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Alright, there’s lots of stuff that goes on around this world that amazes me. Frequently I think, ‘That’s crazy; that is not okay.” But then again I’m not a risk taker and I tend to be uptight.
And this is exactly when I get on my knees and thank the good Lord that I have a blog which allows me to question a small segment of the population. I also like a good poll, so I’m killing two birds with one stone (pauses to mop up the blood and feathers.)
One note about the polls before we get started. There’s no gray area here. You cannot say it depends upon the circumstances. I have a gun to your head and if you utter anything besides “Okay” or “Not okay” you will be flossing your teeth with lead. Now that we all know the parameters, let’s get to it.
Throw rugs in front of the toilet
Quite a while ago I saw a show on HGTV where two interior designers pointed out the mistakes homeowners make when decorating their houses. They went room by room and gave their input. When they stepped into the bathroom both of them basically convulsed with dry heaves when talking about a rug in front of the toilet.
They felt that was a cesspool of germs, bacteria and overall nastiness. They basically begged everyone in America to stop that practice. The guy even went so far as to say he uses his foot to kick the rug away when using the toilet and then replaces it — with his foot — when he’s done.
Thoughts?
Setting boundaries for small children
How about allowing a three- to seven-year-old child to sit on the roof of the minivan while packing the car for a week-long trip? I saw that happen twice in my neighborhood last summer from two separate families. What say thee?
Society at large
You’re driving around town running some errands and the driver in front of you throws a smoldering cigarette butt out the window onto the road. Are you cool with that?
Mel Gibson’s recent behavior
Yeah, that’s right. I am like a fly on shit when it comes to Mel Gibson.
Alright boys and girls, thanks for playing Okay or Not Okay. I’ve left a voucher for a lifetime supply of Rice-A-Roni The San Francisco Treat on the table next to the door for your efforts. Grab one on your way out.
Tags: Things that are cool, Things that make me ponder
um, i remember your cigarette post and it was one of your best, very descriptive and vivid. like i was standing right there watching everything unfold. sorry about the smoke. um where’s the link? be back.
i have 3 rugs, count ‘em, in the bathroom. none in the kitchen though, i hate that crap.
kids need boundaries, period.
i HATE it when people flick butts out of their car window and i’m behind them. i always think my beater is going to blow up.
mel gibson is a donkey.
Man, you are so good for my blog, V. You keep me on my toes and help me clean up past posts. In fact, every time I refer back to a different post now, I add hover text to the links for you.
Yes, I actually do that with YOU in mind, because I know you’ll check, it’s fun and the blog should be consistent.
Did you find the link? Believe it or not, there was a lot of mess to clean up on that post. Thanks for motivating me.
I used to have a rug in the kitchen in front of the sink. For some reason I though it was da bomb. And then the 90s show up and I stopped doing that.
I checked the results of the polls this morning and 100% of the people polled agree Mel Gibson is not okay. Isn’t that funny?
i was thinking i should stop putting you on blast, but seriously, i enjoyed the post and the visual so much, sometimes i replay it in my head just because. no, i didn’t find the link because i didn’t look, but the majority of the post is in the vault, so i’m good, but it is fun to read.
and thank you for being you.
uh, i found the link. something told me i forgot something and booyah, there it was. going to read it now.
I actually appreciate your input because I do want to go back to fix all of those links, but I never seem to remember to do it. At least some of them are getting fixed.
I’m glad you enjoy me being me.
Having a throw rug in front of the toilet in the bathroom.
I voted OK. It’s no dirtier than the toilet seat, the flush handle (do you wash your hands before or after flushing?), the tap that you have to touch to turn on, the toilet paper, etc. People make skin contact with those things. Unless there is actual waste matter on the rug, in which case, yes that’s dirty. Fecal coliforms get everywhere anyway. And don’t get me started on the amount of bacteria that live on your skin and inside your body anyway.
I always wash my hands after using the toilet, but I don’t use any kind of antibacterial soap or anything. Bacteria are everywhere anyway. There’s a lot of hysteria surrounding stuff like this that just serves to sell unnecessary products.
Allowing a three- to seven-year-old child to sit on the roof of the minivan while packing the car for a week-long trip.
No. They could fall at any point. Watching them is not enough, unless your eyes possess telekinesis beams that can hold them in place. Physical restraints, maybe. Not having them just sitting there. Why would they even need to be up on there in the first place? Wtf?
The driver in front of you throws a lit cigarette butt out of the window onto the street.
