Day 190 – Sounds
Today’s prison observation is about sounds. Inmates love to play pinochle—endlessly. Which is harmless, except they have this macho way of putting down each card. They lift their hands up high and throw it down in the manner a hyperactive 13-year old would when exclaiming “GIN” over a rival. But instead of one annoying triumphant moment, the 4 guys playing every round go “BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!” onto the bunk, and if your back is turned it sounds like someone is kicking the bunk. It alarms me every time I hear it until I register what they’re doing.
The other observation is that there is always one guy in a group of thirty or so who has made his “shtick” to talk with a certain kind of voice which is usually an imitation of an old movie star (like John Wayne or Humphrey Bogart) or a cartoon character like Bart Simpson or worse, something he made up. Or he does sound effects which are amusing at first, but when these voices become the way in which this person gets attention and infects every contrived mode of expression he uses, becomes DAMNED ANNOYING!
MCO 2004
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