Annoying traits

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by Doodle

I always put the milk in the cupboard, instead of back in the fridge.
Sometimes i put my keys in the fridge or some other random place like a bathroom drawer and can't find them.
It wouldn't be so bad if i didn't accidentally do things like this all the time.
I suppose it's just being absent minded.
My roomate thinks it's the worlds most annoying "trait".

I've some really bad news for you. It's not being absent-minded. You've real psychological problems. Milk in the cupboard, keys in the fridge---more to the story, Doodle.

[Doodle]

Originally Posted by Brianna

I've some really bad news for you. It's not being absent-minded. You've real psychological problems. Milk in the cupboard, keys in the fridge---more to the story, Doodle.

Well if it is a psychological "problem", i'm not too worried. There are worse ones to be had.

I could be smearing things on walls while screaming at imaginary people.

No worries here.

Originally Posted by Brianna

I've some really bad news for you. It's not being absent-minded. You've real psychological problems. Milk in the cupboard, keys in the fridge---more to the story, Doodle.

Yeah, tell me about it. I do that shit constantly. I fixed dinner for this elderly lady recently and then put the meatloaf I'd made back in her cupboard with the pots and pans. I lost my debit card and reported it missing. Two weeks later the replacement debit card came in the mail and I lost it before I even had a chance to activate it. Then I found the first debit card in the toe of one of my shoes (???????). My life is continually filled with amazing surprises.

[Elspode]

I become ever more forgetful with every passing year. I look forward to the day when I can hide my own Easter eggs.

Originally Posted by Elspode

I become ever more forgetful with every passing year. I look forward to the day when I can hide my own Easter eggs.

Hey! I can do that now! Except that by time Easter comes I'll have forgotten your suggestion. I hide my keys from myself - I didn't lock the door to my house for the better part of this summer because I kept loosing my house key, and I lock myself out of my car constantly because I leave the key in the ignition and lock the car. I have given a friend a set of spare car keys so he can come rescue me. I ALWAYS seem to loose my driver's license (have to go down for my third replacement one in a year (I think), my glasses, my prescriptions, my doctor's name which is in my daytimer which is lost, my cat, my car (once I couldn't remember where I'd parked it and called it in as stolen to the police - it was parked around the corner from the pay phone I made the call from), I even forget what I'm supposed to be looking for in the middle of searching for what ever it was. Today I watched Farenheit 911 on video and was amazed to hear about the events of the 2000 election. I didn't remember a single thing about it. Oh well...

[wolf]

Originally Posted by marichiko

Today I watched Farenheit 911 on video and was amazed to hear about the events of the 2000 election. I didn't remember a single thing about it. Oh well...

Sorry to spoil the mystery, but Bush won. I will refrain from detailed commentary on the way Michael Moore tells that particular tale as I have not seen Fahrenheit 9/11. Other people are free to jump all over that puppy. I would suspect that most people who remember the 2000 election don't remember it the way he does, however.

Buy a carabiner for your keychain. If the keys are not in your hand or in a lock, keep them clipped to a belt loop (my only exception to this rule is if I am carrying the dayplanner that's actually a concealment holster, in which case the keys are clipped to the strap). Haven't lost a set of keys yet ... (this includes the keys to the nuthouse which are on a separate keyring.

[404Error]

Originally Posted by wolf

Sorry to spoil the mystery, but Bush won. I will refrain from detailed commentary on the way Michael Moore tells that particular tale as I have not seen Fahrenheit 9/11. Other people are free to jump all over that puppy. I would suspect that most people who remember the 2000 election don't remember it the way he does, however.

I haven't seen it either, wouldn't waste my money on it, but I'm patiently awaiting my copy of FahrenHYPE 9/11 that should arrive in the mail any day now.

Annoying trait=Registered Republican

[Cyber Wolf]

Mari, how good are you about keeping your wallet where it belongs? Maybe not the stuff inside, but the wallet itself? I propose a wallet with a chain.

I have a wallet chain so my keys and wallet are all in one unit. I also keep a bunch of extra keys that don't go to anything on the chain (including a fire extinguisher key!) If I drop it, it makes all kinds of noise so there's no way I can miss it. I've gotten to the point where I know something's not right if I'm not carrying that 3 pounds of wallet and metal, so I never wander without realizing I don't have my wallet and keys. It also makes a pretty decent weapon. It's like having your own personal spiky ball on a chain that no cop will question you about having in public or using in your defense. Tried and true!

Originally Posted by wolf

Sorry to spoil the mystery, but Bush won.

Yeah, I kind of gathered that from the film. I was wondering who that guy in the president's office was.

Maybe the rest of you can help me on another point, however. There was this part at the beginning of the film where all these black voters from Florida appeared before the Senate with petitions stating that their votes had been invalidated somehow, but not a single Senator would sign their letters of protest. What was up with that? Was that a true grievance or was it Moore propaganda? Again, I remember nothing of this.

Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

Mari, how good are you about keeping your wallet where it belongs? Maybe not the stuff inside, but the wallet itself? I propose a wallet with a chain...

Bwah-ha-ha-ha! Keeping my wallet where it belongs! That's a good one! (Where IS my wallet? hmmmm...) The trouble is that I never put stuff back in my wallet. I stuff cash, license, etc. absent-mindedly into my pockets or my purse or even my grocery bag and then forget that I did that. I DO use something similar to your trick, however. I've put one of those cute little beanie baby style lions on my key ring along with a small flash light. The bulk helps me to find my keys. Unfortunately, it doesn't prevent me from leaving them in my ignition. The other trouble is that I'm ALWAYS sensing something is wrong because something usually is, I just can't put my finger on it. I am developing some coping skills, though; like the spare keys with a friend thing, and if I have to remember something really important, I'll write a note to myself on the palm of my hand - learned that one from the movie, "Memento" (sp?). I was really impressed by the guy with the short term memory loss writing notes all over his body so he could remember things. I always loose my notes on paper. I hardly remember anything else from that movie, but I loved that one part.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by marichiko

Maybe the rest of you can help me on another point, however. There was this part at the beginning of the film where all these black voters from Florida appeared before the Senate with petitions stating that their votes had been invalidated somehow, but not a single Senator would sign their letters of protest. What was up with that? Was that a true grievance or was it Moore propaganda? Again, I remember nothing of this.

It's not your memory. There wasn't much coverage of that event, with all of the other brouhaha over the election. What happened was that the Democratic senators made a deal with the Republicans to get equal representation in committees if they didn't sign on to the complaints. That deal was broken when Jeffords changed the equation.

[flippant]

Originally Posted by Elspode

I become ever more forgetful with every passing year. I look forward to the day when I can hide my own Easter eggs.