Comments on: Dear Clusterflock http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/09/dear-clusterflock-142.html a site about everything Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew Simone http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/09/dear-clusterflock-142.html/comment-page-1#comment-239460 Andrew Simone Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:05:08 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=13066#comment-239460 I am taking you for a breather then, Sheila. I am taking you for a breather then, Sheila.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/09/dear-clusterflock-142.html/comment-page-1#comment-239459 Sheila Ryan Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:01:52 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=13066#comment-239459 If I hug you, I will be almost certain to kiss your cheek or your neck. I'm just warning y'all. If I hug you, I will be almost certain to kiss your cheek or your neck. I’m just warning y’all.

]]> By: Aaron Winslow http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/09/dear-clusterflock-142.html/comment-page-1#comment-239456 Aaron Winslow Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:57:01 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=13066#comment-239456 There are very few people with whom I am already acquainted and from whom I am delighted to receive a hug. There is also, of course, the person who is somehow just able to pull it off. Same with the touch on the shoulder or arm during conversation. I love the gesture, but not the contact. When I was a baby, my mom considered that I might be autistic. Now she considers that I might be a dickhead. There are very few people with whom I am already acquainted and from whom I am delighted to receive a hug. There is also, of course, the person who is somehow just able to pull it off. Same with the touch on the shoulder or arm during conversation.

I love the gesture, but not the contact. When I was a baby, my mom considered that I might be autistic. Now she considers that I might be a dickhead.

]]> By: Daryl Scroggins http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/09/dear-clusterflock-142.html/comment-page-1#comment-239438 Daryl Scroggins Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:15:09 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=13066#comment-239438 I don't hold my breath--but I did when I was a child. It was mostly old people hugging me, and as I recall odors were much more acute for me then. I had a great aunt who smelled like a morgue, and I always imagined that the smell was coming directly from the tumescent goiter she smothered me with. <i>Now</i> do you wonder why I'm not big on hugging? I don’t hold my breath–but I did when I was a child. It was mostly old people hugging me, and as I recall odors were much more acute for me then. I had a great aunt who smelled like a morgue, and I always imagined that the smell was coming directly from the tumescent goiter she smothered me with. Now do you wonder why I’m not big on hugging?

]]> By: Deron Bauman http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/09/dear-clusterflock-142.html/comment-page-1#comment-239434 Deron Bauman Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:11:53 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=13066#comment-239434 do the 'terrible huggers' (Aaron, Daryl) like to be hugged? do the ‘terrible huggers’ (Aaron, Daryl) like to be hugged?

]]> By: Aaron Winslow http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/09/dear-clusterflock-142.html/comment-page-1#comment-239419 Aaron Winslow Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:39:51 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=13066#comment-239419 I'm a terrible hugger. I hold my breath and bend at the waist, offering only the arms and shoulders. Relatedly, my wrist pops when I shake hands. People don't like that. I’m a terrible hugger. I hold my breath and bend at the waist, offering only the arms and shoulders.

Relatedly, my wrist pops when I shake hands. People don’t like that.

]]> By: Cooper Renner http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/09/dear-clusterflock-142.html/comment-page-1#comment-239411 Cooper Renner Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:16:53 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=13066#comment-239411 I'm also in favor of hugging. And breathing. I’m also in favor of hugging. And breathing.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/09/dear-clusterflock-142.html/comment-page-1#comment-239388 Jordan Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:04:21 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=13066#comment-239388 I don't hold my breath, at least not consciously, unless I'm expecting a unpleasant scent (say, if they've been smoking). I am a hugger. I don’t hold my breath, at least not consciously, unless I’m expecting a unpleasant scent (say, if they’ve been smoking). I am a hugger.

]]> By: Tracy http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/09/dear-clusterflock-142.html/comment-page-1#comment-239364 Tracy Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:51:22 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=13066#comment-239364 I guess I tend to fart when I hug people and just assume that they're doing the same so, Yes. I hold my breath. I guess I tend to fart when I hug people and just assume that they’re doing the same so, Yes. I hold my breath.

]]> By: Andrew Simone http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/09/dear-clusterflock-142.html/comment-page-1#comment-239361 Andrew Simone Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:46:53 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=13066#comment-239361 But would you hold your breath? But would you hold your breath?

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