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Keep your distance, Bluetooth guy

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Contributed by: Barbara Neff on 5/15/2008

Chatter wafting through the air,
Gesturing wildly to no one there.
In a busy place by light of day,
Check him out, then look away.
With invisible friends he candidly talks.
With invisible friends he hurriedly walks.
Animated, he laughs out loud.
Oblivious to the passing crowd.
Not homeless person, not transient,
Not mentally ill in the medical sense.
Strangely disconnected, thoroughly engaged,
Social oddity of our high tech age.
He can't stop talking.
I wonder why.
Don't come near me, Bluetooth guy.

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Submitted By: Barbara Neff

posted on 5/29/2008 @ 1:18:32 PM

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hahahahahaha. Paul, you must be a bluetooth guy!

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Submitted By: Paul Thurston

posted on 5/28/2008 @ 5:12:43 PM

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hahahaha That's really cute!! Of course, your age has never shown more!!!

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Submitted By: Barbara Neff

posted on 5/23/2008 @ 9:29:42 PM

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Stan, you didn't seem like such a mean guy.

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Submitted By: Stan Dyer

posted on 5/23/2008 @ 1:52:02 PM

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From now on, whevever I see you, I am putting on my bluetooth whether I am using it or not!

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Submitted By: Karin Malchow

posted on 5/21/2008 @ 11:30:34 AM

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Oh, yes, you speak for many. Unlike Bluetooth Guys who speak only for themselves but make us listen.

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Submitted By: Gladys Mercier

posted on 5/19/2008 @ 7:58:34 PM

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I was answering a lady in a bathroom stall, happily chatting away, then she came out with her Bluetooth. I was SO embarrassed.

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Submitted By: Barbara Neff

posted on 5/19/2008 @ 1:06:47 PM

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You guys crack me up. Katherine, I love the story about the guy in the grocery store. I am laughing out loud thinking of him standing in line saying out loud (seemingly to himself), "I am at the grocery store."

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Submitted By: Jim McAllister

posted on 5/18/2008 @ 11:19:06 PM

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Barb, Sorry, I forgot your stars below. Strictly a 5 star entry. Here they are.....

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Submitted By: Katherine Jerome

posted on 5/18/2008 @ 3:16:46 PM

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Love it Barbara! It reminds me of the time I was in the grocery store, and some guy behind me in line announced "I'm at the grocery store".........I thought he had some sort of ailment, but no, it was another Bluetooth guy!

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Submitted By: Jim McAllister

posted on 5/18/2008 @ 11:27:47 AM

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Barb, you really nailed it on these fools. They remind me of refugees from a bad "Star Trek" episode. You either have to be a terrific loser or an ego freak to walk around with that appendage hanging out of your ear. Great poem!

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