Tuesday, the most awesome of blog days!! (Not!!) Today I am really jonesing for Carole to bring back 10 on Tuesday prompts. You know, those days when I did not have to think too much! However, today I have some What the Heck items that have me completely dumbfounded and provoking lots of thought!
Tide Pods. Seriously, are we all so stupid now that warnings need to go out to not eat them???
Quince and Co posted on Instagram an image of some cute hats knit with their yarn and they got some a lot of flak for posting it.
I got an email on Sunday from an organization that I think is doing great work, however, they informed me that compromise is a dirty word and anyone participating in any sort of compromise is a target to vote out of office. Really? Perhaps they need a refresher on how government functions… And, before you all start in on me… I am 200% for a Dreamer solution, yesterday. But, as in all things, solutions require compromise – not my way or the highway tactics – which means that sometimes you give on things to get things you want.
Why I keep some of the things I do…The junk drawer contained a tome of things that made me say, what the heck? For example, I found appliance manuals for appliances that have been long gone from this house. The removal of that almost 12-inch stack has brought volumes of space to our junk drawer!
On a brighter note, I appreciate all your sage advice on sock knitting and 100% superwash merino yarn sans nylon. I will get the skein caked and do a bit of swatching. Sokkusu O is a very tightly twisted yarn that just might work. If not… my second choice is Gourmet Stash “Grinchy” sock yarn that does have a good bit of nylon.
Happy Tuesday and I hope your day has absolutely no “what the” moments!
I feel the same way you do about the Tide Pod issue. I recently bought a new dishwasher and there was a warning to remove bones from dishes before putting them in the dishwasher…how stupid have we become? Those Quince & Co hats are cute…I might have to make one for my niece!
Sometimes I feel like a stranger in a strange land, experiencing nothing but wtf moments. Eating Tide Pods? People up in arms about a knitted hat? No compromise? “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” ― Søren Kierkegaard
I kept hearing about Tide Pods last week and half-heartedly tried googling to see what was going on… I knew it would be something stupid. I’m still not sure what it’s all about… but I do know it’s SOMETHING STUPID!!
The Quince & Co. post says that it was edited… did they edit the photo? I’m afraid this whole broohaha probably also gets filed under SOMETHING STUPID. Blech. (Perhaps today is a day that I should be hermit-ing.)
I know my kid ate the tablespoon of cinnamon in 7th grade (remember that was a thing again last year?) but I’d like to think he wouldn’t be stupid enough to eat a Tide pod! WTH? And regarding the hats (love)…the compromise…etc. We’ve gone so far off the deep end everywhere!
WTF is my life these days.
As far as Tide Pods go, I believe in survival of the fittest. Thank you, Charles Darwin.
I am LOVING the Quince & Co hats. I love even more that they are raising SHEEP in the USA! Go Quince & Co.
Compromise is NOT a dirty word. Some times you have to give to get.
I so wish I had a junk drawer. I have 3 drawers in my kitchen. One is broken, one is blocked by the stove, which leaves a silverware drawer. Just another WTF moment in my life.
I must be getting old. The big eating dare when I was a teenager was getting people to drink a gallon of milk in one sitting. And no, I never tried that, either. I’m not sure what would possess people to eat laundry detergent.
Let’s see: compromise is necessary, cute hats, Tide Pod eating is dumb.
Lack of compromise is exactly what has gotten our government into a state of hysterical paralysis so that nothing at all is being accomplished. I hope whatever that group was will stop and think a minute, or if not that, then I hope they will shut up!
PS love those hats. Thanks for sharing.
OH CLEANING out stuff. It always clears my head to do so.
The news recaps that arrive in my inbox every day pretty much assure at least a few WTF’s … but having a group of folks to whom I can say it out loud to makes it a lot better. also, I misssed the Quince resist hats … like one of the commenters said, I’m sure I just skipped by the post because it looked like fiddle-y colorwork. now I might be tempted knit one!
My days, too, have been filled with oh-so-many WTF moments lately! But that pod-eating thing? That one takes the cake. And the hats. And the no-compromising. Oh, for Pete’s sake. I’m going to go clear out a drawer or two just to calm down.
XO
that tide pod story was crazy! I cannot think of any sane reason to put it into your mouth if you are over five years old!! (I was going to say three years old but I wanted to be generous). Week by week, I’m scaling back on the news consumption and when I do, my happiness increases. I am informed just not 24/7.
And now you know why I am not on the internet for days at a time. The world is full of fools and the key is not to become one ourselves. We’ve a few too many manuals and an excess of pens, rubberbands, and that sort of thing, filling our junk drawer. Thank you for the inspiration to get it back to a usable space. Why do we need a junk drawer!?