Question:
How many times can you apply the five second rule to one piece of food?
An Ode to a Blog Half Forgotten
I think my blog is on the verge of an identity crisis. The most consistent reason new readers visit here is for the song lyrics I posted to annoying children's songs more than two years ago. And how can I, in good consciousness, continue to post on a blog titled "Life in the Slow Lane" when I've said I would do what promotes the very antithesis? (work overtime) But if I stop posting about the things of the Slow Lane, who will carry on? Who will confess to a board member stopping to comment on how she owns nail color the exact shade as I am wearing on my toes, but she only bought it because she knew she would never wear it so it could be seen? Who will instruct on the proper way to wash a car (leave it in the rain) or what to say when an eleven year old calls you to share what he is eating for dinner? Indeed, I would be tempted to stop posting altogether if it weren't for the fact that this blog is contributing to the sanity of at least one person in this great ...
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My critique-of-the-US-culture/this-is-your-mother-speaking answer would be: People seldom die of eating things that have dropped on the ground. More often they die (albeit more slowly) of the food that they eat on purpose which hasn't touched the ground but which comes from places like McDonalds and clogs the old arteries. So go ahead and eat that food you've dropped on the ground seventy-times-seven times! As long as it's a fresh vegetable and not a cheeseburger!