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Friday 5 for October 11: Crib – http://f.riday5.com/2024/10/11/friday-5-for-october-11-crib/
1. When did you last have fresh cut flowers in your home?
I’m not sure – either last year for my birthday and/or Name Day. Those are the only the occasions usually.
2. When did you last have a guest not related to you in your home?
A guest? It’s been years.
3. When did you last have a service or delivery person in your home?
I don’t remember exactly when it was – maybe the August package delivery. I don’t think I’ve had anything delivered home after that.
4. When did you last have nobody at all (including you) overnight in your home?
This entire week Monday-Friday! I was away for rehabilitation the entire week, and got back yesterday (Friday afternoon).
5. When did you last have an unexpected visitor at your front door?
No idea. I don’t usually open my door unless I’m expecting delivery, workmen or guests. There’s a lot of kids in my complex that like to ring door bells a lot at times, and at times there are Jehova’s Witnesses, bible thumpers or random sales people working neighborhoods. Sales people particularly running up to Christmas, selling expensive advent calendars with candy fillings (bad tasting candy to boot). So if I’m not expecting anyone, it’s 99 times our of 100 somebody you don’t want to waste your time on!
Friday 5 for October 18: Yuputka 2 – http://f.riday5.com/2024/10/18/friday-5-for-october-18-yuputka-2/
1. In German, fernweh is a longing for distant places, perhaps even places you’ve never been. What place you’ve never been do you have fernweh for?
No place that exists. But Star Trek TNG (the series, not the movies) the Enterprise!
2. In Finnish, myötähäpeä is “the kinder, gentler cousins of schadenfreude, something akin to “vicarious embarrassment.” For whom did you last feel myötähäpeä?
That’s not the correct definition of myötähäpeä as I’ve always understood it. Myötähäpeä is when one feels 1)personal embarrassment 2)on account of 3)and for another who is 4)making a fool of him or herself and 5)not realizing it. All five points must be present for myötähäpeä to occur.
Unfortunately, this entire current government is frequently making me feel myötähäpeä by nearly all of their policy decisions, which are uncivilized, idiotic and cruel, as well as by political and other scandals their politicians produce. There’s been something at least every other month since the current government came into power 1,5 years ago. The current government is making the entire country look bad.
3. In Japanese, shouganai means “there’s nothing we can do about it, so we accept it, rather than waste time worrying or being angry.” How good are you at saying shouganai and putting it into practice?
I guess I’m pretty good. I should be less good at it, really!
4. In Scots, tartle is the “panicky hesitation just before you have to introduce someone whose name you can’t quite remember.” When did you last experience tartle and how did you handle it?
I haven’t had to introduce anyone in years, but I frequently don’t remember people’s names. I’m bad with names, particularly if they aren’t written down. Ideally, say in a group, we’d all wear name tags at least first – that’s the best way for me to remember a name and which face it goes with. I might remember everything the other persons have told me over a week, but still don’t remember their names.
5. In Georgian, zeg means “the day after tomorrow.” What are you doing zeg?
Ylihuomenna meaning day after tomorrow is Monday, and I’ll be getting my COVID-19 booster shot and hopefully also be able to book a new appointment with my GP.
