Is is just me, or are things getting smaller in this world?
Toilet paper, for instance. When I was a little kid, a piece of toilet paper seemed as large as a piece of paper towel. One toilet paper square was huge. One square covered my entire hand and backside. I could clean up without using an entire roll of toilet paper. Now, one square barely covers my hand much less my derriere. No stinkin' way one stinkin' square takes care of my stinkin' business now. Speaking paper towels, do they even make a roll with a full square? Maybe it's just the brand Debbie buys, but the roll is made so each section is a HALF square. Dangit. When I make a mess, I need a full square to clean up. Not two halves with a partial tear down the middle.
A half-gallon of ice cream isn't even a half-gallon anymore. It's slightly less than a half-gallon. Someone got wise and decided to use the metric system of measurement so we don't notice that we are getting less than a half-gallon. But we are.
A 12 ounce can of beverage isn't even a 12 ounce can anymore. It's 355 milliliters. Oh wait. I just did the math. 355 milliliters is pretty much 12 ounces. There is some rounding up going on to get to 12 ounces, but not much. Never mind. Butt I'm still plenty pissed off about the smaller toilet paper squares, though...
hee hee. Have a nice day.
3 comments:
Do you remember the Sears catalog in the outhouse. Those pages were a lot bigger. Of course some of the shiney pages did not do too good of a job.
The tp just seemed bigger b/c your butt was smaller.
And the paper towel thing is because of the kind Mom buys. Mine are a full sheet. Sometimes they still have a partial tear down the middle, though. :)
I remember the Sears catalog, but never had to use that for tp, thankfully. Although I did have to use a few gas station receipts during an emergency stop several years ago. Talk about your butt being a bit too large for one of those. whoa. I had four of them when I started but only saw three after usage. I think I lost one during cleanup. Not sure. Didn't try too hard to count, if'n you know what I mean...
What are you saying about the size of my hiney, Tara? LOL
That paper towel thing drives me nuts. No matter how you try to rip a sheet off of the roll, you only get a half sheet. Where is the shamwow when I need more than the half sheet of the "quicker picker upper" can handle? hee hee
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