Dishes, my enemy.
Posted by todd Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:28:14 GMT
Not Really My Kitchen
A few years ago I didn't have dishes.
I lived what I called a "disposable lifestyle". I ate off of paper plates (or out of my dog dish), used plastic forks/knives, and ate things with my hands quite a bit. Aah, the good ole days.
Then I bought a house. This was a huge bachelor mistake and has since been corrected, but it caused some consequences from which I am still recovering. You see, when you buy a house everyone you know comes and visits. When your *parents* come visit and realize you have only one towel and one 47 ounce glass that you drink everything out of, they feel sorry for you and go shopping.
Now mind you, I didn't go shopping... I was quite happy living like a box turtle, who could move himself anywhere in about a day. However shortly after my father came to visit I received a box in the mail that could have contained a large TV (unfortunately it was not). Instead, this box contained everything my father decided I needed, including:
4 Large bath towels.
4 Medium towels of unknown purpose.
4 Washcloths for people who don't understand soap.
1 Shower caddy.
1 Set of knives.
1 Set of dishes. (containing glasses).
1 Set of glasses (not surprisingly, also containing glasses).
Now this was amazingly nice of my father, and very typical of him. When the man gets buying stuff, he doesn't screw around. Unfortunately in doing so he roughly doubled the number of items I owned; most importantly to this story, I now own roughly 45 glasses.
I live alone.
I am also rather lazy when it comes to dishes. This means that if I were conservative, I could go 45 days without doing dishes! Even in a worst case scenerio, 3 glasses per day is plenty, letting me go 15 days before running out! I'm sure you see the problem here.
The picture at the top of this post is not my real kitchen. It is a stunt kitchen. However it represents the state of my apartment every 15 days. I was considering building a small glass block wall, but my landlord may disagree.
Perhaps I'll build a fort.
You should build a fort, those are nice.
Hey T…….it’s mom. So if you let us know WHAT you need, we could send things that count! wink It is always difficult at birthdays and Christmas to know what to get our favorite “batchelor”!!!
I did the same thing for a long time, I actually had the dishes but when out and bought paper plates and plastic cups. Love the “disposable lifestyle”