(gulping water) “WOW! I’m so thirsty.”
(yawning) “Good Lord I’m tired.”
(laughing) “LOL! LOL! Isn’t this funny? This sure is hilarious.”
(nodding) “Yes.” (more nodding) “Yup.” (nodding) “Absolutely”
(eating) “Man oh man, was I craving that nugget”
(peeing for longer than expected) “DUDE! I’ve had to go for HOURS”
(head bobbing to radio) “This song sure is catchy!”
(crying) “Wahhhh. What I’m feeling is not happy.”
(enjoying a movie moment) “I keep glancing at you to confirm you are enjoying this movie as much as I am”
(shaking head) “No. no. no. no.”
(shoulder shrugging) “I don’t know. I have no idea. Can’t say. See? See? Clueless.”
(shaking head/hiccuping/shoulder shrugging) “I can’t believe this. I have hiccups. Nothing I can do about it”
(pointing) “I’m indicating that. That there. Right. Over. There”
(high fiving) “I confirm your awesomeness and celebrate my own simultaneously”
(burping) “What do you know. I’ve got Gas. Again”
(humming) “Enjoy this expression of my boredom or happiness depending on my inflection”
(choking on nothing) “It’s nothing. I’m okay. Excessive saliva. Hear that? I’m choking”
(speechless) “I just don’t know what to say. And you know me. I’m never speechless. Absolutely nothing for that one. Not a thing. Seriously. Wow. How do you respond to something like that? Holy Moly. Got me on this one. Well Jiminy Cricket and his tiny cane…I’ll be damned.”
Wait….Jiminy Cricket had a CANE?? You mean, for walkin’? He was …. er…. handicapped?
You are a MASTER of the Obvious!
This is what I wanted to grow up to be when I was a kid. That and a Solid Gold Dancer.
My general gesture for everything is to smile and nod. Because when I open my mouth, my foot seems to get lodged in it.
For me, it’s better to be mute.
I was STILL laughing about you drinking that water and then explaining “I’m drinking water because I am so thirsty!” I’m almost peeing my pants I am laughing so hard right now. At 7:44 a.m.!
I miss you already… do you want to get together for a goodbye coffee later?
*wiping away the laughter and sadness tears simultaneously*
I totally do that “movie moment” thing…you are awesome!
and the saliva thing…why do we spontaneously choke?
I also do that shiver thing every once in a while…you know when your spine just wants to dance but the rest of your body is being a wallflower?
Yeah..I’m OK
Peace – Rene
Tho I loved meeting you, I don’t think we’ll be going to any movies together. I cannot abide the confirmation glances.
Well! I’m certainly glad you clarified that for me!
On the humming part. . . I only hum when I’m like carrying an overflowing martini glass and I don’t want to spill it’s contents. Works every time!
As for me?
Solitary middle finger up in the air= You are driving like crap and now I am going to pass you and tell you what I think of you in a hand gesture.
Oh wait, that’s not me, I swear 😉
Now I know why I send the wrong body language clues.
My standard response to anything when I’m not really paying attention is an empty smile, a faraway look and an indistinct, “uh-huh, uh-huh.” My 20-something-daughters claim they can pick this up on the phone with me even when they’re two hours away.
(high fiving) “I confirm your awesomeness and celebrate my own simultaneously”
I’ll take it!
And middle finger?
So you mean when I high five people, I am also celebrating my own awesomeness? I must do that more often..
You are like a modern-day Anne Sullivan.
Will somebody PLEASE make up a hand signal for when the car in back of you honks at you for not moving. And I don’t mean flipping the bird.
And just when I thought I couldn’t love you any more you throw this brilliance around town. Love this post and can I add….
(waving arms up in the air and swaying to the music) “Oh my God, I love Brooke White so much and I think she loves me too and I swear she’s looking at me and I think I’m gonna cheat on my husband with her and why don’t we all just ‘Let it Be’?”
High five on the post!
You crack me up!!! “Hear that? I’m choking”
xo
Oh my. Why didn’t I have kids?
I love this post.
You have unveiled the Art of Stating the Obvious.
Hey! Lil something on my bloggy for my favorite bloggy Jewess!
(nodding and smiling) I affirm your humorous nature!
Pearl
thank God, now if you do some kind of dance thingy, I will know exactly what you are saying.
My speechless is a LOT like your speechless, but with a little more speech punctuated by mouth wide open looks to SHOW that I REALLY MEAN I’M SPEECHLESS.
Subtlety is a lost art.
Have you been reading that Body Language Book again?
Or watching me?