I have always been tongue-tied for as long as I can remember. There have been so many times when I have been asked the time, and all I can do is stare blankly at my watch trying to figure out what on earth the position of the two hands on the watch could mean. Or even worse, I would offset the time by an hour and people would respond that that's not possible. Then I would mutter an-under-my-breath apology and hurry away. Its always been like this - I wonder what it is between me and sudden questions. I can never get my brain to react fast enough. I might as well mutter something like "blargh" and that would make more sense than when I do try to speak coherent words.
Thats not the only thing, ask me the name of a person I meet practically everyday suddenly, or a birthday ........ I go completely blank. I think the key word is "sudden". Me and sudden dont go together ... I must have an extremely lazy brain, lazier than me.
Here, people are usually very polite and generally greet you with a "Hi, how are you? " or "How are you doing?" Initially I found it easier to smile than muster up an answer from the depths of my unresponding brain. Then I had this answer of "Good, how are you ?" sort of taped in to my brain so I could respond without thinking.
So guess what happens, a passing fellow asks me "Whats up ? " and all I can reply is "Good" and then due to some dull quick thinking manage to change the second half of my answer to "How are.....is it going for you ?"
I don't think I will ever change or rather my slow responding brain will ever change. !!!
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hmm...I seem to have gotten tongue-tied and bad memory only in the last year...I just cant remember names or nicknames anymore !!
~rajesh
forgot to add that I still remember the nickname of that yellow toy on your desk though; lol !
you know,one of the most inane questions that can ever be asked is "whats up"...I have never found a satisfactory answer yet..and can think of quite many horrible ones:)I pretty much ignore such a qtsn;)and resort to it only in times of dire emergency;)
Concentrating (usually the subconscious) attention at a single focus sometimes results in something called as an 'absent mind'
And subconscious largely depends on the previous conscious attention/focus.
May be you are thinking of one aspect of your life most of the time :)
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