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"Muddle In A Puddle" Comparison of Essay To My Life     While indicant the essay "Muddle in a Puddle," some very colorful imagescame to my object about what I have d hotshot in my life that comparability to thisparticular piece. Of all the meters I have embarrassed myself by sticking myfoot in my mouth, or by making a all-day sucker of myself by playing with a strange toyin the toy department, only to my surprise, everyone in the toy department waslaughing at me. As Robert Herrick mentions in his poem "_O how that glitteringtaketh me" (100 Best Loved Poems, 12) Thats how I felt at that time. Allof us have experienced things like this in our lives, and it is strange whatmakes it so interesting to watch people make fools of themselves, as mentionedby Baker in this quote, "...and any one could could have spoken out as onehuman might speak to some other....not one had said that." (156)     Yet another piece re ally spoke to me about the ways people communicateon a daily basis. "I led the Pigeons to the Flag" was very exact to thefeelings I have of miscommunications and mishearings. I can remember times inwhich I have done the very same things that were mentioned in this essay, likesinging a tune oer and over out loud, then looking over the lyrics later. Onlyto my knowledge, my version of "Cannonball" was actually "Panama." The way wehear and say things is also very influential in the way others hold us in theirstandings. If someone catches us slipping up, they might think we are weird, orstupid. It could also be a good ice-breaker for a good friendly relationship.sometimes not. It just depends where the people are from, and what thesituations are at the time of the incident.     I can remember a time, while at work at the funeral home, I wasdiscussing school with a bereaving individual. I was trying to comfort thisperson, as I noticed she was ve ry disturbed over the loss of a friend. It wasaround the time of finals, and she asked how they were going. I said "theyrekilling me" Immediately I realized that I had said the right thing the wrongway. A million thoughts passed through my mind at that moment, as Baker hadalso mentioned. What was I to say to recover from this terrible thing. Changethe subject? Repeat the phrase replacing killing with another mourning-friendlyverb?     Its hard to know what you can say around certain groups of people, or in