I was once having a conversation with a co-worker about television and he mentioned the series MASH and some impulse made me decide to screw with his head. I told him with a straight face that I had never seen an episode of MASH. (This conversation happened back in the mid-eighties when MASH was one of the most popular shows in syndication.) I elaborated on my story, telling him that I didn’t have anything against MASH and hadn’t gone out of my way to avoid the show - I said it was just a coincidence that I had never seen it. Finally, when he had reached the point where he was literally shaking his head is disbelief, I broke down and admitted I was just playing with him.
So having been on the other end of this, I wonder if some of the people described in this thread may have been doing the same thing only with a greater willingness to play it through.
That said, I’ve posted in the past about the time I met a guy named Robert Heinlein so maybe I can be taken in as readily as anyone else.
I had an Iranian friend in the late 80’s for whom my dog was the first she’d ever met. She had no fear of them, but in her culture dogs were considered “dirty” so none of her friends or family had ever had one. She’d seen them around, but never with anyone she knew, so had never approached. She had also looked at them in the pet shop, and thought they looked like great fun; she had a blast playing with my dog once I explained the rules of “fetch.”
She would have been in her early twenties at the time, I think.
Nemo’s post reminded me of a real thing I’ve never done that people can’t believe: I’ve never seen an episode of the Brady Bunch. I’m 46 and should be right in the show’s demographic, but for some reason, I never watched it. When people make some joke about finding a tiki, or say “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha” and I have to explain that I’m not really sure what they are talking about, they look at me like I have two heads.
As a southerner who didn’t see a lot of snow as a child, I think it is more fun to see it begin to snow, then to watch the snow build up, then go and play in it.
Just driving up a mountain to see snow already on the ground on a clear day is kind of anti-climactic. But that may be the best she gets in southern california.
Yeah, I know. It’s probably lost on younger Dopers, but for someone my age not to have seen the Brady Bunch is weird. In my defense, I think that BB reruns came on at the same time as Start Trek.
Even weirder is that I did enjoy without reservation the Patridge Family which was kind of the BB with crappy pop songs.
Maybe she was blind, and had just had an operation that gave her her sight back? Or maybe… she is written of in sheep-lore and all the sheep hide when she approaches? Maybe she has been wondering why people farm white dogs?
Sheep aren’t all that social with humans though. It’s not like a cow or a horse which will hang out near the fence when they know kids will be walking by to school and such. They would likely skitter away if a stranger approached.* Sheep keep to themselves, and they make a mess of the fields, so are generally relegated to the scrub and steep slopes. Part of their attraction is that they can make a living for themselves in the less productive soils.
*Unless, of course, they are blocking the road, in which case a werewolf attack wouldn’t budge them.
I’m 55, and I have to say I have never watched the Brady Bunch. I was aware of the show, and saw the opening credits now and again and would switch to another channel. Just never appealed to me.
I do know the basic premise (blended family), who Florence Henderson was, and that Jan and Marcia were well-liked by many guys in my demographic. That’s about it.
