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Written by Greg Bird
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Friday, 16 October 2009 |
It’s time for me to clean out the little notebook I keep for column ideas. Most of these thoughts were interesting enough for me to write them down, but not enough to do a whole article on. So I decided to share them with you in one fell swoop.
When I am on the phone in my living room, why do I feel the need to stand up and pace about the room?
Nothing is more awkward than attempting to take off a coat or a sweater when seated in a car.
I hate when I have an interesting thought but I can’t remember if I’ve already said it out loud.
Few things bring about more self-doubt than seeing that the pictures of yourself look a whole lot uglier than what you saw in the mirror.
And am I the only person who hates to hear the sound of their own voice recorded and played back. I can’t believe I sound like that. It makes me want to stop speaking all together.
I really hate when I hear an interesting song on the TV and realize it is in a commercial. There should be a law that all commercials should print the title of whatever song they’re playing.
Whenever I print out directions to a place I am going to visit off the Internet, why does it insist on wasting five lines on getting out of Whitley City? I’m pretty sure I know the first few miles at least.
And when it lists an estimated travel time, why do I see that as “Time to beat?”
How are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
The worst thing about seeing a creepy bug crawling across the room; is not finding it after getting up to kill it.
Is it lazy that I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take two trips to bring my groceries in the house?
Why is it that before a meeting, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? I know my name. I know where I’m from. This shouldn’t be a problem.
How come if I am writing with a pen and it stops working that I make a scribble somewhere else it instantly starts working again?
Don’t you hate it when you subscribe to a magazine just to get the free gift they offer for buying? 99 times out of 100 the gift is worthless and sits in a closet for years until you finally give up and throw it away.
I feel guilty when I cook a meal and there isn’t enough left over for lunch the next day. I actually debate with myself if I should just go ahead and finish it all, no matter how full I am, or if I should wrap it up and leave it in the fridge for three weeks until it smells bad enough to throw it away.
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