As it is nearly Easter, it would have been so handy to have chosen that word for my Blogging from A-Z Challenge post. However, there is a much better word that I think suits me perfectly.
Let me present to you my word, eccentric. This word is the mad professor, blowing up things in his shed as he perfects his inventions; the crazy old girl who trots about in multi-coloured clothes and unruly hair, who has about 100 cats!
What about the elderly gent that still likes to wear a top hat and tails whilst doing his weekly shopping? Maybe he lives next door to a rosy-cheeked grandma that has a load of dollies that she treats as her children, dressing them up and holding tea parties for them.
It is peculiar in its nuttiness, unconventional and odd. It is what I aspire to be when I get old.
Yes, eccentric seems to be mainly applied to the ‘more mature’ person. Presumably. it takes time to perfect the art.
I am working on it!
I think eccentric is definitely something we should both work toward in our dotage!
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Absolutely! 🙂
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Eccentrically excellent Edwina! 😊
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Thank you Ritu! I love a bit of eccentricity!
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Oh me too! All for a bit of eccentricity every day! 😀
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I am smiling from ear to ear right now. So cute. You keep working on that. You will be great at it!
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Thanks, I am coming along nicely! 🙂
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I’m working my way to eccentric as well 🙂
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Yay, we are growing in number! 🙂
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Unconventional is always so much more interesting! 🙂
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I agree! More fun too 🙂
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Definitely! 😉
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I’m almost there already 🙂
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Good. The more of us the merrier! 🙂
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My family and I are seen as eccentric by the locals 🙂 They often stop us in the supermarket and ask us questions about our lifestyle, our views on society and very often, about my husband’s hair! I love being classed as an eccentric and it seems despite what society dictates, most people aspire to be eccentric. I find it easy. Just wear stripey pajama pants with a checkered shirt and a pointy hat when you go out to buy milk.
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Fantastic! I was saving it all up until I get old, but it seems you have got there already, and are enjoying it!
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It is because I am old already! 😀
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Ha Ha! Well you look younger than me!
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I am clever like that – I use ancient photographs. Teeheeheee!
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Well I call that being sensible! 🙂
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Great word.
Eccentricity has a positive connotation. It’s socially acceptable to be called eccentric as opposed to crazy or koo-koo! 😀
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Yes, you are right there! Thanks so much for commenting 🙂
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Judy E Martin
Hello, and thanks for stopping by. I am Judy, in my (very) early fifties and decided that life definitely gets more interesting as it goes on! I am a wife and a mum and have just finished University as a Registered Nurse, after having worked as an Associate Practitioner in the NHS. I am also a poet and the author of my debut book, 'Rhymes of the Times.' I love to laugh, and I love rhyming words too, so I joined the two together, and my book was born. I am currently working on another book in the series also. I am a prolific blogger and enjoy writing funny stories, anecdotes, and anything really that takes my fancy.
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