I voted OK at first, for some reason. I don’t know why. This is not OK, lit or unlit. Other people have to use The Outside. Also: fires.
Mel Gibson’s recent behavior.
I don’t know what he’s been up to but I’m going to say no, whatever it is.
I get so grossed out when flushing to toilet in a public place since there are no lids. Yuck.
I’m with you on the kid on the roof. I cannot understand how anyone would even come up with the idea. TWO neighbors did that two SEPARATE times. Crazy.
Enjoyed this: The Outside.
It just bugs me when people think that they’re the only people on the planet. And when people try to make out that something is more of a problem for me than it already is. See trying to sell me a mobile phone and antibacterial soaps and sprays. How do people think we coped before such products?
Anyway, I’ve eaten enough creepycrawlies and who knows what else in my time, and I’m fairly fit. I even ate a strawberry from the garden a few months ago without washing it first! The temerity. :D
I often have that thought about cell phones. I did just fine before cell phones and I do just fine now. It’s a luxury, I think.
The strawberries are picked off a plant right? They’re not inside the dirt like carrots are they? Cause if you pulled something out of the dirt, blew it off and then popped it in your mouth you’re a better man than me.
Strawberries grow above ground, yeah. I’ve picked them right off the plant and eaten them without washing, yeah. I don’t eat obvious dirt, so I’d wash a carrot under the tap for example, but I wouldn’t scrub at it and sanitise it first. There are far dirtier things out there than dirt.
Did you know that peanuts grow underground? They start off above ground, like peas, but the plant forces them underground to finish growing.
Unless you have radiant heating, put a rug in your bathroom. Cold feet are NOT cool.
Solomon said what I think about letting a kid on top of a car. Who DOES that?
Littering is littering is littering. And cig butts are particularly toxic – not to mention flammable.
And Mel Gibson is crazy.
Yes, cold feet are totally not cool. Now one thing I forgot to mention is that those HGTV people said it was okay to have a rug in the bathroom AS LONG AS IT WAS NOT IN FRONT OF THE TOILET.
I don’t get that. Either it’s okay to have a rug in the room or not okay. Period.
To be fair, my bath mats/rugs are rather centrally located on the floor… but I’ve lived in tiny apartments for years, so there’s not exactly a lot of space in the bathroom.
The toilet rug is a bit odd… but just cold tile? Sorry, I live in the Northeast. COLD.
Yeah, I don’t see a life without toilet rugs in my future.
I don’t mind a rug in the bathroom in front of the sink or tub, but I hate the wraparound ones that hug the toilet. Don’t get me started on the fuzzy toiled seat cover-ugh.
Since I don’t have kids, I’m far from an expert, but I’ve always thought that if you give them an inch, they’ll take a mile. Today the van roof…tomorrow the house roof? When I taught preschool class at church, I made them all sit at the table the whole time. That way, the parents wouldn’t come to pick them up at the end and find them all running around and screaming like Lord of the Flies.
The cigarette one is tough for me, because my husband smokes. I hate litter in general, but I also know that new cars do not include ashtrays. Sometimes he forgets his little cupholder ashtray. I voted not okay, though.
I’m with Rebecca–Mel Gibson is crazy. He just hid it reeeeallly well for a long time.
Really? You don’t like the wraparound rug? I also hate the toilet seat covers. Do they still make those?
Yes. If you give than an inch they’ll take square miles.
Guess what. You just earned the Gold Star of the Day for this line:
That way, the parents wouldn’t come to pick them up at the end and find them all running around and screaming like Lord of the Flies.
Bravo absepa!
Man, I’m feeling all high and mighty after that! It was sort of cleansing!
The questions were all pretty much black and white to me, but Mel got me. Do I condone his behavior? Nope. But I think he was a man on the edge……the very edge. I’m not sure he was rational when he was making those calls. I’d be very scared to know that man right about now. Somebody needs some meds—-pronto.
Sweet, Lin! Really? You’ve got some empathy for Mel?
This makes me think of the definition of legally sane or legally insane in court cases. Can’t we just decide the dude (generically speaking) is crazy and send him to prison immediately?
That’s what I want: if a court deems a person legally insane and they cannot stand trial they should be immediately driven to prison. Yes. I said prison, not a mental facility. If the person is insane and killed someone because he or she is insane, that person is a danger to society.
Straight to prison.
The rug one was easy–NO!! It really is disgusting. Let’s face it–I have 4 young boys and 1 sloppy husband. A rug near the toilet would smell like pee in this house. Yuck.
