UPDATE 8/28/2010: Emily left a comment letting us know about Ruminations.com. Apparently this is the website where all the items on The List came from. Thanks Emily!
My mom emailed this list to me. She titled it “The List”. I’m not sure where she got it from, but I thought I’d pass is along. There’s some funny stuff on it. I bolded the items I relate to most. Enjoy…
1. I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.
3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.
4. There is great need for a sarcasm font. (My husband says this would be the default font on my computer. Nice.)
5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet? (I’ve seen Martha Stewart do it, but it never seems to work out for me.)
6. Was learning cursive really necessary?
7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
9. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired.
10. Bad decisions make good stories.
11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.
12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection…again.
13. I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
14. “Do not machine wash or tumble dry” means I will never wash this – ever.
15. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voice mail. What did you do after I didn’t answer? Drop the phone and run away?
16. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
17. I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
18. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
19. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.
20. I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option
21. Sometimes, I’ll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it.
22. I would rather try to carry 10 plastic cloth grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
23. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.
24. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
25. How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said?
26. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!
27. Shirts get dirty. Underwear get dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
28. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
29. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey – but I’ll bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!
30. My check engine light has been on for three months now and nothing’s happened. I’m starting to think that my car is just an attention whore.
31. I don’t understand the purpose of the line, “I don’t need to drink to have fun.” Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they’ve invented the lighter?
32. Sometimes I pretend not to remember details about people because having a good memory apparently equates to creepiness.
33. My GPS says “Estimated Arrival Time.” I see “Time to Beat.”
34. Whenever someone says “I’m not book smart, but I’m street smart”, all I hear is “I’m not real smart, but I’m imaginary smart”.
35. My keyboard needs a removable crumb tray like my toaster.
36. What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
37. I wish it were appropriate to say to a complete stranger, “Excuse me, would you like me to show you how to discipline your child?”
38. I never understood why the Lions and Cowboys always get to play on Thanksgiving. Shouldn’t the Patriots play the Redskins, and then steal their stadium afterwords?
39. Double-Stuffed Oreos should just be called Oreos, and regular Oreos should be called Diet Oreos.
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I quit trying to fold fitted sheets. Very liberating! I just threw my hands up and conceded that I will never be able to do it, so why bother? It’s not like anyone sees them anyway.
I love this list. In fact I am printing it and it is going on my fridge for my whole family to see!!!
Such a great list! After intensive study of a Martha Stewart clip, I figured out how to fold fitted sheets and they still look awful when I’m done. Love the GPS challenge and Word worries too!
Jo told me to come and read these….I’m so glad she did! Great list! Thanks for the laughs!
Thank you for posting this list. I can’t wait to share it with my friends.
This is a perfect list. Yes, I can relate. But I decided to ignore whatever came after DVDs. I don’t have a Blue Ray player. (yet, hahahaha — had to give homage to your previous post
Laughing my head off reading this – oh and #32…have had that happen to me!
I love this list!!! I am going to also post on my blog with a link to yours if you don’t mind!!
So funny! And most of it had me nodding and cracking up!
First of all, you don’t have to fold fitted sheets if you take them off, wash and dry them, then put them back on before bedtime! Just use them until they fall apart, then go out during the day (before bedtime) and buy some new ones!
I’m going to leave this list up for my bunco babes to see tonight – I predict lots of laughter!!! Thanks for the chuckles!!!
This list comes from Ruminations.com . There are TONS more, with people adding more all the time. The best ones get voted to the top.
i cannot stop laughing~!!!
Awesome. Just awesome.
Re #13 If you want to save the changes and still have the oroiginal, save the second one & add “Rev.” It seems to work for me
Love the list! This is the best tutorial of folding a fitted sheet, set to the Breeders Cannonball. Now I sing the song any time I fold a fitted sheet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LOt84Wp-BQ&feature=related
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I have seen this before too. Thanks Whitney if you changed the plastic to fabric on the shopping bag one!
Teresa,
I did change plastic to cloth. All do to you, my friend!