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Things that should be against the law

Filed under: General — beverly at 2:21 pm on Monday, May 22, 2006

1.  People who do really strange things when they build a house, like put electrical outlets in wierd places, or cover basement walls in barnwood that the current owner (that’d be ME) then decides to try and whitewash, and spends 7 hours, until 2 a.m., completing one small wall.   Barnwood should be illegal.  In urban settings, anyways.

 2.  Seemingly nice neighbourhood mothers who send kids home with a bag of cookies, when they don’t know if their mother could be giving up sugar and struggling on a minute-by-minute basis.  There should be a trafficking charge, I’m thinkin’.

3.  All Diet Coke advertising.  It’s been around for how many decades now?  Enough with the overkill advertising.  People may be avoiding it for health reasons and that kind of constant advertising just doesn’t help.

 Yeah, I’m a chipper gal.  Renovations zap me, and I’m sick of drinking herbal tea and funky water.  Tell me about your long weekend … cheer me up already.

4 Comments

Comment by brent

Monday May 22, 2006 @ 3:44 pm

yeah i can totally relate to #2 and #3. usually the day i swear off pizza forever, my office will order 14 pizza’s for like 5 people and for no reason at all. what about naturally-flavored sparkling water? its not #3, but it can be an acquired taste sometimes!

Comment by Jack

Tuesday May 23, 2006 @ 3:29 am

Other things that should be against the law:

4. Retired people who go shopping when everyone is getting off work.
5. People who insist on looking through their pockets or purse for the exact change to pay the cashier at a store when there are a hundred zillion people waiting in line behind them.
6. Stores who advertise something on sale and run out in the first 5 minutes.
7. Healthy people who park in handicap parking places – oh wait it is against the law. So why do people still ignore this and get downright mean when you complain to them??

Can you guess that I went shopping last night?

Comment by Rich

Wednesday May 24, 2006 @ 7:16 pm

I’m not technically on a diet, but there are some things I decided I just don’t need anymore, so I cut them out … completely … cold turkey.

A few years ago I decided french fries were it, and I just stopped. Not a single one since. No pickin’ off the kid’s plate. No special occasion exceptions. Once I got on a roll with a perfectly clean record, I didn’t want to break it. Now, I don’t even miss the taste one bit.

Good luck to you!

Comment by Dawn (aka Pink Lady)

Friday May 26, 2006 @ 3:14 pm

More than one cold in a year should be against the law. I’ve had two this month *sigh*. Have a great weekend.

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