Asterisk*
Edward Shearmur, "4th of July" from the K-PAX soundtrack.
An asterisk is designed to show a limiting qualification. It says, "Oh, there's a little sidenote about this word in small font at the bottom. Pay it no mind." It denotes partial truth; a restriction or proviso on a given subject.
For instance:
Made with real* cheese
Now, at a quick glance one might think, "Oh wow, they put real cheese in that." But they didn't. It's real*, not real. Perhaps there's a little note at the bottom letting you know that "real" means 75% dairy and 25% other crap you don't really want to know about.
An actual example:
People who have run the bearings through the machine without doing one upside down:
Jeff
Rich
Jack
Adam*
I'm not sure who actually has or hasn't, but this was brought up today. Jack told me, while i was running these bronze bearings through a machine, that if i did them all without doing one upside down, i would be one of the few who haven't. So i paid close attention and made sure they all went in correctly. I was quite proud of myself when i had finished and not scrapped a single one.
But
Steve came to me, handed me one of the bearings and said, "Hey Adam, take a look at this. Something seem off to you?" I held it up and came to a very clear realization. It hadn't even been run through the machine. "How did that one get through?" i asked. No one seems to understand how it could happen, but we all got a big laugh out of it. Out of 161 pieces, one got away.
So, Jack said my name would go in the hall of fame (for not doing any upside down) with an asterisk. I imagine this is what it would say:
*except that one
Sometimes when i talk, i have an asterisk behind a word or two. But i shouldn't. I should say what i mean and mean what i say. No asterisks, no parenthetical sidenotes. Just straight forward and honest.
Wow i'm tired...my eyelids have been closing for several minute periodsd during the typing of this entry.
All i'm trying to say is don't talk with an asterisk.
Don't say it unless you mean it.
An asterisk is designed to show a limiting qualification. It says, "Oh, there's a little sidenote about this word in small font at the bottom. Pay it no mind." It denotes partial truth; a restriction or proviso on a given subject.
For instance:
Made with real* cheese
Now, at a quick glance one might think, "Oh wow, they put real cheese in that." But they didn't. It's real*, not real. Perhaps there's a little note at the bottom letting you know that "real" means 75% dairy and 25% other crap you don't really want to know about.
An actual example:
People who have run the bearings through the machine without doing one upside down:
Jeff
Rich
Jack
Adam*
I'm not sure who actually has or hasn't, but this was brought up today. Jack told me, while i was running these bronze bearings through a machine, that if i did them all without doing one upside down, i would be one of the few who haven't. So i paid close attention and made sure they all went in correctly. I was quite proud of myself when i had finished and not scrapped a single one.
But
Steve came to me, handed me one of the bearings and said, "Hey Adam, take a look at this. Something seem off to you?" I held it up and came to a very clear realization. It hadn't even been run through the machine. "How did that one get through?" i asked. No one seems to understand how it could happen, but we all got a big laugh out of it. Out of 161 pieces, one got away.
So, Jack said my name would go in the hall of fame (for not doing any upside down) with an asterisk. I imagine this is what it would say:
*except that one
Sometimes when i talk, i have an asterisk behind a word or two. But i shouldn't. I should say what i mean and mean what i say. No asterisks, no parenthetical sidenotes. Just straight forward and honest.
Wow i'm tired...my eyelids have been closing for several minute periodsd during the typing of this entry.
All i'm trying to say is don't talk with an asterisk.
Don't say it unless you mean it.
posted by Still Daddy at 10:18 PM
2 Comments:
i can imagine that it's hard to talk with asterisks anyway
should i put K-pax on the list? i remember liking it a lot.
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