F Minus by Tony Carrillo for February 24, 2022

Actually, we all do sort of worry you’re nuts, but now we aren’t 100% sure of it.

I’m still startled when people talk to themselves in stores. Who can tell as they pass by or come up behind you?!

Don’t worry, we still think you’re nuts.

I always glance down at the dash as if a phone is down there. Don’t want other drivers to think I’m nuts…which I apparently am.

Self driving cars give you a chance if you are singing and it requires a big stage finale.

here it’s the opposite. people WILL still think you are nuts, whether they realize it’s hands-free or not.

When you’re not in the car, many people around you would probably conclude (and quite possibly rightly so) that you are (just) very rude.

I don’t care what people think. I play air cello in my car when an ELO song comes on.

He’s the most interesting person he knows.

I clearly recall the very first time I saw a man at an airport baggage claim talking on a cell phone using wireless earbuds (VERY new at that time). I thought he might be insane and dangerous.

I remember the first time I encountered someone using bluetooth to talk on her cellphone.

I once ate lunch on a bench in the Embarcadero district in San Francisco. Behind me I kept hearing this guy talking. As I ate my sandwich, I could hear him pleading. By the time I was finished he was threatening. As I got up to leave, I looked around – only the one guy and no phone but the “conversation” was continuing. Spooky.

I do talk to myself, but only to ask for advice.

One look at my car and they know I don’t have a fancy device like that and I’m talking to myself.

People walking down the sidewalk chatting with themselves blend in well with those chatting on Bluetooth devices hidden within their ears.

Or when you sing along to a song, people will think that you’re talking to someone. :o)

Yep, as my Dad would say when you caught him talking to himself “well I always did like to hear a smart man talk”

But you’d still catch hell for allegedly talking on the phone while driving!