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serynWhen we get to a certain age, life's little ironies stop seeming quite so random. I was going to say that they stopped seeming funny, but I still find some of them quite hilarious.
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The bitter ones are like when you cannot buy pills for joint pain that do not come in child-resistant packaging. Thus if your joint pain is in the hands, you cannot open the bottle. The irony is that almost all children can open these without struggle.
The funny caveat to that is how if you buy cold medicine in a moderate size, it comes in blister packs that require the backing to be peeled before the pills can be popped through. I need vice grips to peel the backing. But if I buy the same medicine in a jar of several hundred (more than a year's supply) the cap is merely push-and-turn. So I take my bulk-pricing and smile.
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It took me years to learn how to shave my legs in the shower without getting water up my nose. Now I do not wear shorts and recent medical advice is recommending nasal rinsing in lieu of decongestants.
The only funny part to that is seeing the commercials for women's razors and knowing that I am saving the cost of a nice lunch.
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I am surprised they make make-up remover. I find that it usually stings, it does not remove make-up better than normal face-washing, and it costs like they purify it from unicorn spit.
The irony is that no one makes anti-perspirant remover and soap does not get that build-up off.
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Why do restaurants have glass-fronted refrigerators? They have inventory tracking systems and employees whose job it is to keep track of ingredients. At home, I have to open the door and pull out a drawer to find that we have no more cheese. Obviously it would make more sense to have the glass doors for home use.
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Who chooses where outlets are? Do these people ever vacuum?
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Who designs kitchen appliances with 18-inch cords? Have they never tried using them in a real kitchen? I have to slide my toaster to the front of the counter so I don't peel the laminate off the upper cabinets from repeated heating, but the cord is too damned short.
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Why do so many people prefer AA batteries to built-in rechargeable ones? I get that it's nice to be able to swap in batteries you can buy at the supermarket, but my camera has a proprietary battery pack (replaceable) and it lasts 3 times longer than non-rechargeable AA batteries in similar cameras. So I am very unlikely to need another set of batteries comparatively. It also has the tremendous benefit that no one will wander off with my camera batteries saying I don't take pictures that much anyway. I try not to buy devices that need me to buy batteries because we never have any of the right ones.
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Why do people tell other people to, "Take lots of pictures?" No one seems to want to look at them. And... why do the people who say that usually not own cameras of their own?
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The bitter ones are like when you cannot buy pills for joint pain that do not come in child-resistant packaging. Thus if your joint pain is in the hands, you cannot open the bottle. The irony is that almost all children can open these without struggle.
The funny caveat to that is how if you buy cold medicine in a moderate size, it comes in blister packs that require the backing to be peeled before the pills can be popped through. I need vice grips to peel the backing. But if I buy the same medicine in a jar of several hundred (more than a year's supply) the cap is merely push-and-turn. So I take my bulk-pricing and smile.
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It took me years to learn how to shave my legs in the shower without getting water up my nose. Now I do not wear shorts and recent medical advice is recommending nasal rinsing in lieu of decongestants.
The only funny part to that is seeing the commercials for women's razors and knowing that I am saving the cost of a nice lunch.
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I am surprised they make make-up remover. I find that it usually stings, it does not remove make-up better than normal face-washing, and it costs like they purify it from unicorn spit.
The irony is that no one makes anti-perspirant remover and soap does not get that build-up off.
--
Why do restaurants have glass-fronted refrigerators? They have inventory tracking systems and employees whose job it is to keep track of ingredients. At home, I have to open the door and pull out a drawer to find that we have no more cheese. Obviously it would make more sense to have the glass doors for home use.
--
Who chooses where outlets are? Do these people ever vacuum?
--
Who designs kitchen appliances with 18-inch cords? Have they never tried using them in a real kitchen? I have to slide my toaster to the front of the counter so I don't peel the laminate off the upper cabinets from repeated heating, but the cord is too damned short.
--
Why do so many people prefer AA batteries to built-in rechargeable ones? I get that it's nice to be able to swap in batteries you can buy at the supermarket, but my camera has a proprietary battery pack (replaceable) and it lasts 3 times longer than non-rechargeable AA batteries in similar cameras. So I am very unlikely to need another set of batteries comparatively. It also has the tremendous benefit that no one will wander off with my camera batteries saying I don't take pictures that much anyway. I try not to buy devices that need me to buy batteries because we never have any of the right ones.
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Why do people tell other people to, "Take lots of pictures?" No one seems to want to look at them. And... why do the people who say that usually not own cameras of their own?
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Date: 2009-05-03 07:00 pm (UTC)Scrubbing a bit does, for me.
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Date: 2009-05-03 08:05 pm (UTC)I find I have to scrub like washing a potato for baking, but am completely unwilling to use even a new/clean one of those scrubbies on my skin.
I keep remembering those commercials for Pledge which promise no waxy buildup and wondering why they can't manage that for antiperspirant.
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Date: 2009-05-03 08:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-04 07:56 pm (UTC)