tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post8297415074267224061..comments2023-10-28T00:18:13.590-07:00Comments on Sue's News, Views 'n Muse: Alphabet RebellionSusan Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16049586085703324088noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-52439635873342351922010-11-09T00:11:34.824-08:002010-11-09T00:11:34.824-08:00Dear Sue,
Thank you for visiting and commenting on...Dear Sue,<br />Thank you for visiting and commenting on my SC-post.<br /><br />Clever poem. But I am glad you wrote that this was tongue-in-cheek, because I don't really know how to analyse the symbolism in this poem. <br /><br />My guess is that you have some things to say about living yur life as a not so tall person. Sitting comfortably at home in front of a home computer, the rest of us have no idea what kind of problems other people have. <br /><br />Then there is the meaning of the word 'shorter'. 'Shorter' seems to mean several things, both concretely as 'not so tall in height', and something more abstract, that has to do with one's character.<br /><br />There are a lot of myths about some of the earlier presidents. For some reason there are lots of them about Lincoln. So he is a good choice of prompt, but also a hard one. You did well with this one.<br />Best wishes,<br />Anna<br /><br />For the benefit of other readers:<br /><a href="http://annasadornments.blogspot.com/2010/10/mrs-jenny-matlocks-saturday-centus-week_30.html" rel="nofollow">Anna's SC-Shake-up-post Week 26</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926688000745346961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-78454850813953785292010-11-04T19:47:49.133-07:002010-11-04T19:47:49.133-07:00Sue, this was great! I'm loving the poem and ...Sue, this was great! I'm loving the poem and the great joke you played afterwards. LOL! Nope, you don't need any humor lessons!Tgoettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06850303812765307075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-49060851734975272952010-11-03T10:01:43.586-07:002010-11-03T10:01:43.586-07:00Sue, You devil, you! I adore this poem and all th...Sue, You devil, you! I adore this poem and all that it stands for, but I must admit that I was dreading doing homework! You got me, Girl!<br /><br />Great work - as usual..........cjcj Schlottmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-91411721601426341082010-11-01T16:20:45.409-07:002010-11-01T16:20:45.409-07:00I found your work quite beautiful this week. I tru...I found your work quite beautiful this week. I truly did!<br /><br /><br />now as for your humor... i was worried about the prospect of deep discussion there for a mintue! Phwew! It is a bit sad that dry or sarcastic, or even offbeat humor rarely translates well into written word. I have that same problem and tend to be taken in the wrong context A LOT!RockiBottomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326290443800066850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-11247474219544337092010-11-01T04:34:49.253-07:002010-11-01T04:34:49.253-07:00ok, first I loved the poem, you really did well th...ok, first I loved the poem, you really did well this challenge, second I am so thankful for the disclaimer because I was getting ready to put on my thinking cap and really blast your questions out of the water, but it is 5:30, I have to wake the girls in 30 minutes and I wasn't really feeling up to your challenge! However, you did prompt some thinking whether you meant to or not and that my friend, is COOLTerrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112479764398508654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-87703796288323045882010-10-31T22:51:29.130-07:002010-10-31T22:51:29.130-07:00This short woman loves it, Sue. I want to add that...This short woman loves it, Sue. I want to add that Randy Newman's song, Short People, did not improve the image of the short person. How tall is he, I wonder.<br />xoRobynRawknrobyn.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15997241410192066577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-54491721589413475272010-10-31T20:56:49.180-07:002010-10-31T20:56:49.180-07:00Hey, shortie! :) I would have written more but I f...Hey, shortie! :) I would have written more but I forgot to bring my Blue Book! :)<br /><br />I just posted my story. Hope you will stop by and read it.<br /><br />MalisaMalisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02716280057476425463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-87635080791265440262010-10-31T17:10:55.389-07:002010-10-31T17:10:55.389-07:00I was saddened that your time in heaven was cut sh...I was saddened that your time in heaven was cut short just when...<br /><br />huh?<br /><br />Tongue in cheek?<br /><br />Whhhhatttt???!!!!!<br /><br />Are you kiddin' me?<br /><br />ha.<br /><br />This was great Sue.<br /><br />I'll go read the scary one now...quickly...before it gets dark!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462124067637610359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-10564982924048862872010-10-31T02:52:40.366-07:002010-10-31T02:52:40.366-07:00Brilliant...all of it, I love your tongue in cheek...Brilliant...all of it, I love your tongue in cheek!! <br />I tried to leave a comment on one of your other poems but it went to email? I may have clicked on the wrong thing! .. but at least you got it :o)Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231195313149947101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-64771165953270650802010-10-31T02:14:51.909-07:002010-10-31T02:14:51.909-07:00MWAHAHAHAHAHA! You're insane!!!!!! You would...MWAHAHAHAHAHA! You're insane!!!!!! You would be so gratified to hear me laughing right now.People Who Know Me Would Say:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04621641188403948733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-21618263435871004202010-10-30T18:32:55.169-07:002010-10-30T18:32:55.169-07:00I too often just take reading so literally and you...I too often just take reading so literally and you really made me think! You are right, I had just written a post about appreciating life and wishing people treated others well so that bullying and terroism were not a part of it. This goes in hand with what you mean, I think. But your mind is soooo way above mine. Symbolism was something I enjoyed interpreting in school, but I've been out too looonnng! You write wonderfully and I can appreciate that if not (able to )keep up with it!Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063538863025012110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-78714229979754936242010-10-30T16:32:07.926-07:002010-10-30T16:32:07.926-07:00Lol I loved your poem ! It was really good and I m...Lol I loved your poem ! It was really good and I mean it .Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031465320721586310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-51378043820381956752010-10-30T16:22:53.086-07:002010-10-30T16:22:53.086-07:00Good thing you mentioned you were kidding because ...Good thing you mentioned you were kidding because I was ready to wax all philosophical on you. Phew! I had a diatribe formulating in my brain since I'm, ahem, tall.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843459906469325667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-8164600500073795982010-10-30T15:29:20.960-07:002010-10-30T15:29:20.960-07:00I hate it when I type too fast and miss a letter h...I hate it when I type too fast and miss a letter here and there. I really do know how to spell dissecting.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16797132860053426517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-24872389418838982132010-10-30T15:25:06.616-07:002010-10-30T15:25:06.616-07:00Whew! It looks like some people
DID take you ser...Whew! It looks like some people <br />DID take you seriously. Perhaps they didn't read the whole post. Honestly, I thought it was hilarious. I loved your thought provoking questions. It sure did remind me of when I was in school disecting all the symbolism of a poem....how I used to hate that. I'm so glad that it was all in fun. <br /><br />I think it might be fun for some people to know that had you decided to go to work right after you graduated from college that you would have been a French teacher!! I'm glad that you decided to go for the masters and become a psychologist instead. Not that teaching is not a great profession, but think of all the friends and family that wouln't have gotten free counseling.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16797132860053426517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-5616920890642803992010-10-30T14:18:30.639-07:002010-10-30T14:18:30.639-07:00School? On a Saturday?
