August 5, 2010

Driving With Pringles And Other Stuff I Learned This Week...


While this has been a pretty unremarkable week in many ways, when you dig really deep, there are things to learn in our everyday lives...

1- Dogs really are walking garburators, as evidenced by when Alfie happily ate white asparagus for the first time. And dirt in the yard. And yes likely poop, and who the hell knows what else.

2- For healthy eating while driving, a can of jalapeno Pringles fits perfectly into a Toyota Solara cup holder, now to be known as a Pringles Holder. You're welcome.

3- A Single Man didn't live up to the hype.

4- Colin Firth is stalking me. He was everywhere I was; we watched or stumbled across A Single Man, Love Actually, Shakespeare in Love all in two days. And he was on the radio. Yep, he wants me.

5- Jon Stewart looks hot with his new beard.

6- The toilet on a space shuttle has a problem with what NASA calls 'escapees' which is poop that gets away in zero gravity. The toilet has a rearview mirror so the toilet user can watch for this, as he or she is responsible for chasing the runaway turd down.

7- Chelsea Clinton married some Jewish dude (yee ha) in a big fancy wedding which likely cost millions of dollars. Haters did their hate thing, forgetting the whole Rush Limbaugh multi-million dollar fourth wedding thing.

8-When dozens of fruit flies invade your kitchen, a container filled with the potent mix of dishwashing detergent, water, and apple cider vinegar will bait and kill them.

9- When you decide you want a two-sided red leather sofa for your new home, and go furniture store to furniture store asking for one, 9 of 10 people will look at you with a stunned blank look, either a What the hell is that you morons, or How high are you really? Worry not, once you find the right place, you can order one in. And it will seriously rock. And cost a bundle.

10- Former President George W Bush has written his first book and will start his promotional tour on the Today show. When he has read his first book, he will appear on Good Morning America.

27 comments:

inannasstar said...

I'm not diggin' the Jon Stewart beard : (

Dean Somerset said...

I can see by the fact that the car now has a Pringles holder that we need to start training again!!

Jabacue said...

M-M-M...I liked A Single Man.

George who?

Penny Lane said...

So my understanding is it's kind of a big deal to work for NASA nevermind actually getting to go into space. The fact that you may or may not have to chase down your own escapee poops? Seems wrong.

Michael Rivers said...

I'm off to buy a can of Pringles right now.

madtexter (corey james) said...

I have what I call the 'British 10'. No matter what British movie I watch there is at least 1 of these actors in it: Colin Firth, Judi Dench, Jude Law, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, etc...

Next to Auntie Mame, Love Actually is my favorite holiday movie.

Great point #7!

What's the name of Dubya's book? Something like 'Learning Your ABC's'?

Midwestern Mama Holly said...

I always wondered about the pooping in space,is it not enough you have to poop in such small quarters but then you have to chase it if it gets loose? Yes.. why do dogs eat poop? I have two and if I don't yell at them, its a virtual poopbuffet with them when they go.
Rush Limbaugh-even typing that (name) makes my butthole pucker.

Kevin said...

The next car will definitely have Pringles holders too.

Annie (Lady M) x said...

That photo of Alfred is bloody funny. He looks like a doggy superman.

bmat10 said...

I looked and looked, but I could not find the pringles holder in my car. Between the driverside and the passenger side there are two sphere looking things that may hold a pringles can, but alas in our car it is absolutly not a pringles can holder. It is a holder for three pennies, bits of dog fur, a piece of paper (wrapper from a cough drop perhaps) a reciept from a restaurant and surprisingly a few other bits of valuable odds and ends. Perhaps my next car will have a pringles holder.

Saucy B said...

Look at that little furball go - too cute.

Lauren said...

Mmmmmm... Pringles... If you're picturing Homer, you are completely wrong. I have hair. I mean... you're wrong. Hey! Look at that dog run!

Gill - That British Woman said...

Colin Firth I am sure stalks me.........wonder how he can be in so many places at once???

Thanks for the tips about fruit flies, I didn't know that......

Gill in Canada

Mrsblogalot said...

HAAAAA!! I guess GMA will continue to have several open guest spots!

If he's lucky, he might make it to FOX one day (-:

The Mindful Merchant said...

What a great action photo of Alfie. I'm off to wage war on the fruit flies in our kitchen. Thanks for the tip.

Greg said...

Rim shot on the last item.... (very funny, though)

Erica said...

Aaaaand I learned the word "garburator" today! Day not wasted.

bpotw said...

Awesome photo!

Gigi said...

You are too funny. Am thinking if the Pringles can fits in the Solara then it also probably fits in the Corolla. This can not be good knowledge for my hips.....

Thanks for coming by and joining in the madness. I must have missed that episode of Friends - but can certainly imagine Phoebe dealing with it! LOL

Gigi said...

Also....Alfie's a cutie-pie. Love him!

Daisy said...

hahaha. as if i wasn't laughing hard enough at the picture of your flying dog. This list is a riot!

Kevin Bruce said...

I LOVE the "garburator" term! My '98 civic has fry holders... well I'm sure they're meant to be drink holders, but I know what the interior designers were really imagining. "Five Guys" regular fries, baby!

The fruit fly remedy is a good tip! Thanks! LOVE the blog!

Cul-de-sac-ed said...

Alfie would love Dick Van Patten's duck and potato chunks. He puts a little bit of himself in every bag.....(I think pieces of him fall off...a finger here, an ear there )

injaynesworld said...

Can't agree with you on Jon Stewart's beard. It's a real "What was he thinking?" to me.

Thanks for the tip on the fruit flies. I'm serious.

Followed you over here today from the "Still Ironic..." blog. I love Ginny. Glad to see you discovered her, too.

Vodka and Ground Beef said...

Great title. I will try that Pringles idea even though I drive a Nissan. I'll let you know how it goes.

Mesina said...

Time out. Colin Firth is MINE babeh! Let's just back off the Bitch train and get back to sending Christmas cards to each other. Ah hem.

Also...I now have serious respect for NASA folks. I had NO idea about the poop.

I'm lovin' the Pringles tip...if only I wasn't trying to ditch a love handle or four. The kids did it.

Brahm (alfred lives here) said...

I think Colin Firth is taken, though hard to tell by how he is (virtually) hanging out in our basement. The least he could do is vacuum.

And yep I seem to be in the minority on the scruffy Jon Stewart thing...

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