The cigarette one makes me think of the commercial with the crying Indian. Remember that?
That is pretty much exactly what I thought about the rug. Shoo, imagine when you picked it up to throw it in the washer?!?! Blech.
what i also don’t understand is how come men can’t aim their appendage into the inner circumference of the circle without getting any on the seat. it’s a big hole and they are standing right there! are they shooting from the other end of the bathroom, like getting water to inflate the balloon via the clown’s mouth at the carnival, and distance is a problem. it’s like an out of control hose!
if i get any on the seat it’s because i’m levitating over the bowl.
sorry cg, i’ll be a good girl tomorrow, but i had to get that out.
@Michelle Yuck. Yes! I totally remember the crying Indian. Total and immediate recall. I loved the 70s.
@Liz I still am not so skeeved out about the rug. Even when I do pick it up and throw it in the washer.
@V That does seem odd to me, but I’ve never tried to shoot it. Also, if they’re gonna stand and they can’t get a clean shot they need to do one of three things.
1. Wipe the seat with toilet paper,
2. Lift the seat and then put it back down when they leave, or
3. Sit down while using the facilities.
This is a motto I now live by: A Girl Scout leaves a place CLEANER THAN SHE FOUND IT. So leave it how you found it (no pee on the seat) and tidy a bit on your way out.
There’s something that grosses me out and not you. That’s a first. And apparently your husband aims better than mine does.
In defence of men everywhere, it’s not that easy. It’s not like firing a bullet from a gun that will go in a straight line every time. It’s more like a garden hose that has variable pressure. We constantly have to adjust. It’s easy when you’re sitting down. :P
@Liz that actually IS a first. Wonders never cease.
@Solomon you made me laugh my head off “It’s not like firing a bullet from a gun…” because, now that I think of it, that *is* what I thought.
I’ve been a lurker around here for awhile, reading but not commenting for lack of time in the mornings. But I can’t resist a poll, so you pulled me back into the fold today!
Toilet rug: I’m kind of ambivalent on this one, but I voted OK, since I have one. I really don’t care one way or another but Michelle does have a good point about the pee. There are NO rugs in my boys’ bathroom because they routinely flood the floor during showers/baths. That mixed with the pee residue from around the toilet means I end up mopping the floor with bleach and hot water twice a week anyway.
Kids on roofs: any kid on any kind of roof is a bad idea. Period.
Cig butts: anything to do with cigarettes annoys me. Go give yourself cancer on some other planet.
Mel Gibson: again, I’m fairly ambivalent because he’s not my husband/boyfriend/father/son/uncle/friend/acquaintance/neighbor and I really don’t care about his behavior, but I do agree that he probably needs medication and anger management therapy, at the very least.
Hiya Soonerchick! It’s good to see you over here. (Note to self: conduct a poll more often.)
Again, yuck on the rug and I really am starting to rethink it even though I have girls.
I have no clue why I find Mel’s behavior fascinating, but I do. He just seems to have no end to the crazy.
Why would a rug in front of the toilet be a “cesspool of germs”? Unless the men take a leak standing up, this won’t be the case. I have 2 boys and have taught them to sit to take a leak – as I do. Frankly, the “man” standing up taking a whizz disgusts me to no end. No WAY I clean urine splashes from around the toilet. Nope…not gonna do it.
Plus I wash it once a week…
I think you’re in the minority when it comes to sitting down to pee. I have yet to meet a man in my own life who doesn’t feel it emasculates him to sit when he pees. Why that is, I have no idea. But I know my husband would refuse to sit.
My husband refuses to sit down. Even in the middle of the night. He’ll turn on the light and it annoys me to no end, but ya gotta pick your battles. He does always put the seat back down.
I hope this isn’t insulting, but the way I look at it is this…
He may feel “emasculated” to sit to pee, but he’s perfectly ok to have urine splashes on his feet/socks/shoes?
:)
i’ve always wanted to know who told men they had to stand up and pee anyway. like they don’t get the pleasure of sitting down and cracking open a magazine like, um, we do? it seems like punishment when there’s a perfectly good seat standing right in front of them to warm.
not telling my BI (business), um never mind, but i know a sitter. lol
okay what were we talking about again…..
@Steve Wow, a man who cleans the toilet. That’s amazing. Okay, Steve since you’re the only man in here I just HAVE to know the answer to the following questions.
