I always take things literally

[Allotmentblackfly]

I come from a fairly literary family but preferred sciences. I sometimes feel as if they look down on me. I have a tendency to take things at face value
for example at choir we are singing ‘ how beautiful are the feet of him who brings the gospel of peace’
in my head I have a picture of big smelly feet and it makes me giggle. I said to my husband that I don’t know why they would say their feet are beautiful - most feet are not!!!!
apparently I am missing layers of meaning
😳
bit of a frivolous post but can anyone relate

happens quite a lot. People can be saying something tongue in cheek and I take it quite laterally🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yes. I was chatting to a taxi driver who was giving me a lift. He was describing the road up ahead and he said there were "houses on one side and nothing on the other side". I was so confused and appalled imagining a complete nothingness, an existential void on one side of the vehicle. I then realised that he meant that the other side was fields.

I think that's funny as well

Stop taking things- put them back!

(Me, taking you literally)

But yes, yes I do this.