The opposite of a bird’s-eye view is a cat’s-eye view.
note: birds of a feather flock together; featherless birds must flock alone.
double note: 2 year olds have a bird’s-eye view of everything … it’s just that it is a penguin’s.
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Today #339
Today I taught a few students the “cracking the nose” trick; they were so impressed I bet they couldn’t wait to go to school tomorrow and amaze their friends.
(cracking the nose trick: cover your mouth and nose with your hands and pretend to twist your nose with your fingers while clicking a thumbnail on the back of a front tooth) … just in case you’ve forgotten.
today note: it doesn’t sound so exciting when I explain it. I’m no Penn and Teller.
I Am The Cheese 
Is the cracking nose trick part of the cultural exchange program?
Just don’t forget to PRETEND to break your nose!
I still fool people with the nose trick! Even when they know the secret they are rather scared.
even better is having a hard sweet in your mouth. crunch on it each time you ‘crack’ your nose!
Thanks for the comments!
Donald Diddams: the 8 year old girl student started it by cracking her knuckles! … I’m not responsible! hee hee!
madtante: I’ve never broken my nose (knock on wood), but apart from the pain it probably wouldn’t look any worse or better than it does now.
heretherebespiders: thanks for stopping by! I agree. It’s like the detachable finger trick; it still looks weird even when you know how it’s done.
epicurienne: I’ll have to try that one. I usually crunch candies while simultaneously taking steps. I pretend I’m walking on leaves or hard snow.
(it doesn’t work very well while actually walking on leaves or hard snow though)
3 times for me (so far) — the last time, I straightened/ set it. My nose now looks better than the one I was born with if you don’t count the bump. I straightened (from times 1 & 2) and “pulled it down” (used to have a “pig-nose”).
If I want to throw up and cry, I just have to remember setting it. I don’t want any of those things, so I try to not think about them but thought I’d share the general story. It really is a better nose now!
madtante: I used to bug my sister about her big nose when I was a kid … until my first day of school with the same teacher my sister had had.
Teacher: “You are Toni’s little brother!”
Me: “How do you know?”
Teacher: “Same nose”
note: I left my sister’s nose alone after that … and focused on other things.
double note: 3rd times a charm … ouch!
Watch out birdies the bad ol’ pussy cat is watching you. I will chase it away so yous will be safe. I am still learning about cats but I am told they have sharp pins in their paws to scratch dogs with.
Hey is the featherless birds comment a sly way to have a crack at me & my kind ‘cos we don’t have much fur. Just watch it buddy!!!
Angus the Chinese Crested: thanks for stopping by! When chasing cats, it’s a good idea to start with the scaredy ones first.
note: I hear Chinese Crested dogs are furless … they aren’t afraid of anything!
Yes we are very furless, even more furless than a doberman, or a poodle which are even more tougher than a doberman (Dixie said I had to say that bit) so I will show my lack of fur by finding a scaredy one to start out with
Angus the Chinese Crested: “We have nothing to fur, except fur itself“.
is that your kitty? are those your birds? lol. j/k
I’m sure you at least had the little boys in stitches with the nose trick. don’t all the little girls say, ‘ewwww…” or the japanese equivalent?
sweetiegirlz: the cat and the birds seem to lurk around here sometimes. I don’t know where they come from … I don’t know their parents. hee hee!
note: the little girl in the class thought that was the best trick ever! … but she’s a bit of a tomboy.