Things that are inherently ridiculous that you've become accustomed to

[LaraMN]

I'll bet there are some funny ones floating around DU. I will submit my own.

My office "chair."
Between doing homework, Work work, and general screwing around on the 'net, I probably sit in the thing for at least 40 hours a week.

Lately, my tail bone has been hurting a lot, and I determined that my chair is the cause.
It has no up/down adjustment capabilities, and I don't have a desk, but rather a long counter that my monitor and keyboard sit on. The counter is too high for the chair, so I put a video rocker on top of the desk chair, and I sit on it that way. I've been using it in this fashion for many months.

It is ridiculous. I should buy a new chair. For some reason I never do.

Ridiculous =

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. My robe. Have had it 8 years and will keep it forever. LOL

[LaraMN]

2. Oh, I understand that one!

I bought a sweater about fifteen years ago. EVERYONE I knew hated it and wanted me to get rid of it, after about five years. I wore it until the sleeves started falling off. I still have it.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

3. This robe was a gift from my FIL when I had my second son. :^) It's reallly cool. Has

stars and moons and little teddies in jammies and nightcaps. And the zipper pull is a large metal teddy.

[sazemisery]

4. My rubber Birkenstocks

I have had them for at least 8 years. One of them is split from the toe up to the top of the shoe. I refuse to trash them until I find a new pair. I hate Crocs and just haven't spent the time to find a new pair.

[tigereye]

5. local news - AND movie trailer commentary that is just, well, banal.

someone in a film is always "learning the meaning of ------" It's really begun to bug me. They need some new film trailer writers!


And sports commentators who ask athletes "what does this mean to you?" :eyes: SOmeone needs to get a thesaurus and find some new terminology to use!

[AlCzervik]

6. my favorite jacket, it's a zippered sweatshirt with a hood, the zipper pull broke

and there are worn spots all over it but i still wear it, it's also 3 sizes too big.

[Deep13]

7. Since high school, my wife has always kept the bedroom clock advanced an hour.

It was some mental device to motivate her to get up on time. She has been doing it so long that she expects it, so we leave it that way. If I remember right, she used to keep all the clocks like that when we were dating. I never knew what time it was.

[PeaceNikki]

8. OMG! I have that very same chair!!

Minus the video rocker. That's in use atop my kid's bed.

Ha!!

[mainegreen]

9. My wife complains that my desk is messy.

It's messy because theres about 4 feet deep of her knitting supplies and sweaters covering it. I used to remove those damned skanes of yarn and needles when she complained about how messy it was, but every time I did so the next day it was covered in yarn/etc again. As long as a I have a space for the mouse, keyboard and a coffee coaster I don't care. So, I no longer clean my desk, and simply nod agreement when my wife complains my desk is messy. It's easier that way.

[1gobluedem]

10. My co-worker

She's inherently nuts -- but I've become used to it.

[Ikonoklast]

11. My son's cat's drinking habits

And, no, I don't mean booze.

Hobbes will only drink fresh water out of the tap.
No water in a bowl, even if you set it down directly in front of him, while he watches you fill it. He has to drink it while it's running from the faucet. Maybe he's afraid that we are trying to poison him.

We all know this and accommodate him. When he's thirsty, he either goes to the kitchen or bathroom and meows until you stop what you are doing so he can get a nice, cold drink of water.

I amazed a friend the other day when I got up, still in conversation, turned on the water for Hobbes, let him drink, then sat back down like nothing strange happened.

My buddy asked me if the cat had me litter-trained yet. The dickhead.

[Lil Missy]

12. I have a cat that will only drink tap water too.

We're just used to it and always accommodate him.