I have a common gripe concerning our ability to launch rockets into space, make computer generated Transformers look real, and create "washable" markers, but we haven't found a way to make an affordable car that doesn't run on fossil fuel. I try not get into conspiracy theory, but come on...that just doesn't make sense.
Here are some other things of which I am baffled by our lack of progress.
Cheetos/Doritos that don't turn your finger's orange.
Re-sealable chip bags. Note to FritoLay: call Ziplock. Easy-peasy. This is, as they say in the consultant world, low hanging fruit.
A vehicle that tells you when you have left something on the roof, BEFORE you pull out of your driveway.
A vehicle that tells you when you have forgotten your laptop on the counter BEFORE you get to work.
Teleportation - GET ON THIS!
Self-cleaning bathtubs/showers. This should be easier than self-cleaning ovens.
A washing machine that detects when tights and items with Velcro get in the same cycle.
A dryer that matches socks.
A dishwasher that tells your significant other when they put something in the wrong spot.
Instruction manuals for children. In any language. I would be willing to hire a translator if it has to be in Chinese.
We’re not going anywhere.
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I totally agree with almost everything that you said here! I hate velcro! I used to find it useful, but I have lost count of the clothes that have been totally ruined by it!
ReplyDeleteAnd, finding that you have left your lap-top at home, just when you needed it most! (Hey! I know a song like that!)
You are one funny lady there in your Wonderland.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a problem with tights and velcro because I don't own any velcro stuff.
And I'll NEVER learn how to load the dishwasher or the clotheswasher (one word or two?).
I think some people get their car washed only when they leave their Starbucks on the roof.
And I know why you want an instruction manual for the girls: so YOU don't have to explain female plumbing and the birds and bees. (I was delivered by a stork, BTW.)
Great post, Alice.
Teleportation would make it easier for me to see my friend -- whose wit I greatly miss.
ReplyDelete(Tina) IDK about your zip-lock idea. Sometimes the fact that the Doritos have gone stale is the only thing that keeps me from eating the rest of the bag!
ReplyDeletealice - it's a love-hate relationship with velcro
ReplyDeletecharlie - from you, i take that as a HUGE compliment. thank you.
dk - i watched the boys, just for you.
t - there is NOTHING wrong with eating the whole bag. i wish you would stop that foolishness.
Oh, I totally agree with you on that!
ReplyDeleteI love to hate velcro!