Is it not the most awkward feeling on earth standing at a urinal actively urinating next to your co-worker, boss, friend, etc. while he ALSO has it out urinating? I. Do. Not. Get that. Is there a code where you cannot look anywhere but straight in front of you?
Does someone tackle you if you sneak a peek? Are guys interested in comparing? What the hell man? Are you a wuss if you take a pee in the stall? Do the stalls have doors? I thought they didn’t have doors. That’s fucked up. Is it comfortable taking a shit in a stall with no door? Is it taboo, in a public restroom to sit in a stall with no door to take a pee?
I’m so glad I’m a woman.
Also, this is why it’s so fun to have a blog. If we knew each other in real life I would never, ever ask you these questions. I would never *think* to ask you these questions. But I can ask on the internet and I don’t think you consider me a freak. You probably consider me a nosy punk, but I’m pretty sure you’re gonna answer these anyway.
Thanks in advance, buddy.
@blue How have you ever gotten into a conversation with a man about whether he chooses to sit or stand? And it always seems odd to me that a dude has to sit some of the time, why not all of the time?
@Liz He turns on the light in the *middle of the night?* That’s hardcore.
@V I’m sure every man has read something on the can for those, um, other moments. I’d like to see a man try to stand doing that. What does BI stand for — business? Why the I after it?
Okay, Steve since you’re the only man in here
Oh NO she didn’t!!! :D
I always thought it was odd that some stand and some sit. My husband stands mainly because HE CAN. Somehow it makes him more MANLY. *snort* He swears there is no pee on his socks/shoes/feet, but I know better. However, he doesn’t seem to care, and it’s not a battle I feel like fighting.
I did get into a conversation with one other man about it. He says his wife “made him do it,” and it embarrassed him. Again, back to the emasculation thing. Then again, my husband’s in the Navy, so discussing whether men sit or stand would probably be among the least embarrassing subjects we’d get on to.
There is totally urinal etiquette. First off, you don’t look at another man’s junk. Secondly, you always keep at least one empty urinal between you and the next guy. Thirdly, you have to choose the right urinal. If there are three in a row, and no one else there, you don’t pick the middle one in case another man needs to pee. This way you can maintain the empty-urinal-between-each-man rule. And yes, my husband has taught me these rules. I’m not sure why; I don’t have boys, and I can’t stand to pee.
@Solomon OMG — Oh NO she didn’t!
I can’t believe I did. Sorry ’bout that dude.
I have a mat in the bathroom to step on when I get out of the shower. However, I keep it several inches away from the toilet. My husband does stand to pee (I guess because he can), and there is a fair amount of splashback. I am too lazy to continually wash the hypothetical rug. It’s bad enough that the bathroom sometimes smells like pee before I get down on my hands and knees to scrub around the toilet. Don’t tell my husband I said that — he’s insistent he doesn’t cause a mess. But I can’t figure out who else would be causing the mess. The rest of us are girls.
I side with Solomon on the germs issue. Germs are everywhere, and the only thing you can do is keep yourself clean. I wash my hands after every trip to the bathroom, after every diaper change, after touching raw meat when I’m cooking. But I don’t use antibacterial soaps. My friend in nursing school did a test where they washed with antibacterial soaps and also with plain soap and investigated the germs left behind, and there were actually more germs left behind with the antibacterial soaps. Plus I worry about that whole “super bugs” thing, that using too many antibacterial products will cause the germs to mutate into bugs we can’t easily kill. I figure good soap and hot water will get rid of most everything. I also don’t use many household cleaning products. Glass cleaner, mainly, and toilet bowl cleaner, but that’s it. I don’t have a whole arsenal of products because they hurt my eyes and skin. I’m too lazy to wear gloves when I’m cleaning, so that’s it for me. I sometimes have used bleach on particularly stubborn stains or smells in the bathroom, but it’s rare.
I pretty much voted NOT OKAY on everything.
Don’t you hate the smell of bleach? Ugh, I cannot stand it at a restaurant when the food smells good… until they pull out the mop and bucket.
I love the smell of diluted bleach. Like after you’ve been cleaning and the smell is still on your hands. Love it. Maybe it’s because I know I’ve accomplished something.
The restaurant thing is gross. If the smell is that strong, then it’s there to cover something, not clean.
Oh Liz. YUCK! I still don’t like it even if it is subtle.
