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| LIAM IS LISTENING |
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| ANNOUNCEMENT FOR KATHERINE'S PROGRAM |
Unlike Katherine I did not know I had a hearing loss. I misheard. Answered what I thought was said. And my mishears were famously funny. Here is one
"Carol, come over and see my wiener display" is what I hear from the cubicle to my right. My coworker is saying this and I try to process this unusual invite. I answer "I am not looking at any wieners and if I do I will have to write us all up" "Aw come on Carol, be a sport" cajoling from our cubical circle. I decide to give it a view and announce "Okay, but we are all in trouble" I travel the 5 feet next door and see a very quaint sweet winter wonderland display has been created. A decorated tabletop illustrating a winter lake with ice skaters snow, music and seasonally appropriate miniatures. Oh wow! Winter display, not wiener. Yikes. Maybe there was a wiener dog in it.
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| WEDGED WIENER DOG |
In April 2013 I wrote about another mishear; you may remember the Dog is Dead blog story. What Paul had said was "the dog is fed" I heard "the dog is dead"
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| NOT DEAD, RESTING ON HILLARY'S HEAD |
I have since received new hearing aids. These are state of the art. I admit to people that I wear hearing aids. I show them upon request. Hearing aids now come in many colors. They can be like a fashion accessory. If my ears were visible I would have picked lime green. The audiologist suggests a two tone color to match my hair. Guess that would be the brown lowlights and blond highlights. They are not visible when worn. See pic
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| MY BLOND AND BROWN HEARING AIDS |
My known enthusiasm and serendipitously timed arrival at the talk snag me an interview pre-talk and after. I tell the reporter the reason for my hearing loss-it is hereditary; I add in its unexpected diagnosis at an ENT appt for a sore throat. I tell of the mishears, the missed stories. The lost conversations.
Katherine signs her book and hands it to me and now I have my own copy.
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| LIAM, ZOEY THE ZEBRA AND MY BOOK |
The reporter/interviewer tells me that my interview will be in the newspaper. Pictures are taken. That was one month ago. I thought I heard "You will be in the newspaper" Wonder what else might have been said. Or maybe I am being saved for a magazine, or a book. Has anyone seen me?
Anyway. Please be kind to those who say "what" we really want to hear. And if we seem to have misheard don't give up...remember the wiener/winter. Liam does not give up. He keeps on barking.
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| DO YOU HEAR ME? |
What, What?
