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While I am not an expert, I want to believe that being lazy is normal and natural if not taken to an extreme. The extreme being a degree where it’s not just inconvenient, but also counter-intuitive, self-harming and it actually starts affecting other people.

Someone being so lazy that it infuriates you fits the bill, and that’s the name of the game in this listicle. Folks online are sharing times when they found someone being so lazy (or the legacy thereof) that it hurt their brain, either figuratively or literally because they probably had to suffer the consequences.

#1 The Way A Mom And Her Two Kids Left The Shoe Isle In Target

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#2 People Sweat, And That’s Fine, But Who Leaves Their Puddles Behind Like This Without Wiping Down?

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#3 Meanwhile Here In Victoria

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Laziness is considered a lack of individual effort in order to perform or act as expected. So, being capable of doing something, but choosing not to, fits that criteria.

Some psychologists, however, point out that there’s another, synonymous term, procrastination, that has a fine nuance to distinguish it from laziness. With this one, it’s choosing not to do something after having had intentions of doing. Laziness, on the other hand, is never having had intentions of doing it in the first place.

#4 Plastic Confetti Left Behind By A Gender Reveal Party In A Public Park

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#5 Elizabeth Is A Lazy Jerk

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#6 There Was A Trash Can Literally Four Feet Away

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Anyway, if you were to say that procrastination is a bit of an epidemic among folks, you wouldn’t be wrong. Studies have shown that up to 20% of adults feel that they struggle with procrastination. That goes double (well, double and a half) with college students, of whom 50% have trouble with partaking in the forbidden fruit. And this applies to everyone, even the most hard-working individuals out there.

#7 I Went To Snap The Beach At Margate And Wish I Hadn’t. Is It Because The Council Are Not Putting Bins On The Beach, Or Is Lazy Visitors At Fault? Either Way It’s An Utter Disgrace

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#8 Uber Eats Left The Order At The End Of The Driveway In The Freezing Rain/Snow Balanced On The Mailbox

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#9 My Girlfriend Throws Her Daily Contact Lenses Behind The Headboard Of Our Bed

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The causes of procrastination come in many shapes, flavors and sizes. One of the more surprising finds among researchers is that it can serve as a coping mechanism. Not for coping with time management issues—rather for emotion management.

For some, finishing a task of a job might bring up anxiety or even a general feeling of avoidance. Putting it off, though, helps tackle the problem. Heck, procrastination can be interpreted as a rational reaction to an unpleasant situation, hence putting it off until you’re ready.

#10 Attention Parents! Thrift Stores Are Not Your Daycare. Clean Up After Your Kids

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#11 Amazon Said It Was Delivered 2 Weeks Ago, But I Couldn’t Find It. Snow Finally Melted A Bit, And I Found It 1/2 Mile Away From The House

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#12 This Represents A Single Week Of Mugs And Glasses That My Wife Leaves In Our Bathroom. I Clean All Of These Every Week, And They Are Back The Next One. Anyone Else Feel My Pain?

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Another reason why procrastination is a thing is, in simple terms, it’s boring and icky. The brain learns that habitual behaviors and actions can be skipped by means of procrastinating, instead going for things that would be more enjoyable.

Interestingly enough, age can be a factor too. Because we have this thing called the prefrontal cortex, which is all about planning, decision making and concentration (among other things), having one that hasn’t matured yet might lead to some more rash decisions, like skipping out on doing work now without considering the impact.

#13 How My Sister Leaves The Bathroom

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#14 The Hairbrush My Daughter Leaves Hanging In The Shower

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#15 I Asked My Mom To Put The Remainining Salt In A Smaller Container, But She Dumped It All In The Sink. That’s Almost 200g Of Salt That Could’ve Easily Lasted Me Another 2 Months

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Other reasons include more run-of-the-mill explanations, like lack of energy, willpower and sleep, having learned laziness from someone, distraction and some folks might just be born with it. Yes, you can have personality characteristics, like low conscientiousness and impulsivity, that might make you more prone to putting things off. Heck, being a perfectionist can have the same effect—it kinda ties in with the whole unpleasant emotional baggage of doing a task because of the self-imposed high standard.

