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10/13/2003 Archived Entry: "CONVERSATIONS AROUND HERE ARE LUDICROUS"

CONVERSATIONS AROUND HERE ARE LUDICROUS

That's right! Conversations in this house are ludicrous. Brit, who is nearly stone-deaf, talks to Jack, our Aussie, who can hear but can't talk back. He speaks in long sentences and would like to believe our silly dog understands. It goes like this:

"Jack, would you like to go down to the post office with me and then through the drive-in bank to get a cookie from Megan?" Jack jumps for joy!!! Message understood.

Meantime, Brit is pulling his keys out of his pocket (without realizing there is a connection here since he can't hear the jingle) and Jack gets really excited as he knows that jingle means a ride in the car is the next order of business...and he's raring to go. They go everywhere together. I'm not sure who drives.

Then when Brit wants him to "sit"....he goes on with another long sentence with the word "sit" sandwiched in there someplace and of course Jack wouldn't learn how to sit in a hundred years with the variety of commands he gets like that. He's not as bright as Brit gives him credit for. He can't understand why he minds me so well. Ha. Why waste words.

I talk to Brit and he can't hear me. He talks to me and I can hear but it does little good as he can't hear what I say back to him. Then Jack barks and neither one of us can hear. It's good to have guests come take part in all of this. They leave very confused. We really can't do anything about it.

When I ask him what "kind" of pizza he wants he answers "6:30", I know we've miscommunicated on our order for pizza.

It's no fun losing your hearing. I wonder about all these kids who have sound systems in their cars that are so loud they make my bones ache as they drive by on the highway. They all risk the chance of being hearing-impaired as they grow older.