The Weeble's solution to his shortcomings in the area of forward planning/firm commitment/general reliability.
Hide behind purposefully ambiguous language.
The Weeble is super-literate and a professional wordsmith. Therefore, when his choice of words leaves doubt about the certainty of his assent to a given plan of action, you may be fairly sure that he is trying to leave himself a loophole to enable him to wriggle out of his seemingly promised participation.
A couple of weeks ago, he responded to my suggestion of a drink-related activity (hmm - DRA? Another potentially useful acronym!) for the weekend that he considered it 'plausible'.
My anguished, goading response:
"Uh-oh! 'Plausible' is a step or two down from 'possible'. And 'possible' is a step or two down from 'doable'. And 'doable' is still a long way short of 'I'm there!'"
I know him too well.
(Although, the 'plan' on this occasion was The Beijinger Super Quiz, to which he did - much to my surprise - show up. And he subsequently bitched about the appalling questionmastering more vociferously than any of us!)
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It's merely that, being familiar with the inexorable vicissitudes of life's course, I don't like to make promises that Cruel Fate may cause me to be unable to keep.
Also, I oversleep.
Also, you have no awareness of time.
Or distance.
And you get distracted easily.
And you get caught in the gravity well of Amilal/Amilana too easily.
And....
Well, you know.
Time is an illusion caused by the human inability to comprehend all of existence simultaneously. Right now, for example, I am late for at least 27 engagements at various points along the time continuum.
How very Tralfamadorian of you, Weeble.
From this perspective, I suppose you could reasonably argue that you are in fact always on time.
It's just not the same 'time' that the rest of us are on.
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