Show I Safety Sam Says 11 By Lowell J. J Farmer Fanner One of th the expressions e stars have to learn to register is surprised I saw Edward Everett Everett Ever Ever- ett eU Horton do a good job registering registering registering regis regis- surprise in a scene with Carmen Miranda He was very much occupied talking her out of him out of his money when his nis wife appeared but he was so busy talking himself out of a mess he looked right at her without knowing who she was All at once something clicked in his mind and his famous idiotic look of surprise came when he looked again to make sure he saw what he thought he saw All of us have had laughs out of a situ situation where friends were suddenly placed in an unexpected une situation taking a flop in a amud amud amud mud puddle for Cor instance Part of the fun is the surprised and maybe a little bt pained look on their faces just as much asIf as asif asif if they were saying This cant can't really be me Quite a lot of these situations are brought ab about ut by a trait called called called call call- ed thoughtlessness peculiar to human beings As s s often as not we call this carelessness but there is a difference between the two I am careless about doing some jobs chopping wood for Cor formy formy my wife wICe but am thoughtless when if I get preoccupied with with that tedious job and dont don't notice the neighborhood kids getting too close to the ax Thoughtlessness Thoughtless Thoughtless- ness is responsible for or many of pur our misfortunes When you get getso so interested In what you are doing or saying you lose track j jor of or what is going on and bingo and bingo wake and mabe maybe maybe may may- maybe maybe you rou up tip be you dont That Is your cue cueto cueto cueto to register surprise and ask what j happened Maybe you were the guys who started two fires along the road Continued on last ast page T r Safety Sam Says as Continued from page one b by p tossing your burning cIgarette cigarette cigarette cigar cIgar- ette butts out of or the car window window window win win- dow as you drove along last week What were you talking about It doesn't matter now now What does docs matter Is this You were vero too busy husy to be bo thinking about what you OU were doing while you I were talking You had no in intention In- In I to start stait any fires You weren't thinking about starting fires flies If someone had been be- be you OU and then caught up and told you OU what had been done you would ha e registered surprise and said Who me ale Thoughtlessness is an nn expensive expensive sive habit to have In III the long xun Jun it is going to cost you moro mort than you can afford The army has a penalty for being absent without lea leave e and and that is really what we are arc doing when we get to preoccupied There Is really leally something to this sleeping sleeping sleep sleep- ing with one eye open I |