Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wateng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!wateng!padpowell From: padpowell@wateng.UUCP (PAD Powell) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: some idle questions about relationships... Message-ID: <1307@wateng.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Aug-84 22:52:07 EDT Article-I.D.: wateng.1307 Posted: Wed Aug 8 22:52:07 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Aug-84 04:42:00 EDT References: <2154@sdccsu3.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 24 >> ... What flavour ice cream do blind people prefer? The same flavour of watermellon that the niggers in the Deep South like. Generalizations aside, I have two blind friends who rave about Butter Pecan, Butter Almond, and the French Vanilla that Baskin Robbins serve. One a slightly different note, I found that my blind friends have developed some amazing skills at putting people at ease. They claim they can "feel" the tension. Jokes, directed at themselves, usually seem to help. For example, Alex was along on a week long camping trip. He carried a pack, and was absolutely enthralled (Alex is 14 years old). He volunteered to wash the dishes, and stated that "complaints must be put in writing." Another friend used to go to parties, and get stoned on a single (1) 4 oz. glass of wine. She had developed some "conversation stoppers" that she used to let go, in a loud, and penetrating tone of voice. One young fellow was complaining about how hard it was to get a job... Gail simply said, "Problems? You think you have problems? I had to learn about sex by Braille!" After a few seconds, the party broke up laughing. Patrick ("Ever get blackmailed into putting a speech synthesizer into a terminal?") Powell