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How to Avoid Falling Between the Quacks

Aug 17, 2012
by Caroline Miller
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The art of a long life requires more than regular doctor visits and a few tummy crunches. To stay out trouble or avoid disappointment, one needs to be a good listener. As a student of our English language, I’m aware of how often words are used to hide rather than reveal meaning. Just for fun, I’ll close the week with a few of my favorite obfuscations.

To tell the truth,  I tell you frankly, I’m being perfectly honest, You can trust me. I’m a Christian. If a person has to convince me he’s honest, he probably isn’t.

Do you have a business card?  When asked by a politician, this question is never flattering. In a week or two I’ll receive a request for a political contribution.

We should get together sometime.  Without a specific date, the phrase as one of avoidance.

It’s not about you; it’s me.  When someone says that, it really is about me.

I really hate to say this, and This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you.  No explanations needed here. We all know what these phrases mean.

I call these forms of communication “quack-quacks.” Anyone care to share his or her favorites?

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(Courtesy of www.anxietymadewell.com)

 

 

 

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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.

Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015

Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens.  She also published the story Gustav Pavel,  a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.

Caroline has published four novels

  • Ballet Noir
  • Trompe l’Oeil
  • Gothic Spring
  • Heart Land

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