Time is of The Essence
I know this is going to come as a shock to a lot of you since you’ve conversed with Amoeba and know him to be an intelligent man, but he cannot tell time. Now, he’ll argue that point and even give you the current time on the clock as proof, but the real proof is in his actions, “I’ll be finished here in 15 minutes,” really means, “Go sit down, it’s going to be at least a half an hour, if not longer.”
To that end I have a wish to buy him one of these Seiko Automatic Watches with an alarm. Now, the thing is, I am going to buy the watch for him, but I am going to keep it. When he gives me a time limit like “fifteen minutes” or “half-an-hour”, I will set the watch for the appointed time and then give it to him. When the alarm rings, his time will be up and he can’t say he wasn’t paying attention and didn’t know.
Now, I don’t really expect that Amoeba will start working any faster, but I am thinking he might become a better judge of time. Then, when he tells me how much time I have, I won’t have to guess what he really means. Â If Seiko can’t set him right, nobody can!
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HA! I think that will be something to watch. I want the pic before you give it to him and then the one of it after-wards. Me thinks it might be in pieces…
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Lavon, you know Amoeba isn’t violent. He will merely put the watch in his pocket and I will never see it again.
Also, because I forgot. Bull horns might work better. :0)
Tell Amoeba hello for us.
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Okay, the bullhorn would get broken. So would my heart. Not trying that. I’ll pass along your regards. Tell Girl-child and Jeff hello from us.
hahaha, I sooo need one of those watches for my hubby! He is always late and it drives me nuts! 🙂
Betty — the watch alone isn’t enough. You must also have a plan to get him to heed it!
Oh I believe you. My limited experience with brainiacs is that they can get a little wrapped up in the elasticity of time, the chaos element in all measurement and their shoelaces. Unfortunately, even more quotidian minds like mine can get a little confused about where the wristwatch was last, for example is it in the laundry or the ice box? But, its still a nice gift.
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Doug — Amoeba has both gifts. He never knows what time it is or where he left his watch/glasses/keys/etc.
That settles it. The man’s a genius. A flat out genius. If he puts the left shoe on the right foot, I’m forwarding his info to the nobel committee.
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Oh I feel your pain. My man is just like that!
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Linda — and then, when I have finally given up and gone to find something else to do, Amoeba appears all irrated and wants me to hurry or we will be late.
Forget the seiko… just get a kitchen timer and YOU set it for how much time he tells you! Then when it goes off and he’s only halfway done, ask him again how much time he REALLY meant! LOL!
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Melli, that is an excellent idea, and an excellent way to break the egg timer permanently.
Oh, Quilly, I have the same problem that Amoeba has! My boys always roll their eyes when I tell them “5 minutes” — although my youngest still tries to believe me.
I wonder if Amoeba is also chronically late? I often try to get “just one more thing” done before leaving the house and it inevitably sets me behind.
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Huh, I think I need to do that with my mother.
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