I have to admit that while mobile (North American = cell) 'phones have often the habit of annoying me, in one respect they have been an absolute blessing.
I am one of those weird people who thinks aloud. Talking to yourself is never to be recommended - historically people who do so are regarded as more than a little bit crazy. I have done this since I was a small child, and my parents used to be very concerned.
Not least because I could hardly ever be drawn into conversation with anyone else!
As a very bright child I needed intelligent conversation, and with a very bright person - so who better than myself? At least I wouldn't get angry if the person to whom I was talking disagreed with me! I would put down this need to talk to myself partly down to loneliness and partly down to genius!
Times change, you get older. These days if I notice that I am thinking aloud, I stop myself. Sometimes the conversations with myself go on though - still the need exists to have a conversation with another intelligent individual, I am still, even as an old man, remarkably shy, and so .... The strange thing is that I do not always agree with myself. With age and experience I can see alternatives that never previously existed and will play them off against each other.
Having an intellectual argument with yourself! Now that is an interesting thought.
Of course if I do start to articulate out on the street these days, nobody bothers to stare me down and think that the Black Maria (or German equivalent) should be along for me any second. More than likely they think that I am using a mobile/cell 'phone to talk to someone!
Yes, they definitely have something positive to be said for them, even if they annoy me like crazy when other people are using them for very loud conversations in public places! Suddenly my insanity or genius, whichever, can easily be disguised as normal behaviour!
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