What Do You Call A Community Of Spoonies?
What do you call a community of spoonies? I lay thinking about this last night, as I couldn't sleep again. Insomnia is a wonderful gift, isn't it? Nothing quite like your brain deciding that 3am is prime time for deep philosophical thinking when your body has been begging for just one good night's sleep for weeks. My Ellyions have truly blessed me with this, and I am so grateful. 🙃NOT.
Anyway. While I was lying there, wide awake against my will, my brain — bless its foggy, overactive little thinking self — started coming up with witty answers. What you don't know about me is that I am a comic genius. I think I'm really fucking funny; my family, not so much.
And then I thought, well, I'm clearly not sleeping, I might as well write this down.
You are really are welcome!
So, what DO you call a community of spoonies?
A Drawer of Spoonies
Because we're all a bit jumbled up, occasionally rattling around at 3am, and nobody can ever find the right one when they need it. We tried to get organised once. Took three days and a lie down. The spoons are still in the wrong drawer.
A Flare of Spoonies
Not to be confused with an actual flare, which we've also got plenty of. At least this one comes with biscuits. It comes and goes, is unpredictable, and will absolutely ruin your plans.
A Shuffle of Spoonies
We're moving. We're getting there. Just not particularly quickly, and there may be a sit-down involved. We did consider a March of Spoonies, but frankly, that felt ambitious, and nobody had the spoons for it.
A Brew of Spoonies
Always on, always warm, occasionally goes cold when we forget about it, but reliably there when you need it. Best served warm. My go cold while you're trying to remember where you put it. Still worth it.
A Rest of Spoonies
Because that's what we all need. Or trying to. Stop laughing, I mean it. I tried to come up with something funnier, but I needed a lie down first. I stand by it. Actually, I mostly sit by it. Or lie down by it.
A Persistence of Spoonies
Because against all reasonable odds and despite everything our bodies throw at us, here we still are. The doctors said it couldn't be done. The DWP said we didn't look ill enough to do it. We did it anyway. In our pyjamas. From the sofa.
A Clatter of Spoonies
Because I've just checked the numbers, and we are now 197 of us in one place, it was always going to make some noise. 197 of us! One group. Unlimited complaints about the NHS, approximately four functioning spoons between us on any given Tuesday, and absolutely nobody taking any nonsense from anyone. Frankly unstoppable.
A Fortitude of Spoonies
Because that's exactly what it takes, every single day, and we should probably say that out loud more often.
So there we are. Seven quirky collective nouns for a community of spoonies TADAHHHHH Created with the help of the purple beard one, who has unscrambled my ungodly hour ramblings into this post #TechSupportPaul
You're welcome. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to attempt to sleep. I give it forty-five minutes before my brain starts wondering what you'd call a group of people with brain fog.
Don't tempt me. 😴🥄💜
✨ Three Good Things Today:
- My 3am brain, for once in its chaotic little life, was really fucking funny and I entertained myself!. 🧠
- There are 197 of you out there who will absolutely understand why I was awake thinking about spoon jokes at 3am. That's not sad. That's community. 🥄
- A Persistence of Spoonies. I'm keeping that one. It's ours. 💜
💜 Today's Mantra:
"We don't have to do this perfectly. We just have to keep on keeping on — together."
KOKO. Always. 💜
With love, sore eyes, brain fog, and serious sleep deprivation,
Sha 💜 aka The Wheely Happy Days, aka MrsVark (and other names too sweary to stain this particular post)
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