Re: Jennifer Saunders Fan Club

MurielB Mer 29 Mar - 20:54

when our children and grandchildren use "Please" and "thank you" people around them are a lot nicer. They must be aware of that !

gerardM Jeu 30 Mar - 10:16

gerardM Jeu 30 Mar - 12:12

gerardM Jeu 30 Mar - 12:41

MurielB Jeu 30 Mar - 14:18

I agree that It hurts like hell when people think I am stupid and all the more so when they call me "stupid ass"just saying is

a phrase used to indicate that we refuse to defend a claim we've made---in other words, that we refuse to offer reasons that what we've said is true

gerardM Jeu 30 Mar - 14:20

Yes Muriel.
But Jennifer means "dumb ass" would be appropriate.

gerardM Jeu 30 Mar - 14:21

MurielB Jeu 30 Mar - 14:33

gerardM a écrit:Yes Muriel.
But Jennifer means "dumb ass" would be appropriate.

Yes but....

speech is silver but silence is gold

gerardM Jeu 30 Mar - 14:41

MurielB a écrit:
gerardM a écrit:Yes Muriel.
But Jennifer means "dumb ass" would be appropriate.
Yes but....
speech is silver but silence is gold

It depends on whom you have in front.
It's sometimes good to speak straight.
I totally agree that we have to speak straight
About a behaviour but never about a person

gerardM Jeu 30 Mar - 14:49

MurielB Jeu 30 Mar - 16:17

gerardM a écrit:
MurielB a écrit:
gerardM a écrit:Yes Muriel.
But Jennifer means "dumb ass" would be appropriate.
Yes but....
speech is silver but silence is gold

It depends on whom you have in front.
It's sometimes good to speak straight.
I totally agree that we have to speak straight
About a behaviour but never about a person

Yes Gérard it is very important to speak one's mind but to have a result it is important to criticize a behaviour the person can change and not a personality. Venting one's frustrations is useless because it only pushes the person down.

MurielB Jeu 30 Mar - 16:39

People can criticize one another and it is very important to improve one another relationship but on certain conditions
https://www.boundless.com/communications/textbooks/boundless-communications-textbook/learning-to-listen-and-helping-others-do-the-same-5/giving-and-receiving-criticism-34/giving-effective-criticism-be-positive-specific-objective-and-constructive-151-10645/

The most basic "rule-of-thumb" of effective criticism is: "Respect the individual, focus the criticism on the behavior that needs changing - on what people actually do or actually say." Ideally, effective criticism should be: positively intended, specific, objective, and constructive.

gerardM Jeu 30 Mar - 17:46

gerardM Jeu 30 Mar - 18:36

MurielB Jeu 30 Mar - 22:12

No always. Have you noticed that Averell is the tallest, youngest and most stupid of the Daltons ?

gerardM Jeu 30 Mar - 22:18

Good point Muriel! :p

MurielB a écrit:No always. Have you noticed that Averell is the tallest, youngest and most stupid of the Daltons ?

> No always
Not...

gerardM Jeu 30 Mar - 22:19

MurielB Jeu 30 Mar - 23:58

gerardM a écrit:Good point Muriel! :p
MurielB a écrit:No always. Have you noticed that Averell is the tallest, youngest and most stupid of the Daltons ?
> No always
Not...

Fortunately my grand children watch "the Dalton on TV"and it rang a bell !

gerardM Ven 31 Mar - 14:12

gerardM Ven 31 Mar - 14:32

Lying in the hospital bed, a dying man began to flail about and make motions as if he would like to speak. The priest, keeping watch at the side of his bed, leaned quietly over and asked, "Do you have something you would like to say?"
The man nodded to the affirmative, and the priest handed him a pad and pen.
"I know you can't speak, but use this to write a note and I will give it to your wife. She's waiting just outside."
Gathering his last bit of strength, the man took them and scrawled his message upon the pad which he stuffed into the priest's hands. Then, moments later, the man died.
After administering the last rites, the priest left to break the sad news to the wife. After consoling her a bit, the priest handed her the note. "Here were his last words. Just before passing on, he wrote this message to you."
The wife tearfully opened the note which read: "GET OFF MY OXYGEN HOSE!!"

gerardM Ven 31 Mar - 16:03

MurielB Ven 31 Mar - 22:01

My mother in law also used to say that when she was passing a cake shop she was gaining one stone !

gerardM Sam 1 Avr - 11:49