In an ever growing effort to make pickup
lines one of my areas of expertise I bought a book entitled "Pickups and
Come-ons for All Occasions", it is very simply an anthology of collected
lines divided into categories based on the nature of the line. What really
caught my attention was the last category, "Famous Flirtations" which
contains lines from films, television, music, and literature. But what really
caught my interest in this was a quote by François
Rabelais, now I only know Rabelais due to his last words "I go to seek a
Great Perhaps" and their significance in John Green's novel "Looking
for Alaska". Now this was a very profound statement and as a result I just
assumed everything he did would of that nature. This is the quote.
"I wrong you not if I my thoughts
reveal,
Saying how the beauty that your clothes
conceal
Is like a spark that sets afire my heart.
I only ask that you then, for your part,
Will be a saddle and let me ride,
Just for this once."
Once again proves that when you assume it makes
an ass out of you and me (ass-u-me).
Let's talk about assumptions, I like to assume
things, it allows me to, like, prepare for hypothetical. Or I make assumptions
about people, and now this can get me into trouble. From here I will onto two
points, 1. Why I make assumptions 2. Past Assumptions I've made. (Ones that
have gotten me into trouble, or close to it.) So I make assumptions in an
attempt to either predict future behavior or to fill in
the blanks while I'm getting to know people. Okay, now on to saying things that
could get me harassed, judged, shunned, or many other things. *braces self* So,
I assume that until I meet them or made aware of it all males have a penis, and
equally all women have a vagina. I assume that people are straight until they
inform me differently. I used to assume that redheads had a superiority
complex. But I also used to assume many other things but as stated above
assuming makes
an ass out of you and me (ass-u-me).
But
in writing this and thinking about it while doing so I am reminded that
assumptions are not generally good thing, actually a lot of assumptions can be
bad. And so I make this request to you try and stop making assumptions about
people, I know I will.
Post
Script: Happy Halloween. I am being the "personification of a thought or
idea". To be more specific I am being "When life gives you
lemons", so what are you being for All Hollow's Eve. More importantly what
are you being for All Horcrux's Eve?
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