Have you ever said "excuse me" to a piece of furniture?

[madison2000]

[madison2000]

1. Shit, I wonder if its a sign of being a liberal.

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[The Sheik]

4. Of course it is!

[starroute]

8. Shhh, don't let the freepers know

We'd never hear the end of it. :eyes:

[u4ic]

12. Or Canadian.

I have talked to more inanimate objects than I care to discuss. ;-)

[madison2000]

14. Maybe you should move farther south.

:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

[Canadian Socialist]

21. beat me to it

it is SUCH a Canadian thing to do LOL

[u4ic]

28. Welcome to DU, Canadian Socialist!

There's a few from Cowtown on the board. :)

[tsakshaug]

2. Is this related to the tripping over things thread?

I often say excuse me to things I run into. trees, doors and the like. Even people sometimes

[madison2000]

3. Tripping thread was a copycat to the tipping thread

but it did start me meditating on the subject.

[amazona]

6. great minds think alike

I was thinking the same when I saw that thread. :-)

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[amazona]

5. all the time

I trip and fall all the time for whatever reason, and I'm just in the habbit of saying, "Excuse me, excuse me," so yeah, when it's a piece of furniture, I still apologize. It's just habit.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[madison2000]

10. thats funny... the first time I caught myself apologizing to a filing

cabinet, I thought Geez did I say that out loud?!

[starroute]

7. I also apologize to plants a lot

Especially if I'm trying to prune out deadwood and I get a live branch by mistake. Or I accidentally knock a leaf off one of my houseplants while I'm watering it.

When you klutz your way through life, you just get in the habit.

[Pithlet]

9. Yes.

I got laughed at in college for apologizing to the garbage can I bumped up against. I've done it since, too. I'm kind of glad to see this thread. I feel a little bit better about it, now. :)

[arwalden]

11. I Remember Seeing Mary Tyler Moore Do That...

... to Lou's desk.

Personally, I've never apologized to an inanimate object, but I've certainly CURSED at a few that caused a painful bump or stub.

[madison2000]

13. I think it has something to do with being WAY TOO NICE!

[texas1928]

15. No

but the couch has a pretty smart mouth on it.

[AntiCoup2K4]

16. No, but I did say "You fucking piece of shit" to a bookcase once

...after the goddamned thing broke my toe when I ran into it.

[madison2000]

17. Bookcases are mean sometimes.

[blondeatlast]

22. I hope it apologized despite your anger.

It was just the polite thing to do.

[NC_Nurse]

18. Yep.

What kills me is when someone bumps INTO ME and I say excuse me to them! Geez, I'm so overly polite I apologize for THEIR rudeness!:eyes:

[blondeatlast]

23. Solidarity! Me, too.

Excuse me for the outburst...

[Roon]

19. I said it to a mannequin once eom

[blondeatlast]

24. I was dressing a mennequin on a shelf once when she slid off

and kicked me in the eye.

I didn't apologize, but I did have a massive black eye for a while!

[Touchdown]

20. My reaction depends on the body part.

If it's just my thigh, it's "Ooph!"
If it's the knee, it's "DAMN!"
If it's the little piggy toe (which it usually is) it's..."SHIT!...OOWWW...FUCK!!! JAYSUS CHRIST! SUNUVABITCH, DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!!!!"

But never "EXCUSE ME".:D

[yellowdogintexas]

25. smashing the piggy toe will do that to a person

I broke mine once on an old fashioned rocking chair

said pretty much the same string of words.

[yellowdogintexas]

26. well, it goes with our innate politeness and good manners to

apologize to what we bump into.

[madison2000]

27. Somehow I don't think most freepers would apologize to furniture

Well, or even to people for that matter.

[northzax]

29. no, but I did yell at the self checkout line at CVS yesterday

does that count?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

30. Don't underestimate the consciousness of "objects".

"Objects" and "things" and "furnuiture" and "silverware" etc.
carefully watch what we do and communicate with one another on a
constant basis.

[put out]

31. I apologized for bumping a woman with my purse

while exiting a restaurant. The woman was in a mirror, and it was me. We both felt better. My date had to sit down, he was laughing so hard.

[tjwmason]

32. Only occasionally

Most of the time that we stub our toes on doors or furniture it isn't us being clumsy, but rather is part of furniture's grand-plan to take overthe world. These are not accidents but rather deliberate attacks.

[psychopomp]

33. No, but I often say so to plants

I saw a documentary about plants many years ago and the scientists were able to measure a reaction from the plants when touched by people walking through the greenhouse.

Okay, I said it...just don't tell anyone, okay?

[Solly Mack]

34. Yep