Jun 18 2007
Ran Dumb Questions For You
I saw a truck bearing a sticker that caught my attention:
Eating Fords.
Shitting Chevys.
Can you guess what brand of truck it was? Do you know anybody who would put such a phrase on their truck? (Lemme guess: See Calvin Peeing post, right?)
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When I open a new loaf of bread, I ignore the heel. I do this each time I pull out more bread, until finally the package is left with only two heels, and then throw what’s left in the trash.
What do you do with the heels? Crumble them and feed them to indigent birds?
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We have a plastic thingamajig (yeah, I said it) that we push over the end of our toothpaste tube. As we use the toothpaste, we keep sliding the device up to ensure none of it gets squeezed back down to the bottom of the tube.
Do you squeeze the toothpaste wherever you happen to grab the tube, roll it up from the bottom, or go super-obsessive like we do and slip a thingamajig over the end? (No, this is not a “dental dam.”)
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We pour newly bought cereal into a plastic container with a pour top, and then discard the box. Does anyone else reading do this?
We started this back when we lived in a place with mice. When you’re near broke and only the bag comes with you when you try to retrieve your flour, you completely change the way you store food.
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When co-workers get in a heated political discussion, do you wish they would shut up, or become intrigued and find it difficult to concentrate on anything else?
Do you take it one step further and lob issues out there during lulls?
Dodge
Same as you
Yes
Out of the Box
Yes, wish they’d shut up!
In a political discussion, I’m an unarmed man… *chuckling*. I don’t do politics too well, as it tends to get me upset over all the corruption in government.
I would say Dodge as well.
I totally ignore the heels…YUCK.
Where ever I grab the tube.
Straight out of the box.
I get completely intrigued.
Great questions. :)
Later Mark!
Dodge or Toyota (prolly Dodge)
Will eat the heels as a last resort
We use those dispensers that oozes it out of the top
Out of the box (so I can read the back)
Sometimes intrigued
Bread:
What is it with the common aversion to bread heels? They make for better sandwiches since the integrity of the interior containment units is at least five times that of regular slices. Do you also trim the crusts off the rest of your slices? Huh? Cause those are just like the heels you know! (Great, now I’m getting all hot under the collar over bread. Heel solidarity!!)
Toothpaste:
I just squeeze the paste from the bottom of the tube for the first while, then I run the shaft of my toothbrush over the bottom of the tube to ensure all the paste has been pushed down as far as it will go. I roll up the end of the tube and clamp it with one of those black binder clips that I may or may not have stolen from work.
Cereal:
We have found evidence of mice in our garage and garden shed, but never in our home. Cereal has always been straight from the box around here.
Politics:
If I’m working at the time I’ll keep half an ear open for a convenient spot where I can interject with an appropriate Star Wars reference like, “…the last of the Old Republic has been swept away,” or, “It’s not that I like the Empire - I hate it - but there’s nothing I can do!”
Ok, I have to amend mine.
If we get FRESH French or Italian bread, my daughter and I will fight over the ends… (we love them), but store bought, mass produced bread, no.
Bread:
I just don’t mind the heels. When I make my own sandwich, I just grab whatever is at the front. However, Moonshot hates them and refuses to accept that I hold no similar disdain. So, if a loaf goes by without my reaching into the bag (which..sadly is possible given that I act the stereotypical male in this respect and spend little time in the kitchen) the heels are thrown to the birds. If I make a sandwich…I use the heels and listen to my wife say things like, “You don’t have to eat that, you know.”
Toothpaste:
I just don’t get the concern over the arrangement of the paste in the tube. I squeeze the center and periodically puch the contents toward the front. I’ve been scolded for this center-squeeze before and am totally unable to fathom why the periodic repositioning is so horrible. Why products and frustration just to avoid this rather simple manuever?
Cereal:
Both. Cereal with convenient boxes stay in their boxes. However, we have a few plastic tubs for the Costco double bag jumbo boxes. I like to preserve the boxes if I can. Sure, I’ve read everything on the box multiple times…but it’s still nice to have some text to stare at mindlessly while you wake up.
Politics:
I love a good political discussion…but not so much with the heat. I’ll join right in if heads are staying level. But I’ll probably just go back to work if folks start getting upset. Just no need for that.
Undoubtedly Dodge. With a driver wearing a fishing hat, no lie. And driving 10 miles under the speed limit.
I don’t eat store-bought white bread. French or Italian or something else, in that case, the ends are covetous. (Look over there, what is that??? Score!)
I do something frighteningly close to what Mr. Frazer does with the toothpaste, sans stolen clip.
I don’t do cereal, but I keep flour, brown and powdered sugar, bran and wheatgerm in sturdy plastic bags, just in case.
I don’t engage in political, religious or marital discussions at work. Always has been my policy and it works great for me.
I say Toyota.
I toast the heels and eat them with cream cheese or peanut butter.
I use the plastic thingamajig on the toothpaste.
We also use the tupperware cereal containers from our days in Florida when there were lots ‘o bugs.
I’m known as Emeril around work because when any heated discussion starts, I stir the pot big time and then stand back and enjoy.
Great post Mr. Man!
Dodge
Heels are left until they are the sole remaining slices. Then if I’m really hungry, I’ll go with it. Oh…and as a twist, I actually prefer the heel on a Bologna sandwich. I only eat it a few times a year (usually camping or canoeing), and in that event, I like the heel. No idea why.
Never thought about the toothpaste thing. I think I just go until my push technique doesn’t yield anything and pitch it. I use the travel sizes anyway since I’m always on the road.
Cereal from the box, but lately I’ve been eating the Maple and Brown sugar mini wheats from MaltoMeal. It’s the sack cereal from Wal-Mart, and it’s actually better than the name brand IMNSHO.
Don’t care for political discussions anywhere near the workplace. I’ve seen too many people put their foot in their mouths to go down that path. I really don’t get intrigued, but sometimes I cringe when I hear someone get really negative, because inevitably, someone close by is offended.
I’m trying to figure out IMNSHO… I know most of it, In My ____ _____ Humble Opinion, but the rest is driving me crazy. Is it Numb Skull? Nah…
Oh wait, I think I may have it… Not-So Humble???
Linda…That’s it. I just like to throw people off from time to time. :-)