these are the things that keep me up at night.

[amand_r]

I want to talk about my neighbours. Four Indian dudes of varying ages who live in a two bedroom townhouse next to me, they are quiet and nice and everything. BUT.

Every morning at 7:30, one of them runs what I describe as a coffee grinder for about three fifteen-second intervals in their bedroom, just on the other side of the wall by my bed. This wakes me up, but that's not the big deal.

The big deal is that I am nosy and I still can't figure out what it is they're doing over there. It is 10 am on a Sunday and they just ran it twice.

WHAT IS IT? I can't be an electric shaver. Who shaves their face for a max of 45 seconds? Well, MAYBE. I dunno.

Is it a coffee mill for like...spices? In the bedroom? Is it a shoe shiner? Is it an electric blow up doll? I don't know.

OMG JIMMY STUART HOW IS IT DONE? DO I NEED A LEG CAST? GET GRACE KELLY TO BRING ME SOME PATE. WHO POISONED THE DOG!

MISS LONELY HEART IS GOING TO KILL HERSELF! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!



HAAAHAHA. HA.

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[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

That is hilarious. You may need to get to know them a bit better before asking them, if you ever can screw up the courage...I admit if they were just your average white or black dude, I'd just flat-out ask, but Indian? This may be a question that breaks their rules of acceptability and I wouldn't want to offend! But then again, what right do we (now we, yes, cuz now I wanna know too!) have to ask the question in the first place? NONE NONE NONE OMG...

You need to drill a tiny hole through the wall and put a camera on the end of a stick, a really tiny camera. And only turn it on right then cuz you don't wanna see nothing else (do you?). Then again, that buzzing could be something really kinky...that is the bedroom for one of them, right? Are there other bedrooms you can hear--ARE THEY ALL DOING IT IN THEIR BEDROOMS? OMG! MYSTERY!!!

IT IS DRIVING ME NUTS NOW!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

The wall is cement!

I can hear that and sometimes this squeaking that I know from experience is the wheels of a day bed being rolled away.

I only hear that bedroom! The other one is on the other side of the house!

I SHALL FIND OUT SOMEDAY.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Sigh, and until then, you will be horribly tormented, the curiosity will build and build until one day you will EXPLODE!!! :)

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

...I admit if they were just your average white or black dude, I'd just flat-out ask, but Indian? This may be a question that breaks their rules of acceptability and I wouldn't want to offend!

Huh? Sorry to barge in, but woke up this fine Sunday morning, read my flist and was like, uh, what??? Um.

a) Why on earth does everyone seem to think that these dudes' Indian-ness has something to do with this grinding? Why would someone grind spices at 7:30 in the morning...? Like, really, we're not space aliens.

b) It feels a little weird to know that y'all seem to think that one would behave differently with an "average black or white dude" (emphasis mine) than with an Indian dude. Er...

Seriously, what would you do in this situation if your neighbors were white? Do that.

♥

- Kali

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Which is basically what I am doing, Kali. Nothing.

Also, I think you should reevaluate your use of the word "everyone". I don't seen an "everyone" here.

[topgeargirl2.livejournal.com]

Oh it is a mystery indeed.

Sorry about the strange comment earlier.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Oh no problem!

And it is a mystery!

[fractured-sun.livejournal.com]

Maybe it is a coffee grinder. My grandparents have an automatic teasmaid in their bedroom because they like having a cup of tea ready for them when they wake, before getting up for breakfast. Making a cup of coffee in the bedroom isn't really that much stranger is it? Maybe it is, seems like a lot of hassle.... Hmmm curious now

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. BUT THEY HAVE A KITCHEN DIRECTLY BELOW THAT BEDROOM. And also, if you're grinding the coffee beans for the coffee, you're already probably awake, and possibly out of bed.

Oh my god I am so nosy.

[heddychaa.livejournal.com]

My ex used a coffee grinder for pot. These are facts.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

BUT THEY SEEM SO RESPONSIBLE. AND ENGINEER-LIKE. AND COMPUTER ENGINEERS! POCKET PROTECTORS!

THEY HAVE STATUES OF GANESH! GANESH DOESN'T LIKE POT!

I'M TALKING OUT OF MY ASS.

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Hitachi magic wand?

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

FOR FIFTEEN SECONDS?

[blue-fjords.livejournal.com]

My neighbors who played video games, the guitar and the karaoke machine moved away. The upstairs neighbors with their bowling balls moved away. The current upstairs neighbors vacuum several times a day and tap dance. Or something.

I bet your peeps are sharpening knives. For Knife Fight Club.

[shadowvalkyrie.livejournal.com]

This is officially the most awesome explanation and thus must be true. ":-D

[shadowvalkyrie.livejournal.com]

It could be a very unusual alarm clock? Or maybe it is an electric razor, though it beats me why you'd shave in the bedroom, not the bath.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Yeah, unless they're really busy. Four dudes in a bathroom, and you can have a mirror in the bedroom.

[pommery.livejournal.com]

When I was in living in the dorms, and didn't want to share, I totally locked my bedroom door and made my coffee on my bed.
(Though I've made coffee in some strange places, partially related to the other use of a coffee grinder, as discussed above.)
Maybe his French Roast is his Special Folgers Moment? ikd

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

This is true. They could have a bunch of that Jamaican Blue mOuntain and not want to share.

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

what does it sound like, exactly? b/c um... i'm thinking of something, but it's not as loud as a coffee grinder

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I KNOW MAN.

[chamilet]

Maybe they have one of those inflatable beds on the rollaway cot and it either needs more air in the morning or they deflate it every morning?

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT! BECAUSE I HAVE A PUMP TOO!

I should hire Nancy Drew. Or Encyclopedia Brown. Or Jimmy Stuart. Or Sherlock.

[joanwilder.livejournal.com]

remember, SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

Great, now I have to worry about my potentially cannibal neighbours.

Nah, they can't be cannibals. They're not Welsh.