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[side_show]

...you see inside someone's house for the first time and realize they don't know the proper way to hang art/photos.

...you know you just spit on someone's face while talking enthusiastically.

[wombat]

... when you realize, there's an improper way to hang art/photos?

[miles]

... when you realize, there's an improper way to hang art/photos?

For reals. I thought "not crooked" was basically all that matters. Or "barely crooked." Now I have another dumb thing to fret over.

[wombat]

I always figured that the only wrong way was to hit your thumb with the hammer instead of hitting the nail.

[side_show]

The centre of the image should be at approximate eye level to the viewer when standing comfortably in front of it, or if above furniture, no higher than 12 inches above the furniture.  Most people hang their art work and photos much too high, and it drives me crazy.  The whole point is to be able to look directly at the images.  That's what they're for.  This knowledge comes from having worked at and assistant managed an art gallery back in the day, but to me it's so common sense.  Why put a picture up that you have to crane your neck to look at (which is the most common hanging error). 

... when you're at work and you think no one is around, and you fart or belch, then realize someone is right there.

[CortJstr]

When I first visited my fiances house I realized she had all her art way too high. It would only be right if the average visitor was about 6'7". I've been convincing her to hang new things at the proper level but there's one piece where only the very bottom edge is at eye level for me.

[wombat]

I've been thinking deeply about this and while it obviously makes sense for a gallery, the difference is that I have never stood in front of the art on my walls and looked at it from that position. I see it from across the room, or when I'm sitting on the couch, etc.

[pmcd9]

What about the rest of the wall? The ceiling? I want to put art everywhere on the wall.

[theinevitable]

...a baby in the seat next to me on the plane reaches over and grabs my finger. I reflexively held her hand, for a moment, before she pulled it away.

[Pedro Picasso]

...my son asks to see the hotel housekeeper's teeth.

[side_show]

...a dog gets an errection from your attention.

[pmcd9]

That's a good way to be there Ash. Don't think wife won't appreciate it when you get home.

[wombat]

when the pug who is wearing a cone after eye-doctoring tries to eat canned food off a plate. We're definitely not doing that again.

[AugustWest]

Paul: it's the right thing to do but I got two widow-woman sis-in-law's, they got me straight out numbered sometimes.

Way I look at, it's a good thing to do, plus it gives you something to do other than listen to the sisters talk.  Double Bonus! 

Have a can.

[jaydub]

Now you get to sit down with her and fork the canned food directly to her?


_{The pug...not the sister-in-law. See Pedro, we still do this thing.}