They need to make a better Daredevil movie with somebody else playing the role of Matt Murdock/Daredevil. -Vapour -----Original Message----- From: A. J. Nolte [mailto:a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:19 PM To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: blindisms et al Magnets on teeth? That's...fantastic!! As for daredevil, well, I suppose that's what you get when Benn Aflak pretends to be blind. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elfqueen" <elfqueen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 2:07 AM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: blindisms et al > Wow. Weird! > > Say, there's a book, I think it's on bookshare, called Mirror, Mirror > on > the Wall. Part of the Dear America series. I read it a long time ago, and > it's about a blind girl named Bess Brennan who goes to a school for the > blind in the 1930's. A visitor comes, and asks how the students find their > mouths when they eat. That one had me falling out of my chair howling with > laughter, but the answer one of the boys gave was even better: he said > he'd attached magnets to his teeth! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A. J. Nolte" <a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 2:01 AM > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: blindisms et al > > >> Nope, nobody asked me about the rain thing; it's in the movie >> Daredevil >> though. <g> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Elfqueen" <elfqueen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 1:47 AM >> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: blindisms et al >> >> >>> LOLOLOL! Did someone ask you that? Wow! That goes beyond >>> weird...that's >>> amazingly weird! I don't like walking in the rain either. It's >>> distracting. >>> >>> I once had a lady come up to me out of the blue, and ask me if I >>> wrote >>> songs? Incidentally, I do, and said yes. Hymns? Were they hymns? Yes, I >>> had written some hymns, but how did she know all this about me? Well, >>> she knew about Fanny Krosby, and since Fanny Krosby was blind and wrote >>> songs, and I was blind too, I must write songs. LOL! I love it. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "A. J. Nolte" <a.j.nolte@xxxxxxxxx> >>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 1:40 AM >>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: blindisms et al >>> >>> >>>> What, you mean you can't see pictures of people's faces based on >>>> the >>>> way the rain hits them? I'm shocked--shocked. <g> >>>> >>>> Incidentally, rain is kinda a bit disorienting rather than being >>>> helpful, for me anyway. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Elfqueen" <elfqueen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 1:18 AM >>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: blindisms et al >>>> >>>> >>>>> *smiles* Not a stupid question at all. This is where the line >>>>> starts >>>>> to be crossed between realism and myth. Lots of people have >>>>> misconceptions about blind people's senses, like we're supposed to be >>>>> superhuman or someething. We're not, but I can generally feel it if >>>>> someone is really focused on me. If I'm not thinking about it I don't >>>>> always, but I'm by nature very self-conscious, and maybe that's what >>>>> makes me so sensative about it. I don't know if that's universal. >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> >>>>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 1:14 AM >>>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] blindisms et al >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> This is probably a stupid question, and perhaps I can guess the >>>>>> answer, but if you're blind how do you know people are staring at >>>>>> you? >>>>>> >>>>>> G.Cindy >>>>>> >>>>>> I >>>>>>> decided I don't like to be stared at; frankly, I hate it. 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