[stylist] a better use for tongues

Tue Aug 31 13:56:54 UTC 2010

I'm loving these... got one too

Perque to being blind... have someone you really are  not fond of and 
wouldn't wave to across the room even if you could see?   Next time they tell you 
'I waved at you but you must not have seen me".. Nod  your head and say 
'nope, sure didn't'.. who would know for sure  right?

I know that's being a brat.. and I'll go to my room  now..LOL

In a message dated 8/31/2010 8:51:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
Shawn.D.Jacobson at hud.gov writes:

Chris

I have a couple of other good things about being  blind.

First, you don't have to see what you are eating; this comes in  great when 
you have kinds and they want Spungebob Mac. & Cheese; you know  the stuff 
with the food coloring that's bilious green in color.

Second,  when you're blind you don't have to be the designated  driver.

Shawn

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Subject: [stylist] a  better use for tongues

Howdy, folks. I've been lurking for a while, and  thought I'd post a 500 
word 
essay I wrote last year on the benefits of  blindness. For personal 
reasons, 
I wrote it under my pseudonym, Reid  Fleming.

chris

The Ten Best Things About Being  Blind

By Reid Fleming

I lost my eyesight ten years ago at the  age of thirty-two. Along with my 
vision, I lost my fiancée, and my wiener  dog Sledge went to that eternal 
farm when I was at my lowest. However, I'm  happy to report there's a good 
side to blindness as well. In fact, I can  rattle off ten great things 
about 
being blind easy as  pie.

One.  The first best thing about being blind is NLS books.  You can get 
thousands of books and magazines, on tape or in Braille,  delivered to your 
home, returned at your leisure-for free. Is America  great, or what?

Two. At airports, blind people can board early if they  like, and I say-why 
not? You get a nice stewardess to show you to your  seat before the crowds 
come, and there's no worrying about having room in  the overhead bin. Plus, 
twice I've been bumped up to first class.  Sweet.

Three. Related to travel is discount bus fares. I know, if we  are ever to 
receive full acceptance, we have to pay equally. But, I'm what  some might 
call frugal, and saving a buck makes me happy.

Four.  Using Braille is like being in a selective club where we use a 
secret  
language. In other words, every kid's dream-come-true. I was at a meeting  
one time, and this blowhard was blabbering on while I used my Braille Lite  
to write-I wish this guy would just shut the hell up. Everybody probably  
thought-Oh, look at how interested Reid is, taking notes-what a great  
employee!

Five. Guide dogs are incredible animals, some of the best  Dogs on the 
planet-and we can have them almost for free. Think about  it-these highly 
trained helpers and companions and all you have to do is  work, love, and 
take care of them.

Six. Here's a fun thing.  Next time you're at a party, pick someone out 
that you want to meet, and  have a friend describe them in detail. Make 
your 
way over and join in on a  conversation, and get to know the person a 
little. 
Ask how tall they are,  or how old they are, and then say you've developed 
a 
mental picture of  them, and describe them exactly. Freaks them out!

Seven. Blind people  are not forced to look at all the ugliness in the 
world. 
There's  undocumented amounts of garbage and graffiti and dog poop and 
suburban  blight out there-and it's not pretty.

Eight. The flip side of that coin  is that people all become better looking 
than they really are. When I'm  talking to someone, I never imagine they 
have 
a boil on their neck, or  really crooked teeth, or are having a really bad 
hair day-even though they  might.

Nine. There's an old cliché-out of sight, out of mind, and it's  true. What 
cobwebs?   What dust? There's nothing wrong with that  wallpaper!

Ten. The final reason I like being a blind guy is because I  get to hang 
around blind people. Before I went blind, the only other blind  person I 
ever 
met was my second-cousin Zebediah, and the court agreement  says I can't 
really talk about him. But I've met all kinds of blind people  at NFB 
conventions-artists and lawyers and BEP operators and computer  programmers 
and tattoo artists-and you realize there's nothing that can't  be done. 
Just 
work up your courage and figure it  out.

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