#16 This Is How The Passengers Who Have Just Arrived From Canada Left The Plane. I Can’t Find Words. This Is One Of The Reasons For The Delay. It Takes A Long Time To Clean This Pigsty

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#17 Someone Locked His Bike On My Bike Without Even Trying To Lock It To The Stand

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#18 Are People That Lazy? Cart Return Is 4 Parking Spaces Away

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But, to be or not to be lazy is trivial. The key question here is whether it’s good or not. The fact that it can get you into trouble because of the habit of not doing stuff on time or at all, being unreliable as a human being and that snowballing into bigger issues is definitely not good. But does it directly affect health and well being? Science says it doesn’t know (yet), what is known is that it can prevent positive behaviors from happening. You know, like wanting to exercise and be healthy!

#19 Pizza Delivery Guy Dropped The Pizzas At The End Of My Sidewalk. He Then Came Up, Rang The Doorbell, Walked Past Them Again And Was Back In His Car Driving Off Before I Answered The Door

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#20 How People Left Their Table At Wendy’s Near Me

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#21 My Wife Spits Her Seed Shells Into The Door Handle Of Our Car And Leaves It There

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And because we’re human—i.e. complex beings—perception often throws a spanner in the works in understanding whether we’re truly lazy or not.

Say a person has a daily to-do list of 20 things, but only ends up going through maybe half of them by the end of the day. In that case, of course there’s going to be that view that we’re lazy—just look at all the stuff you’ve been slacking off on! In reality, however, that’s not being lazy, but rather having far too much to do trying to exceed a physical and mental limit. If anything, that’s working too hard.

#22 The Way My Fiance Leaves Peanut Butter

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#23 I Just Caught A Lazy Neighbor “Walking Their Dog” By Car

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#24 I Went On A Date With A Guy, And He Picked Me Up This Time. I Think This Is A Peek Into What His Apartment Might Look Like

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Considering all of this, face the fact that being lazy isn’t bad and it’s unavoidable. Consider it forced rest. As for how to get the biggest bang out of your buck by not letting procrastination and laziness take the top, try these on for size:

Prioritize your tasks to make sure time-sensitive ones are done first; punch down larger projects into smaller-more approachable tasks; limit your distractions at the workplace; and if that doesn’t help, create an environment that helps you focus, i.e. music.

#25 My Neighbor Drove Into Part Of My Back Fence 2 Months Ago And Hasn’t Cleaned It Up

That’s his garage on the left being partially blocked. Maybe he thinks it’s a crime scene and he won’t get the insurance claim if he cleans it up. I don’t know.

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#26 My Roommate Has Hit New Peak Of Laziness

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#27 Some Jerk In My Office: “Damn, That Was Close. If I Took That Last Ice Cube, I Might Have To Refill The Tray”

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The list goes on: don’t forget to take regular breaks to reward your brain with something less daunting and more stimulating; keep your focus on the end-goal as it might motivate you more; move around or exercise during breaks to keep the right chemicals circling around in you; track your healthy habits, like I’ve done X amounts of work for context and self-reflection; and, you can always get a buddy to keep you accountable for it.

Though, keep in mind that this might also be a situation of Monopoly, where you begin the game as friends and then become sworn enemies because Cheryl nabbed Park Place.

#28 My Roommate Made Eggs In All These Pans. Instead Of Just Washing One Pan Everytime He Makes Eggs. Someone Save Me From This Nightmare

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#29 Apparently The Businesses In My Shopping Center Decided That The Recycling Chute (Two Units Down) Is Too Far Away. That Door Is My Store

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#30 Lady Goes To Self Checkout, Makes Attendant Unload Her Cart, Scan And Bag Each Item

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And if you don’t yet have a headache from all the infuriatingly, brain-numbing acts of laziness against humanity in this listicle, then you might also enjoy another one.

And if you’re feeling lazy, then, at the very least, leave a comment sharing some of your stories and takes and why not also slap that upvote button while you’re at it.

