Dear Sedaratives:
Is there any way to make laundry more fun?
Ray
Glencoe, IL
Dear M:
Replace the word “laundry” with “Asians” and re-read your query. Now replace “laundry” with “people in wheelchairs.” Now “accountants.” See my point? Your question is extremely judgmental, condemning laundry without acknowledging the subjectivity of your statement. So let’s get to the real problem: Have you ever noticed that when you’re wearing clothes, they’re just clothes, but when you take those clothes off, they become laundry? The clothes haven’t changed; you have. So if dealing with the laundry isn’t fun, I suggest you look at the man in the mirror and not the clothes in the hamper. You are the problem…not the laundry, or for that matter, Asians or people in wheelchairs. (Although accountants are simply not fun and there’s nothing you can do about it.)
Nell
Dear Sedaratives,
I get really high on allergy medicine. Not on purpose; I just feel like my head is abuzz when I take Claritin. I’ve tried others and I don’t get the same high. Does the high mean it’s working and I need to get past my fear of addiction?
Chris M.
Las Cruces, N.M.
Dear Chris,
Good news! There’s no need for you to worry about becoming an addict. Bad news! You already are one. Residing in New Mexico means you are almost certainly addicted to oil. When was the last time you went a week without heating your home or getting into your car? And like most Americans, I bet you’re also addicted to corn syrup, caffeine, the twenty-four-hour news cycle, and cheap goods from China. Oh yeah, I can smell the Walmart on you even through the internet. And speaking of the internet, I bet you’re addicted to that, too. And porn, obviously. When was the last time you went a day without porn? And there’s something else you can’t live without: as the late Robert Palmer observed, you might as well face it, you’re addicted to love. So I wouldn’t be concerned about adding the Claritin monkey to that load on your back. It’ll jump right in and play with the troop that’s already there.
Nell
Dear Sedaratives:
Flan is disgusting. Why do the Spanish insist on pretending it’s a dessert? How do I get out of eating it at my mother-in-law’s house?
Ben S.
Santa Clara, CA
Dear Ben S:
I thought it might be helpful to break down flan to its ingredients in an effort to determine what, in fact, makes it so disgusting. I got this from a recipe for traditional Spanish flan.
Ingredients
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