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the_siobhanI had to use a bathroom in a Home Depot today. This reminded me that it has been a source of constant bemusement to me that Every Single woman's bathroom I have ever been in has had a note in it about not dumping "feminine hygeine products" down the toilet. Usually these notes are handwritten and taped onto the back of the door, which leads me to conclude that they were put up because somewhere in the history of that particular bathroom, somebody actually tried it.
Except that these notes are everywhere. I find it hard to believe that there are that many women in Toronto who have never been in a public bathroom before, and who therefore don't fully grasp the limitations of modern plumbing. So that means that in bathrooms where there are no notes, armies of fertile females are thinking, "Well there's nothing saying I can't, so in this one, it must be ok."
I wonder if there is a potential future in a business that makes doors with the words "Don't Put That There" permanently engraved on them.
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I don't know that I've mentioned here that I'm taking place in a diet study for one of the local hospitals. They are researching different ways of encouraging people to eat more healthy diets. They spent a lot of time explaining that by "healthy diet" they mean increasing servings of specific kinds of nutrient-rich foods, and they they will not do any counselling geared towards losing weight, low fat, low carb, or any of that stuff. I think they have to deal with a lot of confusion caused by the word "diet".
Anyway, we happened to luck into the group that gets free food delivery, so two massive boxes of food arrive on my doorstep every week. The deliveries are designed for a family of four and I swear just cannot keep up with all of it. My fridge is overflowing and I am searching for things to do with all of it.
Hence the question about okra the other week. The gumbo, by the way, was a huge success. I have also been making huge numbers of various curries, and have learned how to make tempura vegetables. On the other hand, we have never quite managed to find a way to make eggplant edible.
One of the things they gave us that ended up being a huge hit was a box of bran cereal which turned out to be absolutely delicious. Every morning we scarf down a huge bowl of it, usually covered with some of the massive quantities of fruit that we are desperately trying to use it before it goes bad. And it turns out it has psyllium in it.
Do you have any idea what psyllium does to the human body?
Well, I did in theory, but actually experiencing first-hand has still been kind of disturbing. I'm convinced that any day now I'm going to recover the plastercine I ate when I was four.
There are days when I go out and eat a big drippy hamburger in self-defense.
Except that these notes are everywhere. I find it hard to believe that there are that many women in Toronto who have never been in a public bathroom before, and who therefore don't fully grasp the limitations of modern plumbing. So that means that in bathrooms where there are no notes, armies of fertile females are thinking, "Well there's nothing saying I can't, so in this one, it must be ok."
I wonder if there is a potential future in a business that makes doors with the words "Don't Put That There" permanently engraved on them.
I don't know that I've mentioned here that I'm taking place in a diet study for one of the local hospitals. They are researching different ways of encouraging people to eat more healthy diets. They spent a lot of time explaining that by "healthy diet" they mean increasing servings of specific kinds of nutrient-rich foods, and they they will not do any counselling geared towards losing weight, low fat, low carb, or any of that stuff. I think they have to deal with a lot of confusion caused by the word "diet".
Anyway, we happened to luck into the group that gets free food delivery, so two massive boxes of food arrive on my doorstep every week. The deliveries are designed for a family of four and I swear just cannot keep up with all of it. My fridge is overflowing and I am searching for things to do with all of it.
Hence the question about okra the other week. The gumbo, by the way, was a huge success. I have also been making huge numbers of various curries, and have learned how to make tempura vegetables. On the other hand, we have never quite managed to find a way to make eggplant edible.
One of the things they gave us that ended up being a huge hit was a box of bran cereal which turned out to be absolutely delicious. Every morning we scarf down a huge bowl of it, usually covered with some of the massive quantities of fruit that we are desperately trying to use it before it goes bad. And it turns out it has psyllium in it.
Do you have any idea what psyllium does to the human body?
Well, I did in theory, but actually experiencing first-hand has still been kind of disturbing. I'm convinced that any day now I'm going to recover the plastercine I ate when I was four.
There are days when I go out and eat a big drippy hamburger in self-defense.