dribbl*
For months I’ve tried to write at least 12 or 15 polls per day for BuzzDash. What can I say, I’m a dedicated member of the polls-as-entertainment community. You should be too.
Some days it’s tough, and I sit there staring at the wall. On those days, I often come up with questions like this:
But other days nothing happens. I stare, sometimes so hard the fire alarm goes off — or it would, if it were set to detect intense staring. And on those days, almost without fail, one word pops into my head: “dribble.” Or variations: “dribbling,” “dribbles,” etc. I don’t know why. What is my mind trying to tell me? I usually push the thought away and focus on other things, but the next time I try to come up with poll questions, it almost always returns. It’s never there during other times, even if I’m concentrating really hard. At work, when I’m having trouble recrafting sentences, it’s not there. When I’m watching Jeopardy! and the answer is stuck on the tip of my tongue, but I have to say something, anything, because it’s almost too late, I never blurt out, “DRIBBLING!” Subconsciously, I really want to write a question about dribbling, I guess. I mean, what else could it be? So I did:
Granted, there’s nothing really special about this question, but I’m hoping it cures me of this distracting affliction. So far so good.
Mike Bijon wrote:
I don’t think of liquid or basketball when I hear “dribble.” For some reason the first thing to come to mind is always “drivel” - specifically definitions #2, 4, 6, and 7 on dictionary.com. That’s probably why I’m a bad basketball player.
The same thing happens when I hear the word “hey.” I hope I’m never standing in a busy street when someone says that to me.
Posted on 13-Jun-07 at 3:39 pm | Permalink
Robert wrote:
FREAK! Everybody look at the freak! Freeeeeaaaaak! FREAK! FREAK!
Posted on 14-Jun-07 at 1:24 pm | Permalink
kiala wrote:
I think of Tribbles. Because I consider myself to be a nerd.
Posted on 18-Jun-07 at 8:33 am | Permalink