Uncommonversations Volume 1

Welcome!

If this is your first immersion in Uncommonversations, the idea is pretty simple: below are prompts and questions about little things in life that we can all converse and smile about.

Inrinsible

The job of loading the dishwasher is hardly one that you'd list on your resume, but there are people who take it very seriously. They know best what goes where, how to maximize the amount of stuff that can fit into one load and how much to pre-clean the dishes before putting them in the washer. They are inrinsible.

Know anybody like this? You?

Raindrop Races

Idling some time watching the rain through the window? Is it aimless boredom? Or is it instead post time, when you slacken the reins on your imagination and conjure up some racing excitement?

Who’s spent some time turning raindrop races into watery Kentucky Derbies?

Lidlicking

Extensive research has shown that people are pretty divided about what they do with the yogurt that is clinging to the foil lid.

Are you a lid licker?

Car Pay Diem

You've put you money into the coin-operated vacuum and have spent some time working on the front seats. But the meter is ticking...

Ever get a little nervous that you're going to run out of time? Strategies?

Right on the Doctane

With the price of gas being what it is, numbers whiz by on the pump as you're filling your tank. But perhaps you have predetermined that you just want a certain amount of gas this time.

How good are you at stopping the pump right on the dollar?

Whistling Mints

So the Starlight Mint actually has a master-level way of being eaten. Those who have been patient enough to suck on them for awhile will find that they develop cavities that perforate through the mint. With a little imagination and lingual coordination, they can then be placed facing out between the front teeth and lips and blown through.

Any experience with mint mastery?

Echo Inking

Most of us have experienced the circumstance in which permanent marker has bled through to a subsequent sheet of paper.

So, do you use the sheet with the bleedthrough blobs?

Cheddarationing

If you opt for nachos and cheese at a sporting event, you’ll typically find yourself with loads of chips and just a small square receptacle of cheese goo.

How do you manage the chip to cheese ratio?

BONUS: If the chips are circular, how do you get the last bit of cheese out of the crevices?

Jealacey

You notice that one of your shoelaces is untied. So you re-tie it, tightly. But then the other shoe seems to complain about suddenly being a little loosely tied.

How do you handle jealacey?

Earadication

You may not even be sure how it got there to begin with, but you're stuck with a song on repeat in your head - an earworm.

How do you get it out of your head?

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