#31 My Brother “Salted” The Driveway

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#32 I Went On A Cruise In Spain. It Was Beautiful, And I Had A Great Time. But, Everywhere We Went, There Was Just Garbage In The Ocean, And I Actively Saw People Throwing More In

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#33 People That Do This Are Jerks

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#34 Public Park Near Toronto, Canada. Why Are People Such A Pigs?

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#35 My Mom Loved Walking Our Dog, And Now She Has To Get In The Street To Do That Because We Have Rude Neighbors

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#36 The Plumber Left My Tub Like This After He Fixed The Sink

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#37 The Way My Family Leaves The Toothpaste. It’s Rock Solid

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#38 I Wanted To Put A Pallet Away, But Someone Decided To Be Lazy And Just Left This Disaster Behind. Of Course There Are No Cameras In This Area

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#39 Lazy Plumbers Installed Leaky Pipes In My Bathroom. Now, There Are Mushrooms Growing On My Ceiling

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#40 Lazy People Ruin Frozen Items Putting It On Random Shelves

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#41 Dishwasher Is Broken, So We Each Have A Dish Day. 6 People In The House, And Sister Never Does Her Dishes On Her Day. Sink Is 3 Ft Deep And Has Been Full For Four Days

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#42 I Just Paid $800 For My School’s “Books” It’s Just Loose Paper

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#43 Is My Wife The Only One?

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#44 My Sister’s Boyfriend Lost His Wallet Before Leaving To Go To His Moms. He Left The Living Room Like This After He Found His Wallet

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#45 My Wife Insists That This Is Normal

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#46 How My Teenage Brother Refills The Tea Box

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#47 My Partner Borrowed My Car For A Few Days And Returned It Like This

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#48 My Roommate Came Back From A Trip And Left His Luggage On Our Kitchen Counter. It’s Been There For 4 Days Now

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#49 My Wife Leaves Her Used Floss Like This For The Next Day

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#50 People Leaving Their Trash At The Trailhead Where The Sign Lets Them Know In Advance There Are No Trash Cans

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#51 My Significant Other’s Collection Of Unfinished Drinks In The Fridge

This is from one day. The yellow tumbler has a swallow of 2% milk, and the grey cup is the remnants of this morning’s coffee/cocoa/peppermint creamer concoction, waiting to be re-warmed tomorrow morning. The nasty mug is over ten years old, goes in the microwave multiple times each day, and is lucky to be washed once per week.

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#52 This Is How My Husband Leaves The Cast Iron After Using It. He Never Bothers To Rinse Or Dry It, And It Disgust Me Out So Much That I End Up Taking Care Of It

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#53 Walmart In My City Has Their Spices All In A Big Bin. Good Luck Finding What You Need

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#54 Just Why? The Trash Can Is Right There

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#55 I Don’t Understand Why People Can’t Carry Out Their Own Trash. Especially At A State Park

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#56 Grocery Delivery Decided To Skip Bagging Even Though I Tipped $25

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#57 My Girlfriend Always Leaves Her Cigarette Butts In My Car

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#58 And I Thought I Was Lazy

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#59 How My Neighbor’s Landscapers Cleared The Leaves From Her Property. My Property Starts At The Fence Line

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#60 Please Put It Back Where You Found It

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#61 How My Brother Put The Paper Towel Roll

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#62 This Is The Act Of One Person. My Roommate

Good thing I’m soon going to my own apartment. My Roommate’s girlfriend is also starting to notice those “childish, immature, laziness” behavior. In his defense, he always had people doing the house chores for him. I don’t know how it will be when he’ll live with his girlfriend and have children with her. I tried to advise him on certain things, but it’s like a 13-year-old child starting to get in his teenager’s crisis.
PS: It’s in Switzerland, and people here tend to have a clean or at least functional home. Here is an exception.

