So when I was in high school, one of my friends (was it Justin, or someone else?) used to say, “Wow, vuja de. I have the most incredible feeling that I’ve never been here before.”
If said aloud, you’ll realize it’s “deja vu” spelled sideways.
Anyway, so today, I finally learned that there’s a real term to describe the phenomenon, called “Jamais vu”, or “the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar”. Not exactly the same thing, but close enough for government work.
So when I was in high school, one of my friends (was it Justin, or someone else?) used to say, “Wow, vuja de. I have the most incredible feeling that I’ve never been here before.”
If said aloud, you’ll realize it’s “deja vu” spelled sideways.
Anyway, so today, I finally learned that there’s a real term to describe the phenomenon, called “Jamais vu”, or “the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar”. Not exactly the same thing, but close enough for government work.
Posted Already?
Haven’t you already posted on this subject? 🙂
I am a numbskull
I took you literally, hit the Search page on my site for Deja Vu…
I am an idiot some days!
—
Matthew P. Barnson
Guilty
The things you rememeber.. hee hee
Now who said that? I seem to
Now who said that? I seem to remember hearing that alot. Teresa
Google is a powerful tool…
Every now and then its nice to do a google search on yourself, you never know what you will find. So.. I do my almost yearly search on myself only to find a not so true story on Justin T. website. Which mentions high school times that I do not remember happening at all. Now normally I would blame me not recalling the events on being drunk… But I did not drink at all back then. Didn’t drink, smoke, have sex and barely said a fowl word. Boy have times changed. But I digress.. The good thing that came out of that site was that I found out where Matt dropped off the face of the earth to. Now to find that Sam and Teresa also post comments here too is an added bonus. Now I would like to take credit for the Vuja De quote, since I did say it myself (and for several years after). But for some reason I think that it was you friend Ben. Now dont hold me to that cause I could be wrong, but that’s my 2cents. Hope all are doing well.
Important dialogue…
So there’s some important dialogue which I’m sure you remember:
Officer shines light into driver’s-side window: Driver’s license and registration, please.
Bryan, half-laughing: Is there a problem, officer?
Officer: Were you aware you were doing 44 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone?
Bryan: Actually, yes, I was aware I was driving a little too fast. I guess I was in a hurry to get us home.
Officer: Have you been drinking this evening?
Bryan: No, sir.
Officer: Has anyone in the vehicle been drinking this evening?
Bryan: No, sir.
Officer: Are there any alcoholic beverages in your vehicle?
Bryan: No, sir.
short pause…
Officer: Then what was with that monkey business back at the stoplight?
—
Matthew P. Barnson
Somehow I get the feeling tha
Somehow I get the feeling that we have done this before. It is so great to here from you. I know that I started doing this and now am hooked. You’ll stick around too. Or at least I hope you will. Nice to here from you. Teresa
Bryan…
I would like to interject a mild objection..
I also used that phrase with Matt.. and if your last name sounds like a first name, then it would be about the same time.
We all did
Back at QOHS all of used that same phrases. It was high school, thats what people did. And its no suprise that you would say something that Matt said. Back then you were voted most likely to be Matt Barnson. 🙂 Just kidding. — The Powerful, The Pleasurable, the One-and-Only Bryan Gregg
sideways…
It’s not sideways.. it’s wixed mords. Or, more correctly, a Spoonerism. I’ve had fun with spoonerisms for a long time. Some of my favorites go like this:
Mom: Son, get out of bed. Son: I can’t. I’m tied too ‘er.
or…
The night was dark, like a bog (sound of dog howling in the distance)