I am playing, "Name That Tune", with Eli. It's more of a forced game with one of us being forced to play against our will! Eli starts by whistling a song, then he stops and says, " Dad, what song was that?". Because I wasn't listening closely, I missed the ever so slight tonal inflections, and thought each whistled tune sounded the same...but I was wrong ( which prolonged the game). Even when I tried...and I did try (because I was told that we couldn't stop playing until I got three correct!), I guessed incorrectly. You may not know, as I didn't either, that the differences between Jingle Bells (traditional) and Jingle Bells (Barman smells) CAN be detected by the well trained ear...the same goes for Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer (traditional) and Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer ( contemporary light bulb version). When I continued to loose, Eli suggested playing " Name That Tune" by tap dancing (rhythmically stomping loudly on the floor)...again, I missed the subtle nuances and lost the game.
I did, however, come to the realization that sometimes those things that we may see as a negative are really blessings in disguise...such as my partial deafness!
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