A quick reminder about Social Interaction (via cartoonist Steve Kelley)

Posted on August 16, 2013 by justturnright | 12 Comments

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How many of us are guilty of this, even just occasionally?

**(Blogger meekly raises his hand)**

Just a little reminder, from one perpetrator to another…

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12 responses to “A quick reminder about Social Interaction (via cartoonist Steve Kelley)”

livinrightinpgh | August 16, 2013 at 10:11 am | Reply

My union a couple of years ago to Mrs. LivinRightInPGH blessed me with 4 adult children and 6 (soon to be 7) grandchildren. Whenever we have a family “gathering” at our place, there is a STRICT no phone, no electronic devices, and no TV policy in place. We gather as a FAMILY to do FAMILY stuff!
I even went as far as when we go out to dinner with any of the kids, I tell them: use your phone at dinner and I WALK.
(which of course means: I AIN’T paying for dinner! LOL!)
Works EVERY time…

Society is losing its ability with personal interaction.
hatfieldmccoy | August 16, 2013 at 10:26 am | Reply

So do they just touch the Blarney Stone now?
- livinrightinpgh | August 16, 2013 at 10:36 am | Reply
  
  What’s the German equivalent of the Blarney Stone?
  - hatfieldmccoy | August 16, 2013 at 10:40 am | Reply
    
    I don’t know, Pgh. What is it?
livinrightinpgh | August 16, 2013 at 10:50 am | Reply

Well, I can’t imagine the phrase “touch the schnitzel” being uttered, so I’ll have to work on that one…
- justturnright | August 16, 2013 at 10:56 am | Reply
  
  Only YOU TWO could get from this post…. to schnitzel, in the space of 5 comments.
  
  ***shakes head, sadly***
  
  And yet, SPEAKING of schnitzel…..
  - livinrightinpgh | August 16, 2013 at 11:01 am | Reply
    
    I believe the previous world record was 7 posts before “schnitzel” appeared…..
    JTR, you KNOW I love the “Hoodwinked” reference,
    - justturnright | August 16, 2013 at 11:03 am | Reply
      
      As do I.
      It’s a shame they ruined it with “Hoodwinked 2”, which was a pretty awful piece of dreck.
  - hatfieldmccoy | August 16, 2013 at 11:06 am | Reply
    
    Ever notice how it seems to take three words in German to equal just one in English?
    - livinrightinpgh | August 16, 2013 at 8:08 pm | Reply
      
      Zunderholz!
thatmrgguy | August 16, 2013 at 7:27 pm | Reply

I used to eat a lot of Jaeger Schnitzel mit Champions und Saumaugen when I was in Germany.

Translated…Hunter’s Meat with fried Mushrooms and Sow’s Stomach. 😉
- justturnright | August 16, 2013 at 7:33 pm | Reply
  
  Sounds very cosmopolitan!
  
  😀