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#63 My Wife Doesn’t Get All The Ice Out Of One Tray Before Using Another

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#64 My Wife Never Finishes Water Bottles. Just Always Grabs A New One. Hours Ago I Just Cleaned Up A Ton Of Her Left Over Ones

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#65 I Guess I’m The Designated Trash Guy Because If I Don’t Ever Take Out The Trash, My Roommates Just Do This

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#66 Next-Door Neighbor Took Down His Deck And Put The Old Boards With Rusty Nails Sticking Out In The Woods Where My Kids Play In

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#67 This Is Supposed To Be Cleaned Every Night By My Coworker With 15 Years Of Experience

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#68 Delivery Guys Left A TV In Plain View Without Even Ringing The Doorbell

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#69 My $2200 Laptop, Which I Was Supposed To Sign For, Was Left Practically On The Sidewalk. Couldn’t Even Bother To Put It Near The Porch

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#70 My Wife Cutting The Sausages For The Biscuits. That’s Why The Other Pan Looks Like This

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#71 The Roommate’s Rice Cooker Has Turned Into Brain-Like Tissue. He Refuses To Clean It And Leaves It On The Shared Kitchen Counter

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#72 I Hired A TaskRabbit To Clean, But They Left Me With This

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#73 Happily Obliged When My Wife Said She Would Mow The Grass

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#74 The Way My Wife Cuts And Leaves Bananas

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#75 I Went To A Classmate’s Apartment To Work On A Project. This Mountain Of Hair Will Haunt Me Forever

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#76 My Mom Puts A Whole Pot In The Fridge If There Are Leftovers. Even If The Amount That’s In The Pot Could Fit In A Small Tupperware

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#77 My Roomates Season Their Chicken In The Sink

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#78 This Is How My Dad’s Kitchen Looks Like

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#79 I Just Had My House Painted

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#80 Where My Doordash Driver Left My Food. He Couldn’t Even Bother To Come Into The Building. It Wasn’t There When I Got Downstairs

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#81 My In-Laws (Who Lives With Us) Leaves A Trail Of Open Cabinets, Doors, Windows, Food Containers, You Name It. Not Even An Automatic Garbage Can Lid Can Escape Their Sociopathic Behavior

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#82 My Wife Will Never Replace The Paper Roll. This Is The Closest She Will Get. I Even Installed A Holder That Lifts Up On One Side For Easy Changing

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#83 This Is My Roommate’s Aquarium Filter. It Smells Worse Than It Looks

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#84 My 25-Year-Old Brother Never Drains The Dirty Dishwater. This Is Day 3

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#85 I Work At A Non-Profit Child Care Facility. We Like To Leave Our Pavilion Open To The Public After Our Children Leaves. There’s A Garbage Can In Each Corner Of The Pavilion Yet People Still Do This

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#86 I Live With Two Grown Men. Just Tell Me Why

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#87 Tenants Left Some Things Under The Fridge After They Moved

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#88 Some People Struggle To Follow Simple Instructions

People in my condo are too lazy to take their garbage to the appropriate disposal area and overload a bin that is clearly not big enough for the trash they are trying to get rid of.

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#89 This Is How My Wife Puts Away The Pots And Pans Every Time

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#90 This Is How My Dad Leaves His Dishes In The Sink

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#91 My Roommate Came Into My Room Clean-Shaven And Said, “I Think The Sink Is Clogged. I’ll See You When I Get Off Work At 11 PM”

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#92 My Wife Stops The Microwave Early And Doesn’t Reset The Clock

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#93 Someone In My Building Loaded These Three Large Capacity Washing Machines. They’ve All Been Done For Over An Hour, But No One Comes To Pick It Up. I Just Love Stuffing My Large Load Into A Small Washer

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#94 Mail Carrier Left My College Diploma Out In The Rain

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#95 I Asked My Step-Daughter To Fold Her Clean Laundry, And She Threw It In The Trash Can Instead. No Clothes To Fold Means No More Chores

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#96 One Of My Adult Kids Left This In The Fridge

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#97 I Forgot Spaghetti With Mushrooms In The Microwave For A Week. Now It’s A Fluffy Ball Of Mold

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#98 My Roommates Are Too Lazy To Clean Up. Here’s Last Week’s Beer Pong

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#99 Thanks To My Kids For Leaving The French Fries In The Deep Fryer

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#100 My Wife Has Been Looking For A Particular Lunch Box For Over 2 Months

My wife just found it buried in my daughter’s closet, the one who left for college in August. We all guesstimate this thing has been in her closet since May. We’re not even sure what that first bowl had in it.