Socks. Must include socks. As soon as a pair becomes your favorite, one disappears, only for the other to mock you as you wait for the reuniting. This is worse.
Didn't I have a rubber somewhere on my table? Or where were those spare parts of... oh well, let's just first discard these three old items and put those two where they used to belong in the first place, to then... aw well, that photo! I need to text a friend, where's my phone... *substack reply sign* Aw, that corner of the room. Photo, send... well let's check substack, why is it getting dark before I bought pizza? Whyyyy? š
Iām willing to bet that all of the pens in the junk drawer in my kitchen donāt write. I put them in the junk drawer because I donāt want to throw them out. Theyāre pens that charities send me or pens that I bought and discovered that I hated. Itās never occurred to me to use one to write anything at all. Honestly, I just need to upend the contents of my junk drawer into the trash. I should probably do the same thing with my entire email inbox. I doubt Iād miss it!
I think it's Schrodinger's pen.
Could be š
I totally get this. We got a free pen from a candle store. I loved that pen and the system knew it. And now...š
Of course thatās what happens šš
"The system knew it" š
lol every time
Socks. Must include socks. As soon as a pair becomes your favorite, one disappears, only for the other to mock you as you wait for the reuniting. This is worse.
Yes thatās true. Socks are always a candidate
Eventually you forget which cupboard... š
lol if I leave it long enough thatās quite possible
Omg yeah, what IS that? The pens, they just know.
I'm going to hide one in the back of a cupboard. Won't even tell myself what it's for lol
Good idea. Donāt be like me though and forget you hid it. Only to find it again 6 months later by accident š
Lol yay! Found a new pen
lol
š That's it, the emotional attachment part, now I get it!
I once had a pen as part of a promo, it was such a good pen I hung on to it very carefully and actually tried to get a refill when it finally expired.
Thought Iād beaten the system for once, except for the fact I never found a refill that fitted, not in this dimension anyway.
Next time Iāll try casual indifference as recommended.
It beats the pain of losing out š
This made me laugh out loud! Thanks for the humor!
Youāre welcome š
Soooo true. š¤£š
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Absolutely spot on!
Thank you
Didn't I have a rubber somewhere on my table? Or where were those spare parts of... oh well, let's just first discard these three old items and put those two where they used to belong in the first place, to then... aw well, that photo! I need to text a friend, where's my phone... *substack reply sign* Aw, that corner of the room. Photo, send... well let's check substack, why is it getting dark before I bought pizza? Whyyyy? š
You seem to be having some issues there
Exaggerating for storytelling. All fixed.
Whatās a little exaggeration between friends š¬
Iām willing to bet that all of the pens in the junk drawer in my kitchen donāt write. I put them in the junk drawer because I donāt want to throw them out. Theyāre pens that charities send me or pens that I bought and discovered that I hated. Itās never occurred to me to use one to write anything at all. Honestly, I just need to upend the contents of my junk drawer into the trash. I should probably do the same thing with my entire email inbox. I doubt Iād miss it!
We should all do it. But we just canāt bring ourselves to take that step š
And do not ever become the good pen
Hey, have you seen the movie The Borrowers? Could the "system" be a group of miniature people "borrowing" the best stuff in your house? š
Never thought of that š
Yes yes yes! Thank you!š¤š¤
Thank you š
Love that piece! š„°
Thank you so much š