ruby.monkey
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You had to carry it in your teeth, uphill both ways?
glass half full or half empty person?
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Mcary
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That's not long enough!
Mcary
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What are you talking about that's more then enough time for a poll!
andersju
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RObert Budding
D'oh!
There should be another choice: half empty and certain that someone will either spill the glass or steal it.
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Guest
Sod the glass, I drink straight from the bottle. Glasses are for wimps.
russelljtdyer
Writer
an optimistic realist
an optimistic realist
I've always been an optimistic realist. Usually, when someone says a glass is half full or empty, it's rarely exactly that amount. I try to make visually a more accurate measurement and call it as I see it, with a positive outlook. So I usually say something like, 'the glass is forty-percent full.' I acknowledge the limits and reality, but I feel good about what I have. And as someone else here alluded, be glad you have a glass: it means that there's a potential of a refill.
As another example of this attitude, I remember when I first had dysentery. I was in the U.S. Army National Guard at the time on a two-week outing in the woods. I had it along with several other guys in my company. While they thought it was horrible--which I did concur--I also thought and said at the time that it was an interesting experience and would be fun to describe later. Which it has been.
an optimistic realist
I've always been an optimistic realist. Usually, when someone says a glass is half full or empty, it's rarely exactly that amount. I try to make visually a more accurate measurement and call it as I see it, with a positive outlook. So I usually say something like, 'the glass is forty-percent full.' I acknowledge the limits and reality, but I feel good about what I have. And as someone else here alluded, be glad you have a glass: it means that there's a potential of a refill.
As another example of this attitude, I remember when I first had dysentery. I was in the U.S. Army National Guard at the time on a two-week outing in the woods. I had it along with several other guys in my company. While they thought it was horrible--which I did concur--I also thought and said at the time that it was an interesting experience and would be fun to describe later. Which it has been.
Griffin
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I'm an engineer, so the glass is overdimensioned.
Roger Hicks
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The glass is just filled to the right level so you can appreciate the bouquet of the wine?
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Elegant! A perfect analysis!
What sort of person are you? One who can think clearly!
Cheers,
R.
Roger Hicks
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But people do tend to look at you a bit strangely if you drink gin from the bottle. I tried it once in 1966 or so. I don't think I've bothered since.
Drinking Champagne from the bottle tends to require some finesse if it is not to go up your nose, in your eyes, etc., but practice takes care of that.
Cheers,
R.
micromontenegro
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Many moons ago there was a member here who said something close to this: The glass is half empty- it has toxic waste in it. I just drank the other half, and I am still thisrty.
Edite to add: Found the qoute: "Some people are 'the glass is half full' types. Some people are 'the glass is half empty' types. I'm a 'the glass is full of radioactive waste and I just drank half of it' type. And I'm still thirsty." -- Bill Mattocks
Edite to add: Found the qoute: "Some people are 'the glass is half full' types. Some people are 'the glass is half empty' types. I'm a 'the glass is full of radioactive waste and I just drank half of it' type. And I'm still thirsty." -- Bill Mattocks
icebear
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The core question in this forum must be :
What type of glass is it : asph, apo or even apo asph.😀
What type of glass is it : asph, apo or even apo asph.😀
mwooten
light user
Cool, I have about nine days to decide. On the other hand, I only have nine days left.
chris000
Landscaper
Half empty ... but always hopeful that things will improve
daveleo
what?
My wife calls me "Mr. Negative". I say she is wrong about that. But she's positive.
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Truth is that I am very thankful for my half glass of water. Every day.
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Truth is that I am very thankful for my half glass of water. Every day.
robklurfield
eclipse
I'll agree with Paul. And, I'll add that my own policy is to keep two glasses (metaphorically speaking) next to each other; one half full, the other half empty, to hedge my bets.
As I get older, I realize that my native cynicism might be nothing but an enormous consumer of physic energy (with no possible payoff) and that, just maybe, Monty Python was right, as Eric Idle sang at the closing ceremony of the Olympics the other night: "always look on the bright side of life...."
Perhaps one of those two metaphoric glasses is really a novelty store dribble glass.
As I get older, I realize that my native cynicism might be nothing but an enormous consumer of physic energy (with no possible payoff) and that, just maybe, Monty Python was right, as Eric Idle sang at the closing ceremony of the Olympics the other night: "always look on the bright side of life...."
Perhaps one of those two metaphoric glasses is really a novelty store dribble glass.
KM-25
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Since my freezer is entirely full of film and I have stocked up on paper, I am at least half full...😀
Gumby
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It depends upon what is in the glass, and how big the glass is.
Richard G
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Since the Olympics I just couldn't settle for half full - might as well have nothing as half full. [McKayla face; plus tears]
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