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Idiom: Be up for (something)
After meeting me, one of the things people realize is that I’m a little different. Weird actually.
I do my own thing, but I always try to be up for anything.
When I was a young backpacker, I was a good boy, but I was up for anything between eating chocolate-covered ants and taking an Ansett Airlines mystery flight to Darwin for the day.
When you are up for something, you want to do it, or you are willing to try it. Sometimes people may ask, “What are you up for this weekend?”
The Australian Ansett Airlines is now defunct, but they offered mystery return discount tickets on flights that were not fully booked.
You’d go to the airport, pay a flat price and wait to be told where you were going for the day.
My girlfriend at the time asked me if I was up for that, and I said, ‘Hell yeah!”
What’s better than purchasing a plane ticket for an unknown destination?
Most of the time, I had no idea where I was going anyway, so making it official didn’t matter very much.
Anyways, some people don’t desire adventure.
When friends phone to ask them if they’re up for a camping trip, a trip to Vietnam or Turkish ice cream, they often say no.
Funnily enough, those same people often complain that life is boring.
Let me tell you, nothing is boring about life, but there are many boring people out there.
One surefire way to avoid boredom is to adopt the attitude of being up for anything.
I’m the type of guy who puts a shot of Tullamore Dew in his hot chocolate and Cupie mayonnaise on pizza.
It’s pretty good! That’s the definition of food pairing right there!
Life is full of beautiful experiences that don’t cost an arm and a leg – as long as you’re up for anything, that is.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
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On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 73.
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