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trof

(54,273 posts)
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 07:40 PM Jan 2015

ADULT TRUTHS

1. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

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.

5. How the Sam Hill are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary? Why isn't it being taught today?

7. MapQuest 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 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 Blu-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 technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Light than Kay.

17. I wish Google Maps had an “avoid the high crime areas” routing option.

18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

19. 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?

20. 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!

21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

22. 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'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.

23. The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.

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ADULT TRUTHS (Original Post) trof Jan 2015 OP
What an excellent list, my dear trof! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2015 #1
About the watch... trof Jan 2015 #2
Nah, not weird at all! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2015 #4
It has to do with reading lots and lots of analog clocks SheilaT Jan 2015 #5
Really funny! Suich Jan 2015 #3
small correction. #21 mopinko Feb 2015 #6
Great list :-) dolphinsandtuna Feb 2015 #7

trof

(54,273 posts)
2. About the watch...
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 07:51 PM
Jan 2015

When digital watches first came out, I wore one for a time.
(No pun intended.)
I found I DID look at it 3 or 4 times before it registered.
I went back to an analog watch and one glance is all I need.
Weird, hunh?

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,070 posts)
4. Nah, not weird at all!
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 08:03 PM
Jan 2015

I find it hard to read them too. I have a digital clock at my bedside, and sometimes the numbers don't make sense.

My watch always makes sense.

It's analog, of course.

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
5. It has to do with reading lots and lots of analog clocks
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 09:55 PM
Jan 2015

before the digital ones came out.

I find that younger people often don't understand when you tell them it's quarter to (some hour), because they never really learned to read an analog clock.

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