Nothing is sticking, this amanda earheart stuff is no good to me.

I need something really silly/quirky but nothing springs to mind.

Please help!

My story for this one is very simple, but it works great for me. When you feel(in your heart) ashamed or embarrassed, your ears turn red.

I dunno. Maybe something like "when you feel shame, your heart pumps blood to your ears to turn them red"? That's just off the top of my head. I've never been good with stories, I just used the Amelia Earheart one.

Ripping out your heart and rubbing it around in your ear? What a dirty little pleasure you have there. You should be ashamed.

Everyone thinks these have to make sense. They don't.

I go, rather, that the only thing I can hear when deeply ashamed is the rushing of the blood in my ears. Needs a little rephrasing to work in the heart, though; I've already forgotten the original phrasing of the story.

It's true that they don't need to make sense, but for me the physiological connection is strong.

~J

alyks Wrote:Ripping out your heart and rubbing it around in your ear? What a dirty little pleasure you have there. You should be ashamed.

Everyone thinks these have to make sense. They don't.

That's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for! Thanks!

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fuaburisu Wrote:This chinese character explains how shame stands between social expectations (the ear listening to the outside world) and one's own expectations (one's heart).

The one I posted in the study area is presumably based on etymology, I can't remember where I found it, but I thought I'd point out that I didn't make it up. I just looked it up on zhongwen.com but it doesn't seem to have a chinese equivalent.

PS: the story means that shame can come from a conflict with inside or outside expectations (or both!), with inside and outside represented by the ear and the heart.