Personally, my view autom...School? On a Saturday?<br /><br />Personally, my view automatically turned to equalization in heaven, and how our spirits will shine larger than our bodies.<br />But I still think Lincoln will be pretty tall.<br />And you'll definitely be taller!jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313127576303289593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-62016654858193882112010-10-30T14:10:10.114-07:002010-10-30T14:10:10.114-07:00I was just starting to get that feeling that we co...I was just starting to get that feeling that we couldn't be friends after all when I realized you were kidding. I used to HATE those kinds of questions - especially after I'd just read something I really liked and then was forced to take it apart - praying the whole time that I was dissecting it "correctly."<br />I'm so relieved that you haven't been reincarnated into an evil lit professor. Enjoyed the poem at face value. Don't care what it all means. So in my book, it's a success! (What it means to me probably wouldn't mean the same to the next person anyway. It's always subjective to our own experiences.) I'm going shopping now.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16313237142656662148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-29573589456004529452010-10-30T14:10:04.786-07:002010-10-30T14:10:04.786-07:00I was just starting to get that feeling that we co...I was just starting to get that feeling that we couldn't be friends after all when I realized you were kidding. I used to HATE those kinds of questions - especially after I'd just read something I really liked and then was forced to take it apart - praying the whole time that I was dissecting it "correctly."<br />I'm so relieved that you haven't been reincarnated into an evil lit professor. Enjoyed the poem at face value. Don't care what it all means. So in my book, it's a success! (What it means to me probably wouldn't mean the same to the next person anyway. It's always subjective to our own experiences.) I'm going shopping now.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16313237142656662148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-23981723516178579842010-10-30T13:52:34.378-07:002010-10-30T13:52:34.378-07:00I liked the comment about catching Abraham Lincoln...I liked the comment about catching Abraham Lincoln with his hat off. Thanks for sharing the poem, Sue! It was thought provoking, even if you didn't mean for it to be.Myrna Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13534358757278599925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-75794996178964868102010-10-30T11:14:18.795-07:002010-10-30T11:14:18.795-07:00I'm so hoping in the next life (I'm also h...I'm so hoping in the next life (I'm also hoping that "next life" is actually Heaven and not...well, you get it) I will be taller than the 5'6 I am now. Of course old age will eventually make me shorter. I'm also hoping the next life will make me thinner and people/spirits will say: "Geezzzz you're tiny!"yayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12047536332780197024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-4877088307586581402010-10-30T09:49:16.698-07:002010-10-30T09:49:16.698-07:00Loved the poem.
I've seen a lot of studies th...Loved the poem.<br /><br />I've seen a lot of studies that short people are not treated as well regarding jobs and the money they make. I think this is terrible. Some companies are probably missing out some great talent. That seems to be how society is though. Also, it seems if your not beautiful and don't have the right color hair, same thing. It's time we stop looking at the outside of people and consider what's on the inside.Vikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14421161703991840468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-71472765724624877962010-10-30T09:31:26.927-07:002010-10-30T09:31:26.927-07:00Were you an english teacher at some point? I just ...Were you an english teacher at some point? I just had a slightly nauseating flashback of drafts of my papers I'd turn in with "think deeper" or some such nonsense scrawled in red. <br /><br />I liked the fact that I had to actually think about your poem while I was reading it. I've decided (tongue-in-cheekily) that the narrator must have caught Mr. Lincoln with out his hat on is all.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232281608898358053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-57808409056253263952010-10-30T09:28:57.762-07:002010-10-30T09:28:57.762-07:00On a serious, note, I really like the line, "...On a serious, note, I really like the line, "The people there were different than<br />their earth life made them seem."<br /><br />I really believe we will have that particular thought when we get to the other side. Our understanding of others will be different, more open, more compassionate.Grandma Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09587160523698527979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-46821249097987833702010-10-30T09:23:40.778-07:002010-10-30T09:23:40.778-07:00I always feel like a need a translator for my blog...I always feel like a need a translator for my blog posts. The things I write that I think are hilarious people take seriously and the things that are not so funny--the opposite holds true. What is up with that?<br />Good old Abe.....Lisa Loohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04420899075048732055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072583027504108914.post-54400655848437402612010-10-30T09:10:39.182-07:002010-10-30T09:10:39.182-07:00Firstly, I love the poem! You are so clever with t...Firstly, I love the poem! You are so clever with those. As for the questions, you had me there - I was getting my responses ready! Brill!jfb57https://www.blogger.com/profile/17876700842985406565noreply@blogger.com