Goes ahead and puts my tail between my legs. I had to vote okay on the cigarette thing because I do it, even though it’s not okay. I rarely smoke in the car, mainly after my psych appt, but when I do, the butt goes out the window. I know, it’s awful of me and I’m doing much better about it. When I worked in a restaurant, (and pretty much everyone smokes) I had the little cup in my car, but there’s no way Jeff would stand for it. Smoke before I get in the car you say? Yeah, about that…
But on the other hand, don’t get all pissy about cigarettes/cigars/smoke/odors/blah, blah, blah in 21+ places. Those are my dens of iniquity, please leave me alone. I want to destroy my liver and lungs in peace.
Sit on the roof of a van? Jesus. You can hang out in the truck bed if you want. Ha, though can you imagine the horror of a 7 year old riding in the back of a truck nowadays? They aren’t in their booster seat!!!!! I’m amused.
Liz, Liz (shakes her head) You throw cigarettes OUT THE WINDOW? You still have bars/restaurants that allow smoking? I thought every establishment on the planet was smoke-free now.
Just saw four or five teenagers in the bed of a truck and I was horrified. Would have completely freaked out to see a child.
Here in Indiana and in Tennessee, and maybe Ohio, bars/casinos/strip clubs, the establishment is allowed to choose its’ smoking rules if it is strictly for adults over 21.
I’ve never been on a casino floor that banned smoking. And I’ve been on dozens. Occasionally, actually rarely, you’ll see a smoke-free table. Not area, just that specific table. Vegas does ban it now in restrooms and eating areas. Last trip, I saw a girl doing coke, but nary a cigarette in the ladies room.
I spent so much time in the back of a truck growing up. Though a kid did die when I was in college from falling out of the back of a pick up, but he was hammered and his frat brothers didn’t take him to the hospital until they couldn’t rouse him the next morning. Tragedy. Only one I have ever heard of though.
I mean, what’s the worst that can happen? Assuming you have enough sense to not stand up.
Man, just once in my life I’d like to see a chick do a line of coke in the bathroom as I’m washing my hands. Do I have to go to Vegas to see that?
Well, no one’s sitting there chopping out lines. They’re doing bumps. There’s a tiny, tiny spoon involved. I’ve never seen someone do a full line of coke in the bathroom.
I’ve only seen it the one time in Vegas. Really a stupid thing to do.
College was all the time. UGA was rated the #1 party school again this year.
Rug in front of the loo: I can’t remember if we’ve got one lol. I don’t think we do – I think you just have your feet on the lino – or ours is like a towel sort of thing instead – issues – how can I not even remember what my own bathroom looks like lol.
Child on Roof: Nah put them in the bin instead lol. I don’t think I would have been able to get on the roof of my parents car when I was that small lol. I think I could get on the car roof now but I don’t think it would take my weight (I’d dent it lol) So no I think boundaries – they shouldn’t be up there. (Bin comment – it’s a running joke that when my friends son gets too hyper we threaten to put him in the recycling bin outside til he chills off a bit lol)
Cigarette Butt in the street: so gross! When I was at uni two of my friends smoked and every time I gave them a lift they would ask was it okay to smoke or eat in the car lol. Smoke no eat depends what it is (and if you can share it give me some lol)
Funny, I would think twice about someone else eating in my car. I would be surprised if they asked for permission since it’s not even on my radar.
Smoking, however, is a huge no. As you’ve stated.
Mel Gibson I’m fine with, however, rugs in the bathroom are NEVER okay!
(laughs) I like your priorities Brooke.
I hate the toilet rug (as my boyfriend so lovingly calls it, a pee-catcher), and I can’t wait to throw ours out never to be seen again! I hate it I hate it I HATE IT.
And I hate the cig butts out the car…what if you have the window open in the car behind? It could potentially fly in the window (or at least that’s my fear). I don’t smoke, but I just don’t think it’s cool to litter. A lot of people throw them off ski lifts here, too, and then it’s completely going in the natural environment and not breaking down for like a decade.
I would not let my child sit on the roof, mostly because they could also fall, in addition to denting the roof. Plus, it’s a little weird.
Mel Gibson is just a crazy mofo.
Get out of here.
1. People smoke on ski lifts and
2. they THROW the butts down the side of the mountain when they’re done?
But if Mel Gibson hadn’t gone and lost his mind, how would I explain suddenly following up all my innocuous requests with, “But first, YOU WILL BLOW ME!!” ?
I know! It’s like adding “in bed” to the end of a fortune cookie fortune.
Having a throw rug in front of the toilet in the bathroom.
* Not Okay. It IS germy and gross!
