I used to have a set of magical encyclopedias.
I've read that we know more than we realize and our first thought in response to a question is usually right--but then we over think and get things wrong. I decided to test that. Whenever my kids had questions on school work or just whenever a question came up, I would say the first thing I thought of--even if it sounded crazy. Then I'd check our small encyclopedia set to find out if I was right. I almost always was (if only I could do elementary school over again!!!). It got to be funny. I started making wild guesses and the books said I was right. I tried just making up a few answers (to be goofy) and according to the books it was right (usually). I started teasing my wife that all I had to do was say something and my faithful "magic encyclopedias" would change reality to make it true for me. I had so much fun with those books!
Then one day when I went to look for them, they were gone. I asked my wife about it and she told me she donated them to the kids' school. She thought we didn't need them anymore since we had high-speed internet (we were slow to sign up for that). There may may been another reason. The books may not have been quite as much fun for my wife as they were for me. ;P Anyway, I couldn't believe they were gone.
The worst part is I haven't been right about anything since!!! =)
Edit: My wife claims I only remember the times I was right, not the times I was wrong. What are the odds of that being true? Haha! But I do remember having fun joking about the books being magic for me. Doesn't everyone enjoy hearing, "Oh, you're right!!!" LOL
awhhhh!!!!!!!! I loled when I read this. I would've been a bit upset because I would've wanted to keep them as mementos! haha
ReplyDeletecute story Rick! btw when are u gonna sing us!?
Hahaha! Go look for that magic set again... or I will. I want that encyclopedia. xoxo
ReplyDeleteAwwww, you're kidding! She got rid of your magic encyclopedias!!!
ReplyDeleteBut that's a very interesting fact. I shall test it myself!
Well, now you gotta go to your kids' school and demand them back! (The encyclopedias, not the kids. I assume they give you back your kids everyday!)
your wife must be thrilled rick! lol :D
ReplyDeleteaw. that's alright, how come you didnt know your wife donated them? i mean, that would have been heavy for her to carry hehe :P
My boyfriend's first language isn't English so I tutor him, just sometimes, about word meanings. I am usually right but then he starts asking questions such as word origin and word usage and grammar stuff and I go like,"Hey, i am not a dictionary! I'M YOUR Girlfriend and you gotta trust what I say". I don't get away with it at all. So, anyway, I missed those days when I have to do a bit of research using real books to discover things but in this modern era, we only need to bookmark Wikipedia. I think people are just getting lazier and lazier. I am not complaining, though.
ReplyDeleteThere was a point to this...
Hahaha...that's too bad. I still have all my encyclopaedias! Love those things, I feel smarter just by looking at them on the bookshelves.
ReplyDeleteI wanna have those books!!!! If they make me saying right things all the time, they are priceless! :-) Because the stuff i usually say is ridiculous, hahaha!
ReplyDeleteSee it so, now other kids have some fun with the books! ;-)
those magic encyclopedias sound fun!! That's one lost treasure than cannot be replaced, you's had so much fun with it! :)
ReplyDeleteOh Rick, I guess you were a walking encyclopedia. Lol. It's too bad that they are gone now but think of all the knowledge they are giving other children. =)
ReplyDeleteWow, cool story.
ReplyDeleteI always think whether my answer is correct after I answer it :D. I love to check Encyclopedia too sometimes, and I can't find mine too, I don't know where it's gone.
ReplyDeleteBtw, LOL at your last comment on my blog :D
LOL. maybe she didn't think you guys needed them anymore because you were always right anyways!
ReplyDeleteLOL Your story is quite funny...but yeppers, I definitely remember those days when encyclopedias were the only resources for all those research papers!
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aw. poor you. but don't you think other people need those magic encyclopedias as much as you do. They need to be right too:)
ReplyDeleteor maybe, wifey is right..you just love remembering the "oh, you right" moment..hehe
don't worry i always remember when i'm right too. which is quite a lot if i do say so myself ;)
ReplyDeleteas for making the duckface cool...well thanks but i'm trying to cut back. i actually now can't stand it. haha.
LOL you're right!!! :D
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Hahahaha, I think I am the same way - I remember when I'm right but not when I'm wrong ;);)
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Awww I miss using encyclopedias... I used them when I was in elementary to sophomore year in high school. Encyclopedias in CD-ROMs became more prevalent after that. Now everyone researches everything on the Internet! Using encyclopedias is fun but quite tedious, but you can't argue that it made us into diligent students! :)
ReplyDeletehaha i think everyone always remmeber the times when they're in "the light" as oppose to " the dark"
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Hahaha ... you sound so Chinese! Always want to be right. We normally call them 'KIASU' (read as key-ya-soo) ... meaning 'scared to lose'.
ReplyDeleteGoogle and Wiki killed the encyclopedias. =(
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