It was a bit synchronistic to come across this poster on social media, for I had just been contemplating mugs and glasses.
When I was very young, my grandfather as a gardener and groundskeeper worked on an estate. He was into his 70s, but we would visit him there once a year on a Sunday afternoon.
I remember being offered a drink of water and was asked, "Do you want it in a mug or glass?"
At the age of 5, I didn't know what a mug was. Instead of asking, I chose glass.
I have probably have done something similar a few more times over the years: not asked a question when I should have.
It's the way my brain works . . . or doesn't, as the case may be.
Apparently, I can be very unwise.
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I did a lot of asking when I was younger with more vanity and shame. These days though, I feel a lot less shame and have no vanity left so I'm more inclined to ask away.
Yet sometime or another in your growth to this age you figured out the difference between mugs and glasses...I dare say!
Interestingly enough, we were not often asked questions. We would have simply been given the glass (or the mug) based on what the adult's hand landed on first. Asking questions was dangerous territory. I learned ask myself the questions and watch closely to figure it out.
It strikes me that the world would be in a much better place if people asked more questions though.
I wouldn't have known either, but I think I would have asked, trying to find out which one was bigger.
Cute story. Bet by the time you were of age to have a beer, you knew what a mug was. Of course, A&W restaurants had mugs too. Linda in Kansas
I have no idea if I knew the difference at five. I can assume I would never have been asked. I am one who asks questions but not so much as a child. It would be much better if more people questioned.
It's hard for some of us to admit ignorance. Good quote!
I would not have asked, either. You have me for company.
A mug of water?
I've never heard of a mug of water. Is it bigger? I'm not sure I would have asked the question as a child (I was shy) but I certainly would now.
We don’t have to ask any more, just look it up.
Guilty of this. Reminds me of Diogenes: “It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.”
That is a good point. Wise words, well learned, I suppose.
Your comment has me curious! Take care! I am now negative, but still coughing.
Water should be in a glass anyway!
I just ask google all the time these days
I have walked for miles because I did not want to ask for directions. Nor do I like to demonstrate a lack of knowledge no matter how silly the situation. Fortunately i now have Google in my pocket and can find out anything without embarrassment.Just the way I'm made I suppose... I can relate! Aloha AC
I like that quote. How often I have been guilty of not asking!
We're all in he same boat. this old boy is inconsistant.
This is so true. And there’s a lot of stuff I’d like to ask. I’m in Illinois right now and using my iPad. I can comment on your blog but for some reason, I can’t comment on others’ using my iPad. It says I need to sign into my google account which I’m already signed into. So why? Arrrghhh…
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