Straightening up the living room before the robot does its vacuuming is very reminiscent of the old days of picking up your unmentionables before the human-based cleaning service arrives. Don’t want to be embarrassed by anyone finding out what a slob you are. Especially the person you are paying to clean your messes.
Maybe I am stupid. Okay, I am definitely stupid, never claimed to be otherwise. I thought the reason we drank a Bloody Mary after a night of hard drinking was to help us sober up.
Rubber gloves are not just about clean toilets, dishes, hot water, and caustic oven cleaners. They are also great for vulgar crimes and getting away with murder. It’s about fingers in latex, and decided choices before the police arrive. It was an accident! He slipped and fell on the knife… twice.
As I sat waiting for my flight, a voice over the PA system regularly reminded me that smoking is not permitted in the airport. Considering that smoking in airports was banned in 1976, 47 years ago, it seems like an awfully long time to keep reminding people of something that has become the expected behavior. …
I must be afraid of the dark, because I don’t like to sleep at night. I have recurring nightmares where I am being chased by weird, homely children with plastic scissors, and I can’t run fast enough to get away. The experts say that we need eleven hours of sleep each night, and thirteen hours …
