{"id":2358,"date":"2021-02-14T12:14:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T17:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2021-02-14T12:14:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T17:14:58","slug":"did-you-hear-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=2358","title":{"rendered":"Did you hear that?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Did you hear that?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of the worst things in the world to hear is the phrase, \u201cDid you hear that?\u201d No matter what you are doing when that phrase is uttered by someone you always think of the worst-case scenario.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lying in bed at night, she turned to me and said, \u201cDid you hear that?\u201d The mind boggles as I think of who is invading my home? Do I have a bat or heavy object available to deal with an intruder? Or, what just fell?\u00a0 Did the roof just fall in? Do I know where the escape ladder is kept and is it still usable?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019re driving in a car with your spouse and he turns to you with a shocked look on his face and says, \u201cDid you hear that?\u201d I\u2019d better grip the wheel tighter. Did I just run over someone? Did the axle just fall off of the car?\u00a0 This reminds me of the time I was driving 55 mph on a highway with my mother and I ran over someone else\u2019s exhaust pipe on the road, because I couldn\u2019t avoid it and blew out a tire. My mother asked me, \u201cWhy are we slowing down?\u201d as I tried to pull the car off the highway onto the shoulder with only three functioning wheels. That could have been a \u201cDid you hear that?\u201d situation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019re teaching in school and one of the students jumps up and says, \u201cDid you hear that?\u201d\u00a0 Oh no, are we being attacked by some crazed person with a gun. Should I go into lockdown, call the office, or call 911? I\u2019m certainly not setting foot out into the hall to stop a knife fight.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019re walking down the street and your partner grabs you and says, \u201cDid you hear that?\u201d\u00a0 Was there a car accident? A tornado approaching? Some dastardly rabid dog on the loose?\u00a0 You know it could happen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Most of the time, none of these catastrophic incidents ever happen. But the creative mind does seem to have a bank of stored possibilities when asked to react to certain questions asked.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So I say be prepared ahead of time, before you ask, \u201cDid you hear that?\u201d so that when you do hear something that is not a life-threatening situation, you can either rephrase the question you ask or just make a statement of fact rather than play a guessing game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Now don\u2019t get me started on \u201cDid you see that?\u201d<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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