Mama,

Goooood, if you think so :)

I`d prefer to

Because, if I tell you how the kids beat around the bush , LOL!

That might not be too funny :( ...

Just kidding.

WITH MY MOTHER, I WAS NEVER BEATING AROUND THE BUSH.

ALSO, I HAVE NEVER TOLD ONE SINGLE LIE!

Just and ONLY once .

But exceptions fight against the rules :) ...

And my muscles are ready for the fight.

AND MY BUSH HAS GROWEN ENOUGH :)

Love you,

Luka

Hi Mike,

I must admit I was anxiously waiting to read about your beating around the bush. But unfortunately, you very seldom do this.

"Beating around the Bush" is an easy way out of a tough situation.  To avoid answering a question that may be embarrassing or sound insulting to the one answering the question is almost instinctive."

Writing an essay about this, maybe I`ll start with your statement, of course, with the references.

What have I learned from you?

- SON, TRUST ME AND AVOID A MARRIAGE AT ANY COST!!! ANSWERING TO YOUR WIFE HONESTLY, YOUR TOUNGE WILL CLEAN THE FLOOR, BUT SHE WOULD NOT BE PLEASED ... IF YOU CHOSE BEATING AROUND THE BUSH ... YOU WILL CLIMB UP THE BRANCH AGAIN AND YOUR HAIR WILL LEAVE YOUR HEAD AND START GROWING ALL OVER THE SKIN ... AND NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO DRESS YOUR TOO LONG ARMS :) ....

Mike, may I say honestly that you were beating around the bush to tell me this truth?

I ..... AM ..... JUST ..... KIDDING .... OF COURSE !!!!

What I can here assume is : ONE MAY SAYING THE TRUTH, BUT IF HIS WORDS DO NOT SOUND TOO GOOD, THAT WHOM THEY WERE DEDICATED MAY FOUND THEM AS A BEATING AROUND THE BUSH!

Mike, you are so, so inspiring.

Thanks for all your kindness and wisdom shared with me/us!

Luka

A BILLION THANK YOUS PHIL!

Silly, amazing graphics as a support of WORDS of WORDS! (I hope this makes any sense in English) .

Your point of view teaches me that:

"Someone who talks all around a topic or speaks indirectly about a topic before getting to the point, might be said to have beat around the bush.  In other words, if you tell someone not to beat around the bush, you're telling them to be direct and get to the point."

Also, thanks for teaching me about the origin of the phrase.  I didn`t know also for the Bushwhacking.

(Peter, I didn`t go to school, but HAVE HAD A LESSON :) ! )

In my native, Serbian (but all South Slovens say the same), instead a "Beating around the bush" we have a phrase that "Someone walks as a cat around a hot food" ....

Phil, thanks for being sure  that I would never like to be a politician.

Also, I prefer beating around .... than offending anyone.

Thanks for the recommendation for this book.

It has been translated here, and I am going to buy it this afternoon.

Phil, I am very grateful for all I have today learned from you. And not only today.

AND NOW, HOW TO MAKE THE CONCLUSION?

IF YOU WISH TO BE SURE YOU ARE NOT BEATING AROUND THE BUSH, JUST SPEAK OFF IT. That may not be considered as beating around the bush :) .

ALSO, I TRY TO THINK ABOUT THIS TOPIC FROM FORREST GUMP`S POINT OF VIEW. Hope, Joe will come. He is a specialist for the Forrest Gump`s Point of Veiw  :) .... Not specialist for it, better to say, he treasures his simple and great mind solutions.

DEAR PHIL, HAVE AN AMAZING WEEKEND!

Luka

Hi Luka! Top of the morning to ya! Thanks for the invitation to your interesting forum. Seems as though you've hit the nail on the head Luka.

Beating around the bush seems to be a really big problem these days. Seems to me that its why so many folks get misunderstood. They beat around the bush and avoid telling you what they really think and expect you and everyone else to figure them out. Most of the time we don't get that part of the equation quite right and it leads to trouble. This beating around the bush is a very foolish thing for people to do. I've discovered in my life that its why you cannot get anything done when communicating your tasks and wishes to others. They are so busy beating around the bush that its become a really bad habit with them. So much so that they cannot seem to handle the truth anymore about much of anything. This bad habit becomes ingrained in everything they do from work to play to friends and family and they don't even realise that they are doing it! If you are being serious about something and everyone else is beating around the bush about whatever it is then you are wasting your time with them. Period.

The world would be so much better off if everyone just got to the point about everything. Life would become simple. Well, almost. Bless you and yours. Forrest.

Hello Dear Judy!

I agree with you : this may be very funny :) .

I have something to comfort you, as an American citizen.

I hope you will not be sorry because you don`t live in Serbia, if I tell you that Serbian politicians do not beat around the bush.

They prefer beating around the kidneys.

But, if they do beat around the Bush, they do it in favor of Putin.

Love you Judy!

Waiting for more from you.

HUGS!

Luka