How about allowing a three- to seven-year-old child to sit on the roof of the minivan while packing the car for a week-long trip? I saw that happen twice in my neighborhood last summer from two separate families. What say thee?
* Not Okay – that’s just down right WRONG!
The driver in front of you throws a lit cigarette butt out of the window onto the street.
* Okay. I’ve been guilty of that move.
Mel Gibson’s recent behavior.
* SO. NOT. OKAY.
Damn, I didn’t think that many people would deem it disgusting. I’m starting to re-think my position.
Hey do new cars *have* ashtrays anymore? What about the cigarette lighter? Can you pay more for the option?
Rugs are fine, children on top of a minivan are not fine, flicking cigs out the window is actually against the law in most states/cities/counties as a misdemeanor, and a felony if a fire starts because of it, and Mel is Mel. What can I say about him that probably hasn’t already been said…
Seriously? It’s against the law to throw a cigarette butt out the car window? Man, where’s a cop when you need one?
Ok, the rug one was tough. Yes I do have rugs in front of my toilets, but I’m always laundering them. I have 1 son. I’d rather step on the rug than slip…………
Oh gah. I hadn’t even considered the possibility of slipping.
I saw a cop throw a cigarette butt out of a car window.
Well, okay, what I really saw was a cigarette butt thrown out the driver’s side window of a cop car. Maybe the car was being test-driven by an auto-mechanic.
Mel Gibson? What did he do now?
Umm, yeah. I bet that was an auto mechanic. For sure.
He’s been pretty quiet actually. The last I heard he drove his car into the side of a mountain but came out unscathed. I wish they would release more taped phone calls. I never seem to tire of those.
I voted no across the board. I have a six year old, and yes there would be fecal matter on the rug if it existed in my house. I wouldn’t lose any sleep over someone throwing a cigarette out of their window, but it is wrong-plain and simple. The mini van thing is crazy-pants, and I like the “Mel Gibson is a donkey” response.
He is a donkey, isn’t he? I like that, too. It’s clean enough for my kids, but expresses my feelings in an off beat way.
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That was FUN! I have to say, seeing people throw ciggy butts out the window makes me SO UPSET. It all goes in our waterways… I live off the Chesapeake Bay – water everywhere and I hate the thought of the water bringing those things into our water.
Thanks Katherine! Believe it or not, it really is my goal to be fun over here so to hear you declare it really makes me happy.
You know what else boggles my mind? When I see a nasty cigarette butt stuck in the sand AT THE BEACH! WTF? The beach is not a humongous ashtray.
My 2 cents worth on the bathroom rug thing. We have a throw rug/bath mat in front of the tub, which puts it somewhat in front of the toilet. I also have a mat in front of the sink. Carpet protection. Yes, we have carpet in our bathroom. So cushy on the feet. Our bathroom is so small, that it’s cheap and when it’s worn out or messed up, we replace it. It was warmer, easier, and probably safer, than the stone tile I thought about. We are just two adults with non-icky toilet habits.
Cigarette butts, yuck!
Kids on top of minivans – no an accident waiting to happen.
Mel Gibson – not really up on that but I did catch a blurb on youtube. Not OK, by any stretch.
Loved the poll, btw.
Thanks Linda — I really do love polls!
My MIL has carpet in her bathroom and somehow it just works. I don’t even notice it. But whenever I see it elsewhere it always seems weird to me. That makes no sense, does it?
I am not okay with everything but the bathroom rugs. I have an aversion to my bare feet touching my bathroom floor, tho the rug is surely in worse shape than the floor.
I can take the rug or leave it, but I just don’t see it as a cesspool, like they did on HGTV.
I struggled with the first question…I REALLY wanted to say it depends. (In law school we were taught to always answer a question with ‘it depends’) I have rugs around and/or in front of the potty. I hate cold feet. But I understand the whole germ thing. If I can, I always flush a public toilet with my foot. My shoe is already dirty.
All the other questions where no contest…not okay.
Yay, that was fun!
I’m going to start answering my kids’ questions with “It depends.”
10 year old: “Mom, can I have a cell phone?”
Me: “It depends. Can you get a job that will help contribute to the mortgage and pay for the cell phone bill while attending school regularly and getting good grades?”
7 year old: “Mom, can I play out front?”
Me: “It depends. Will you heal your own leg when a car drives by and crushes it since you had to run into the street to retrieve your ball?”
5 year old: “Mom, can I have that Barbie doll on TV?”
Me: “It depends. Can you climb through the television screen to get it?”
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