Saturday, August 8, 2009

Deep Thoughts, with Kristin Handy

When someone yells "Heads up!" at you, he or she is informing you of an undesirable object headed for you, from which, presumably, you should duck. So shouldn't it be, "Heads down"?

Yes, these are the ruminations on which I expend my brain power. Such as it is.
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4 comments:

  1. rlsAugust 8, 2009 at 9:29 AM

    I hope you ducked.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 8, 2009 at 9:58 AM

    I think that this is meant to avoid responsibility and possible legal problems should you be hit on the head with that falling object. Heads up means that you should look up and therefore take responsibility of avoiding the falling object. Heads down would mean that you would take the blow on the back of the neck. Anyway, I always duck and side step to cover all possibilities.

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  3. AnkeAugust 8, 2009 at 7:37 PM

    OH MY GOD, I just found your blog and I LOVE IT! I couldn't stop reading and have actually read EVERY SINGLE POST of yours. Talk about OCD and writing in caps... Lurking here and probably commenting :-) are definitely in my future.

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  4. DaisyAugust 9, 2009 at 10:23 AM

    How about "Watch your head!" or "Watch your back!" Both are physically impossible.

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