Meme and none but meme

Charlotte the Duckling (the other one) meme-ed me. If there is such a verb. But I decided to do something a bit different as the meme was a bit boring all about past jobs and whatnot. Which is likely to send anyone reading mine into a snooze.

So. I am going to copy one of Char's other posts that I enjoyed instead. One that said something like "Things I've Learnt Over the Past Year." Followed by lots of deep and meaningful. So here goes (I'll try and base it on hers):

Things I've learnt over the past year

Char says: Acceptance is the key to peace of mind.
I say: First I thought Peace of Mind is the key to Acceptance. Or perhaps Acceptance of Minds is the key to Peace. Or the Acceptance of Peace is the key to having a Mind.

But I think for me its more like: Peace of Mind comes from Not Losing my Keys. But that's just never going to happen.

Char says: The only thing you can change is yourself.
I say: The only thing you can't change is your parents.

Char says: Payday money is better spent on new clothes than a haircut.
I say: Drink! Drink! Girls! Feck!

Char says: Love isn't all you need.
I say: No, the geek wouldn't survive without his vegetarian sandals...

Char says: You can adapt to anything if you really have to.
I say: Though death would come as something of a disappointment.

Char says: Contentment comes from living in the present.
I say: Contentment comes from kite-flying. And eating. And sleeping. And dogs. Is that the same thing? Maybe it is.

Char says: Facebook can get you into trouble at work.
I say: People you hardly remember turn up and throw livestock at you. Why is that fun?

Char says: It's ridiculously easy to lose weight if you eat nothing but vegetables for dinner.
I say: Not true. And I should know - I live with a vegan. Ridiculous amounts of exercise help though.

Char says: I have the most supportive family ever.
I say: Char has the most supportive family ever. (But mine make up for it by demonstrating their love with lots of stimulating shouting, blame, and slagging off.)

Char: There's absolutely no point in comparing yourself to anyone else.
I say: But it's possibly better than comparing yourself to yourself. That way obsessive compulsion lies...

Char says: It's ok to be alone.
I say: Unless you're getting on a bit in which case you see no reason why your offspring don't want to spend all their time with you, doing exactly what you want to do, go on holiday with you, eat exactly what you want to eat, be equally as fascinated by your choice of breathable waterproof walking wear or the exact non-colour of your artificially-aged rustic kitchen tiles...I jest! I jest! I take it back! Honest.

:)

Comments

[Charlotte]

Rosy, I am in shock. Good shock though!

Absolutely hysterical.

This is why you write comedy and I write books about suicide and religion.

Hehe :)
xxx

[RosyB]

Your are a lot wiser than mine I think! I really enjoyed that post of yours.

[poppy]

Hee hee.

I'd do one too, but I'm neither as funny as one, nor as profound and thoughtful as the other. Hmmm. Might do it anyway, once I'm done committing crimes against literature (partner-speak for writing my novel).

But at least I'm not mixing you up any more, cyber-ly speaking. Well not cyber-ly, more specifically blog-ly. You got to admit, the whole duckling/mockling/duck-thingy-thing is a bit confusing at times!!
xxx

[Nik Perring]

That was well dead good! Had me a chortling!

Nik

[RosyB]

Thanks you two!

I know, that's my fault too, Pops. I mean it IS Char's blooming name. I only picked "mock duck" because of living with a vegan/writing comedy thing. Which makes sense to only me anyway.

I really have to apologise to Charlotte. Umm, and my parents...:)

Thing was I really enjoyed that piece of Charlotte's and decided to do my own serious version and it ended up so bloody depressing that I had to scrap it. You see, I'm a miserable old boot at heart.

I reckon if you did one, Nik, it would be pretty excruciating considering what you've learnt about feet in the last few weeks...

[Luisa]

Hee, that was very funny. I liked the original post a lot, too.

[Nik Perring]

Ha ha! I think you're right. :)

[NaomiM]

Ah, back and on top form, Snowy. Lol! :) :)