Well good day to you! I've got a few pressing questions today. They are random things that I've been wondering about for a while now so I thought I'd just put them out there and see what you think. They go like this...
Moral dilemma 1: Is it rude to choose the middle public toilet in a row of 3?
My theory is that even though you may invariably end up sitting right next to someone simultaneously weeing in the cubicle next to you (harmony anyone?) this awkwardness is outweighed by the fact that most people won't choose the middle loo for fear of being rude so you end up in a 'less used' loo thereby potentially cutting down on the germ factor. Just a theory.
Do you use the middle cubicle?
And just because we're on the subject and I'm nosy:
Do you put toilet paper down on the seat before you sit down? Or do you just plonk yourself right down on there like I do?
Or do you hover and wee all over the seat for others? I'm just saying.
Moral dilemma 2: Is it wrong to use bribes to discipline your children?
I am a graduate of the 'if you don't do this, you can't do that' school of parenting to get the kids to do what I want them to do. If they have a playdate coming up on Saturday, I'm holding it over their head as early as Monday. If they don't eat their peas, they don't get their fruit. If they don't clean their room, they don't get a story. If they don't cuddle their mother 37 times and give her 108 kisses, the car door doesn't open. You get the idea.
Do you bribe your children?
Moral dilemma 3: Is using the dryer as a sherpa over the mountain of washing okay?
I want to be a good, environmentally-lovely citizen. But I just cannot break my dryer habit. If I rely soley on the line, I end up with a backlog of washing that extends from the laundry, through the house and into my brain. Is it okay to use the dryer if it saves just one woman from a nervous breakdown?
Do you use the dryer?
Moral dilemma 4: Is speeding always bad or just usually bad?
I'm not at all happy with speeding in suburban streets. Never. But put me on a freeway or even on a stretch of road without pedestrians or houses and I think it's reasonable to pick up the pace a little. Not a lot, just a little.
So, my final question is: Do you speed sometimes?
That's all for now. I'm fully expecting a lecture or two about the dryer and the speeding... and possibly those messy hovers might be a bit miffed. But what is life without discussion?
'til next time
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