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gul·li·ble
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adj
Easily deceived or duped.
This is not how I like to think of myself, but it fits, for the moment. (and I proclaim
from the rooftop that I will shake off this label tomorrow) But, today it fits.
Yesterday being April Fool’s Day, I had one pulled on me, and I fell for it hook,
line and sinker.
Those of you who use G Mail may have seen this yesterday. I had seen it linked
at the top of my email page, wondered about it, but didn’t explore. Then I got
an email from Kim C’s hubby exclaiming how excited he was about this new
feature. As I read this page my moral compass began to spin out of control,
however, tempered by a vague understanding of the dearth of virtue our
culture suffers from, I bit. Fire flew from my fingertips as I shot back a
hastily considered rebuke.
Now, you see people claiming to ROTFL. I’m certain he literally was
ROTFLOL at this point.
Red faced w/ sheepish grin, but only for the moment. The thing that
galls me is that he didn’t even have to plan this one, GMail handed it
to him, and it payed off big time.
I like to think that he, like his wife, can now also say that I have caused
his drink to shoot out of his nose!
No related posts.
Here’s one: we have goat kids. My older girls switched their collars, and had me completely convinced that each had changed physically to resemble the other.
Now, they have some very specific markings – Molly has, literally, an “M” on her forehead, and I was looking at “Sally” (who now appeared with an “M” on her head), as the girls persuaded me that Molly’s markings had blurred, and Sally’s had become more distinct. I was utterly confused. (Are you?)
It was also the day (1st of the month) to weigh them, and Molly has proven to be more petite than Sally consistently. Well, I didn’t know what to make of “Molly” now weighing MORE than “Sally”…is she eating more? Does she have a problem? A TUMOR? WHY did she weigh several pounds more than Sally?!
I don’t think I deserved quite the laughter that ensued when they revealed (no, I never figured it out on my own) the switcheroo.
(To my credit, I had been out of town for 5 days, and thought that it wasn’t outside of the realm of possibilities that these things could be true. I just didn’t have on my “The kids KNOW it’s April 1st” Hat. I should have.)
Also, to my shame, I fell for Kim’s triplet prank. And I’d just spent the entire weekend with her. Duh.
Hi Karen,
Don’t leave us hanging. Give us at least one.
I cannot BELIEVE how many times I fell for things on the 1st. Yeesh. I have thought of myself as naturally skeptical, but I think I fell for everything dished out to me that day.
I’m sorry y’all got fooled, but I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who bit.
I had no idea it was a joke! Thanks for enlightening me, and boy, do I feel silly now for telling my hubby all about it and how completely terrible I thought it was! I even considered changing my email in light of it! WOW – they got me!
I’m enjoying reading about your pirate adventures!
Hi! I’ve read Kim C’s blog for a while now, and actually had the very blessed privilege to meet her in person at the SAICFF in 2006. I’d love to live by you people so’s I can be your dear friend!!
But people can also become dear friends through blogs and emails and such too…
Here’s a comment from me welcoming you to our world!! I hope you never regret your decision to jump on in with both feet!!
And if you want, I’d be privileged if you would come over and meet me on http://mysupplications.blogspot.com , or over at homeschoolblogger/still growing!
Hope to “see” you soon!!
Leanne in Longview
You’re not the only one feeling gullible. I got the email too but didn’t even visit the link he had sent. This morning when I noticed something odd about an email from him I asked if he was using the exciting new gmail feature he had emailed about.