Gene told me the next day that I got it wrong. But he was not in a taxi, after an evening of total sensory overload, with the most beautiful woman in the world. I believed I did well. I detected the trick question. I wanted Rosie to like me, and I remembered her passionate statement about men treating women as objects. She was testing to see if I saw her as an object or as a person. Obviously the correct answer was the latter. โI havenโt really noticed,โ I told the most beautiful woman in the world.
Graeme SimsionProfessor Tillman. Most of us here are not scientists, so you may need to be a little less technical.โ This sort of thing is incredibly annoying. People can tell you the supposed characteristics of a Gemini or a Taurus and will spend five days watching a cricket match, but cannot find the interest or the time to learn the basics of what they, as humans, are made up of.
Graeme SimsionI could not see the speedometer, and was not accustomed to travelling in an open vehicle, but I estimated that we were consistently exceeding the speed limit. Discordant sound, wind, risk of deathโI tried to assume the mental state that I used at the dentist.
Graeme SimsionSo, to add to a momentous day, I corrected a misconception that my family had held for at least fifteen years and came out to them as straight.
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