Comments on: Handling the Truth

By: John

John — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:46:10 +0000

You belong in D.C. You’re a national treasure. : )

By: patois

patois — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:15:12 +0000

HILARIOUS! I am so with you. I will take being wrong in much better stride than I will ever take being right and others not KNOWING. (Not that I am ever wrong, mind you.)

By: Del-V

Del-V — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:37:55 +0000

I have lived on the Maryland side of DC all my life and I still get lost every time I cross over into Virginia.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:07:30 +0000

I have a document saved on my computer with a very precise map to my home, with arrows, exclamation points and a small section of side notes for the frequently errant traveler. Because the story you just told, its my story! And I like being right. Or maybe I just hate people thinking I’m wrong. Is there a difference?

By: sizzle

sizzle — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:35:23 +0000

I would totally get a map together with arrows and such to send too. :-)

By: Kristabella

Kristabella — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:46:38 +0000

You and I, we are the same. As are my brother and I. We can NEVER be wrong. So we have a lot of conversations where there is yelling. I usually give in and tell him he’s stupid because I’m really 5.

By: The Monkey King

The Monkey King — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:26:09 +0000

So just to be clear… When you say “Take the first GW Parkway exit off the bridge, not the one to the airport,” and the first exit is labeled “Reagan National Airport” (thank you, Google Streetviews) – your directions remain correct?

If, as might be the case, said exit ramp isn’t labeled at all, wouldn’t the more pertinent qualifier be “It’s not labeled in any fashion” rather than “Not the one to the airport”?

I’m just curious, because I, too, enjoy being right, and need the pointers. :)

And now, back to Classmates.com and good ole Karen Bates…

By: ella

ella — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:20:38 +0000

::high five::

i love being right!

By: Samantha

Samantha — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:19:19 +0000

I absolutely love your style of writing. I stumbled upon your blog and definitely plan on visiting more often! I enjoyed this story and can honestly say that I share your need of being right!

By: EDW

EDW — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:37:54 +0000

Every now and then you write something that makes me pump my fist in the air with glee and scream, “Me, too!”.

Of course you were right about the exit. I once won $300 on a bet concerning the location of a Wawa. I am NEVER wrong when I am right!

:-)

By: auntie

auntie — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:53:50 +0000

that first paragraph had me laughing out loud! and no, there really isn’t any other way to go about being right than to do what you described here.

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:25:06 +0000

I have the Must-Show-I’m-Right disease. Maybe that’s one of the reasons we get along–when we’re together, we’re exponentially right!

Seriously, though, it’s something I’m working on. It’s hard. I have to remind myself that refraining from pointing out someone else’s error is not the same thing as showing that I don’t have the need to be right. I’d go to a support group, but then I’d have to listen to all those other people being wrong.

By: cyndy

cyndy — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:16:24 +0000

What is it with these people that can’t tell that when you have information to share, it’s probably correct information because otherwise you wouldn’t be sharing it? Idiots!!!

By: jordanbaker

jordanbaker — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:59:05 +0000

My father’s entire family suffers from a steel trap memory and an inability to admit they’re wrong. It makes it very trying to deal with them, since they won’t understand that the only person in the world who’s always right is me, me, me, me, me.

By: tutugirl1345

tutugirl1345 — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:52:01 +0000

I will say in your friends defense that I can’t get around DC even with the help of GPS. Its absolutely crazy.

By: She Likes Purple

She Likes Purple — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:35:30 +0000

I love how you write, too, and I don’t think you’re alone in wanting/loving being right.

By: shiny

shiny — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:10:22 +0000

And… dork that I am, I just looked it up on Google Street view. There’s an exit. Albeit poorly marked. Without an exit sign. But it’s unmistakeably an exit.

By: Jolene

Jolene — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:09:42 +0000

I really love how you write! I seriously think you need to write a book!!!

By: shiny

shiny — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:04:07 +0000

I think I know which one you’re talking about — the exit immediately after you cross the bridge. It’s a tough exit to see with all of the signage above and the immediate exits about to come both on the right and left. And, of course, the Pentagon in the foreground. So I can understand him thinking that he took the correct exit.

But yes. You were absolutely right.

By: ms bliss

ms bliss — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:54:34 +0000

bwahahahaha!

By: t2ed

t2ed — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:33:46 +0000

I just sneezed and realized someone borrowed my defibrilator and didn’t return it. Damn.