Perhaps because I was trying t confuse you with my 'evil' act and it worked?

Nah, nobody good be that good an undercover agent

Because my cover is too good?

Why don't I believe you?

Yes, I'm a little altruist under cover

That seems like a pretty nice thing to do for a self-proclaimed evil person like yourself...

It could be easier for me, but I'm trying to broaden these people's horizon by teaching them the lesson that they should have some more 'self-distance'

I ask you, what is easier? Having to go through al that each time or simply saying: Yes, I'll be in Hamburg then... That way they know what you consider "home" and will eventualy learn...

Yes, but that way, their style of question will have worked for them and they'll do the same thing again next time. Instead, I'm trying shock therapy and let them run into a wall until they figure out themselves what's wrong with the assumption

Like this:

You could do what I do when I suspect that just saying "yes, I'm going home" could be wrongly interpreted. In those cases I explicitly state were I'm going (eg. I'm in leuven/tessenderlo)... That way, my friends would have to lose 99% of their cognitive functions before they can misunderstand me (slight exaguration, I know but just making a point )

I'm just asking because I often get asked by old friends from school-time if I'm 'at home over the weekend'. If I then tell them 'yes, I wil be at home' (meaning Hamburg, because I call the place 'home' where I spend most of my life), they don't understand it and think I'm referring to my parents' place. Which I don't call home, because I'm just a visitor there...

Same goes for many of my friends from university. They ask if I'm driving home this weekend, I'm telling them I'm driving home every day after uni (after all, I'm not sleeping there ).

Edited by Mr Creosote at 12:07 on September, 10th 2002

depends on where I am of course
If I'm in leuven I would say: come on down, I'm in Leuven. Call me if I have to pick you up at the station or something...
If I'm at my parents, I would say most of the time: sorry, I'm at my parents place... you can come here if you want...

But this is mainly because most of the people I know are from Uni so they all live in/around leuven which makes it easier for them to come to my place there...

Ah, I see So what would you answer if a personal friend of yours asked you via e-mail if you are at home at the moment because he wanted to visit you?

1/10 = first of october and 30/60 should be 30/6 being june thirthiet (sp?)...

Is that supposed to be dates? Sorry, but I'm confused....

Both actually... I know this doesn't make things any easier but it's a safe assumption that from 1/10 till 30/60 my home during the week is my place in Leuven whilst every other weekend I go "home" to my parents place... Keep them informed of my studies and all... From july 1 till end of september, it's all rather vague for me too so...

Or "never"


Pada1: Your last post leads me to another question. What do you actually call home usually? Your own place or your parents' home?

Edited by Mr Creosote at 11:42 on September, 10th 2002

That's a pretty neat way of saying 'always'

Yes, that's what I meant by being online too... Although when I'm actually at home (my parents place) I am online when I appear to be (does this make any sense to anyone? ) seeing as there is little else for me to do here...

I'm online most of the time I'm at home, too, but that doesn't mean I'm actually doing anything online Most of the time, I just have it running, check for example this forum from time to time, but mainly, I'm doing something else, like reading, watching TV, playing games - basically everything which keeps me from working