Comments on: Books with Deaf Characters Post 11 – River of Hands http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2010/01/24/books-with-deaf-characters-post-11-river-of-hands/ You'll never know what you'll find. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:34:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: K http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2010/01/24/books-with-deaf-characters-post-11-river-of-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-11006 K Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:00:29 +0000 http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/?p=252#comment-11006 The hotel one doesn't make any sense, I agree. Because if you have do not disturb on your door, Housekeeping doesn't come back. They don't have time. Plus, um, they have a key. The hotel one doesn’t make any sense, I agree. Because if you have do not disturb on your door, Housekeeping doesn’t come back. They don’t have time. Plus, um, they have a key.

]]> By: Jellyn http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2010/01/24/books-with-deaf-characters-post-11-river-of-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-10989 Jellyn Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:32:23 +0000 http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/?p=252#comment-10989 "Please, But" --- Deaf guy drives up to a railroad crossing. The train passes, but the barrier stays down. He heads over to the booth to wake the guy up and tries to tell him to put the barrier up. He gets out a pad and writes down 'Please but'. Naturally the hearing guy has no clue what he's talking about. But if you know ASL, it's perfectly clear. ('But' is two crossed index fingers separating, like two gates being lifted up.) The other story, a deaf couple checks into a hotel, and they're tired, so they sleep. And housekeeping comes by, sees the 'do not disturb', and does not disturb. Housekeeping comes back, still there, comes back, still there. Housekeeping knocks. Calls through the door. No answer. And, erm, here the logic breaks down. Because for some reason this involves calling the fire department and ambulance and stuff. And is a whole big thing. And then they realize the couple is just fine, they're not unconscious or dead or anything. They were just asleep! That story you can really tell it's a kid retelling a story he's heard. Because would a kid naturally talk about a couple and their relationship and taking a trip and all? And yet it has fire trucks, with lights and sirens. Woohoo! And makes all the hearing people look like idiots. So, there you go. “Please, But” — Deaf guy drives up to a railroad crossing. The train passes, but the barrier stays down. He heads over to the booth to wake the guy up and tries to tell him to put the barrier up. He gets out a pad and writes down ‘Please but’. Naturally the hearing guy has no clue what he’s talking about. But if you know ASL, it’s perfectly clear.

(‘But’ is two crossed index fingers separating, like two gates being lifted up.)

The other story, a deaf couple checks into a hotel, and they’re tired, so they sleep. And housekeeping comes by, sees the ‘do not disturb’, and does not disturb. Housekeeping comes back, still there, comes back, still there. Housekeeping knocks. Calls through the door. No answer. And, erm, here the logic breaks down. Because for some reason this involves calling the fire department and ambulance and stuff. And is a whole big thing. And then they realize the couple is just fine, they’re not unconscious or dead or anything. They were just asleep!

That story you can really tell it’s a kid retelling a story he’s heard. Because would a kid naturally talk about a couple and their relationship and taking a trip and all? And yet it has fire trucks, with lights and sirens. Woohoo! And makes all the hearing people look like idiots.

So, there you go.

]]> By: K http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/2010/01/24/books-with-deaf-characters-post-11-river-of-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-10954 K Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:09:23 +0000 http://www.flaminggeeks.com/jellyn/blog/?p=252#comment-10954 Um, so for those of us who aren't familiar with stories that are 'frequently told among Deaf people', what are the other two tales? Um, so for those of us who aren’t familiar with stories that are ‘frequently told among Deaf people’, what are the other two tales?

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