishing each other’s sentences ~ figuring out what’s coming next and beating them to the punchline.
But this thought of his was way out in “left field.” I’m surprised I caught it at all.
Your antenna was tuned!
It’s amazing what we can hear when we tune in and LISTEN.
What Kate said! I can just see you two in the car, I would have been cracking up.. 😀
Thanks, Pix. Some of our conversations are hilarious. Others are far more mundane. But I do love these little Winks, Whispers, and Nudges from the Universe ~ reminding me of the connection.
OMG . . . I wonder if any one ELSE is reading our minds? 😯
“Longysland”? I’ve heard that we do have an accent, which sounds like “Welcome to Lawn-guy-lund!” That is the proper pronunciation.
Is Lawn Guy Land next to Pool Boy Land? 😎
I haven’t the slightest “idear”. That’s another L.I. mispronunciation, which I fortunately never use.
When Jack was alive, he would be thinking about something and continue aloud midway. I was supposed to know that he was on about. I soon learned. It made for some interesting conversations!
Oh, my goodness, Grannymar! You are not in the least the only one! My hubs of 39 years and I never argue unless one has failed to read the other’s mind. The thing is, we usually do! 😆
Great to be in tune with one’s life partner. BFF and I will often pause in conversation, each following one’s own line of thought for a time, until one speaks out loud. More often than not, the other has arrived at just the same point . . . via a different route.
Very swift indeed! And always fun. When Ashley and I first got “serious,” we were riding in the car somewhere (he was driving), and as an impatient motorcyclist reared around past us, we both simultaneously broke out singing the then current jingle, “Kawasaki makes the good times roll!” We still laugh about it. It was thebeginning of a life time of such things, synchronicities, God-incidences. . .
Thought I would take a break, drop by, say “Hi!” and check up on you and BFF. Things look great, as usual!
Hi Paula! Good to see you out and about.
Great anecdote! And just think . . . you and Ashley are still letting the good time roll!
I read your post about Adam’s birthday. Nice to read how he found you and vice versa. Hope you’ve stopped spending so much time with Dr. Cutting. Thanks for stopping by.
What a fun exchange! It’s always a bit strange when thoughts seem to be transferred like that 🙂
Things like this make me curiouser and curiouser about what’s behind the veil. One day I hope to see past the invisibility shield.
I fint zees exchange betveen Frau Hatch unt her BBF to razzah unusual!
Zank you, Dr. Freuzian. I concur, “razzah unusual.”
And thanks also for reminding me where I first picked up a German accent ~> Hogan’s Heroes, from Sergeant Schultz (“I know nutting!”) and Colonel Klink!
Hahaha. I almost types the Sgt. Schultz line as a comment but decided I’d rather try my own, uh, German accent.
Based on this short exchange, I’ve decided NOT to write a novel featuring a German immigrant with a strong accent. 😎
Which prompts the thought: what would happen if all mobile devices suddenly ceased working. Would life go on? Maybe more would become aware of and comfortable with their intuitive self. Imagine where that might lead…
A cataclysmic cell phone tower and satellite disintegration might cause some of the more intense techies to implode before our very eyes! *KABOOM*
Perhaps we’d see a greater melt-down than from a nuclear detonation.
Wonderful things happen on that Web. 🙂
They do, indeed!
This happens to me so much with quite a few close connections, that I often wonder what’s on the Other Side, as well… Maybe we’d see the ventriloquist’s mouth moving as we hear our own voices (with or without accents) coming from our own.
Incidents like these leave me in awe most of the time and sometimes a little creeped out, depending on who’s doing the transmitting and who’s doing the receiving and what the exchange is about 😉
What a fun coincidence! I had my own telepathic moment today. I suggested yesterday that one of the teachers I supervise needs to have some iPads for her intervention groups. Today…they appeared! They were just discovered “left behind” by a teacher whose class was cut…..and came directly to me.
That’s awesome! It’s great when things flow so seemlessly.
The World Wide Web, and you and your BFF are connected off-line. I love it.
It’s a FUN bit of happenstance when it happens.
I’d love to map what happens at times like these. Remember the scholar in Jane Eyre who was busy researching twins and the uncanny synchronicities which can happen between them? There are more things in heaven and earth…
A few years ago, I read a fascinating article on Twins in National Geographic (I believe). They looked at several sets of twins separated at birth (with no physical contact) and found uncanny similarities in unexpected ways, means, and preferences.
I enjoy pondering these imponderables.
Me too 🙂
Very cool, NH. Pretty awesome when you get proof positive just how connected you are to someone.
Yes! Unless that special someone is on the FBI’s Most Wanted list ~ that would be awkward.
Loved your guest post today. Thanks for giving Kerry center stage.
Kerry’s been such a source of inspiration to me — particularly since suffering that devastating loss. I hope new eyes get to find her blog. She is fantastic!
I back-pedaled through some of her flood posts. Wow! That is a challenging situation ~ she is dealing with it like a champ.
It’s a lovely connection when you can literally complete one another’s sentences, and even better when you’re a mindreader. It shows me how close you are and that you spend a lot of time together, both important if you want to maintain BFF status!
We do spend a lot of time together. That helps. As does the fact that we share a sense of humor about inanities and oddities.