So my husband and I are in our shared bathroom, getting ready to go out and do some grocery shopping (I know! The passion! The love! It is all around us!).
I ask him to get me some more Carmex from underneath the cabinet. While digging around under there, he discovers a new toothbrush, stashed there since our last dentist visit.
"A new toothbrush! I've been needing this...the dentist said we should be changing our toothbrushes at least four times a year, and once a month would be even better."
"What?!?" I reply. "That would be like, $100 a year on toothbrushes! Ridiculous!" I say.
And from there, the conversation strays into this:
Husband: You know, I've always thought about buying stuff like that in bulk. You know, stuff we'll always need, that can never go bad. Like a case of toothbrushes. And Q-tips. Q-tips never go bad.
Me: Why in the hell would we buy cases of Q-TIPS? We'd probably be dead before we could even use them all. God.
Husband: But the kids could still use them!
Me: NOOOO! The kids can't use dead people's Q-tips. You are disgusting!
Husband: It's not disgusting! They're NEW Q-tips. It's not like we would have USED them. I figure when Grandma and Grandpa and Mom and Dad are gone, I'll raid their houses for Q-tips, cottonballs, and toilet paper. We'd never have to buy that stuff again. Think how much money we'd save!
Me: I am not using DEAD PEOPLE'S leftover toiletries. Ugggghhhh. *insert major eyerolling*
Husband: Waste not, want not, I always say.
Um, I guess since my husband is the one paying the bills these days, he can be as cheap as he wants.
And I really shouldn't complain, because somehow he gets the bills paid every month, and we haven't lost our house or car yet.
But friends, I draw the line at using Dead People Q-tips.
I ask him to get me some more Carmex from underneath the cabinet. While digging around under there, he discovers a new toothbrush, stashed there since our last dentist visit.
"A new toothbrush! I've been needing this...the dentist said we should be changing our toothbrushes at least four times a year, and once a month would be even better."
"What?!?" I reply. "That would be like, $100 a year on toothbrushes! Ridiculous!" I say.
And from there, the conversation strays into this:
Husband: You know, I've always thought about buying stuff like that in bulk. You know, stuff we'll always need, that can never go bad. Like a case of toothbrushes. And Q-tips. Q-tips never go bad.
Me: Why in the hell would we buy cases of Q-TIPS? We'd probably be dead before we could even use them all. God.
Husband: But the kids could still use them!
Me: NOOOO! The kids can't use dead people's Q-tips. You are disgusting!
Husband: It's not disgusting! They're NEW Q-tips. It's not like we would have USED them. I figure when Grandma and Grandpa and Mom and Dad are gone, I'll raid their houses for Q-tips, cottonballs, and toilet paper. We'd never have to buy that stuff again. Think how much money we'd save!
Me: I am not using DEAD PEOPLE'S leftover toiletries. Ugggghhhh. *insert major eyerolling*
Husband: Waste not, want not, I always say.
Um, I guess since my husband is the one paying the bills these days, he can be as cheap as he wants.
And I really shouldn't complain, because somehow he gets the bills paid every month, and we haven't lost our house or car yet.
But friends, I draw the line at using Dead People Q-tips.
6 Comments:
Okay, I know it makes no logical sense WHATSOEVER, but I am so on your side with this one. I have no idea WHY it's creepy, but using dead peoples' toiletries is totally wrong and bad. You can tell you husband I said so.
My husband is on your husband's side. Clearly, men are creepy.
No comment today. Sorry. I don't know what to say. :) Let me think about it for a while.
NO NO NO NO S! That is just plain wrong. Erica
Okay, I'm sticking with Donna on this one. Buy in bulk, but only in a reasonable amount to be used in your own lifetime!
How enduring, leaving your kids Q-tips! What a way to remember you by :).
Somehow, though, we go through Q-tips, now I wonder how???
You know, you could save even more cash if you sought out homes of the recently deceased and took their qtips and toilet paper. You could probably take their canned goods as well. Do dead people green beans gross you out?
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