“What we’ve got here, is a failure to communicate.”

Posted by Christian P on May 30th, 2008
2008
May 30

Comments on CRN.info have recently gotten a little frustrating for many of us. I believe that heads bashing against random hard surfaces have been brought up repeatedly. If you aren’t familiar with it on this site, then I’m sure you can relate at some point in your life.

You see, communication is difficult. Not only does everybody have to agree on what words and symbols mean, but they have to understand concepts and ideas that are often larger than any word. This especially causes problems when we try to label a particular concept or idea with a single word.

All of this was made humorously obvious to me this evening at dinner. My wife and eldest daughter (she’s only 3) had chicken noodle soup. My daughter dribbled, as small children are inclined to do, and so my wife firmly reminded her to lean over her bowl as she ate. My daughter immediately and repeatedly responded, “No, lean over my SOUP.”

Please remember, you are eating soup here, but it’s served in a bowl.

13 Responses

  1. Dave Muller Says:
    May 30th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    uga sneeba unga buh, yer fred trefhejk whe ye wi sa truf?

  2. Dave Muller Says:
    May 30th, 2008 at 9:00 pm

    whoops, I forgot to put on the new man. ah the language of love, so much easier to understand :P

  3. Rick Frueh Says:
    May 30th, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    “Some men you just can’t reach, which is why we had what we had last week. What he wants - he gets. I don’t like it any more than you.”

    Cool Hand Luke.

    Sometimes grace is real cool hand!
    :)

  4. Tim Reed, Owosso MI Says:
    May 30th, 2008 at 10:39 pm

    Eldest daughter? How old are you?

    Keep this up and you’ll be saying this in less than a week:

    You see, back in those days, rich men would ride around in Zeppelins, dropping coins on people, and one day I seen J. D. Rockefeller flying by. So I run of the house with a big washtub and… hey! Where are you going?
    … Anyway, about my washtub. I’d just used it that morning to wash my turkey, which in those days was known as… a walking bird. We’d always have walking bird on Thanksgiving with all the trimmings: cranberries, injun eyes, yams stuffed with gunpowder. Then we’d all watch football, which in those days was called “baseball”…

  5. iggy Says:
    May 30th, 2008 at 10:39 pm

    This last week was a real eye opener for me. If some cannot understand some basic communications… how then is a deep theological discussion possible?

    iggy

  6. iggy Says:
    May 30th, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    Fischer my 4 year old was watching superman cartoons while wearing his superman PJ’s…

    As the intro stated, ”From the planet Krypto…” Fischer proclaimed, “That’s what planet I am from!” to his little sister.

    I think that explains a lot this family! LOL!

    iggy

  7. Christian P Says:
    May 31st, 2008 at 11:04 am

    Tim, quit being so predictable.

  8. Phil Miller Says:
    May 31st, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    I didn’t order soup…

  9. iggy Says:
    May 31st, 2008 at 12:25 pm

    Someone need soup for the soul?

  10. iggy Says:
    May 31st, 2008 at 12:25 pm

    The link did not work let’s try again.

  11. iggy Says:
    May 31st, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    Man that did not work either…

    Here it is again…

    If this does not work you can see it at my blog…

    iggy

  12. iggy Says:
    May 31st, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    The original place it is at apparently won’t let me link just to the picture…

    But it can be found http://kungfurodeo.com/2008/05/12/dr-dooms-monday-affirmation-may-12-2008/

  13. iggy Says:
    May 31st, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    Don’t you love it when a joke just flows!

    LOL!
    iggy