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I can’t remember if I’ve done this one before, so if I have?
Just humor me and play again.
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For me there’s only one answer.
The smell of freshly cut grass. It’s my absolute favorite smell in the world. Of course after searching for a meme to include in this post….
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I may have to rethink this.
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Damn. Makes me wonder if our lawn is cursing me every time I step on it …
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This will be a quickie.
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Because there’s only one correct answer to this… and that is number 2.
(My husband is a number 1, and if I had known that before I married him I might have had second thoughts.)
Discuss.
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You know the drill.
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So many items popped into my head when I read this… but if I’m going to have to choose one:
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The milk box.
(No, I didn’t grow up in Palmyra, PA … but I couldn’t find an image of the dairy that provided our back porch with a milk delivery box so this will have to do.)
Young people today are amazed when you tell them a milkman actually came to your house twice a week and left the milk, cream, and butter you ordered in a zinc lined metal box. And while I admit I vaguely remember ours as the service ended when I was quite young… never running out of milk had to be the ultimate convenience. Some dairies left ice cream as well.
Now that’s a delivery I can totally get behind.
Your turn.
What item did you grow up with that no one sees anymore?
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You’ll like this one.
You get to tell me what to do…
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Advice. Everyone seems to have it, but no one seems to want it.
My late father always used to tell me not to take any wooden nickels, which seems ridiculous these days… but I suppose you could substitute ‘cryptocurrency’ for ‘nickel’ and call it good.
While I make a habit of never offering unsolicited advice, being happily married for 38 years people often ask for our secret and want advice on staying together.
Love, respect, and understanding. All important, but I usually default back to compromise and choosing carefully. Chemical attraction and lust fade, trust me on this. If you don’t have anything deeper to hold you together you won’t be searching for the traditional 40th anniversary gift. ( Ruby! Let’s hear it for hanging in there.)
I constantly hear people say you have to have things in common with your spouse to cement a relationship, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth for us… we’re very different people. But we find common ground in the type of life we want to lead and where we want to live it. That trumps his preference for television over my love of reading any day, even if it means a John Wayne marathon now and then.
My husband and I met and were married 6 days later. Guess I chose correctly. ❣️
Your turn. Give me some advice…
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It’s quick.
It’s easy.
And it doesn’t cost anything. What have you got to lose?
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The first one that came to my mind?
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Does anyone even take bubble baths anymore?
Your turn… what commercial slogan is stuck in your head today?
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You might even enjoy it. Stranger things have happened, trust me.
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This one is going to be fun. Here are some of the creative answers I found with the question :
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And a few of my own :
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She fell in love with a carpenter and now she gets nailed.
She fell in love with a fisherman and was instantly hooked.
She fell in love with a janitor and got swept away.
She fell in love with a farmer and enjoys getting plowed.
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Your turn!
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You know you want to.
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I’m not sure I can top Benjamin but here goes…
1. A Single Samurai.
Even Kurosawa would have had a time with that.
2. Star War.
After the appearance of Jar Jar, this might have been a good thing.
3. The Grape of Wrath.
And I thought it wasn’t possible that film could be any more depressing.
4. One Angry Man.
They’re everywhere these days, so that doesn’t seem to be much of a stretch.
5. Edward Scissorhand.
Try and trim a topiary with that Ed.
Your turn!
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Because it won’t take long, and you’re already here.
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All of you know where I’m from, but I’ll start.
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Our state’s best selling beer from its most popular brewery. Also currently on tap in the man cave/Barn Mahal.
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Your turn…
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It won’t burn any calories, but who are you kidding? You weren’t going to exercise anyway.
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Humphrey Bogart will always be Sam Spade.
Alec Guinness will always be Obi Wan Kenobi.
Anthony Hopkins will always be Hannibal Lecter.
Marlon Brando will always be The Godfather.
Tim Curry will always be Dr. Frank-n-Furter.
Your turn!
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It won’t strain your brain, I promise.
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I love how’s there’s nothing unequivocal here. When, not if. Yay for me.
What will I never stop eating?
I won’t say burgers…. because there will always be wagyu beef.
I won’t say pizza… because there will always be artisanal pies with truffles.
So I’ll go with one of my guilty, rarely admitted pleasures.
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I confess, I’m all about the San Francisco treat. When the husband is away or eating elsewhere? I’ve been known to simmer up a package and eat the whole thing in one sitting.
But I do add freshly steamed broccoli, I’m not a heathen.
How about you… What aren’t you giving up after your bank account expands?
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