What would you rather do than shop for insurance?
We asked. Charlotte Fauxchanel rattled off fifty things before taking a breath. Insurance can be fun. Not. Otherwise well-adjusted adults would rather:
- Welcome an unannounced visit from mother-in-law
Shop for shoes (in Baghdad)
- Get a pedicure and facial…from your 3-year old
- Get arrested for a minor offense
- Drink alone on New Year's Eve
- Parallel park
- Enjoy an eyebrow wax
- Nap under a tree (filled with well-fed birds)
Alphabetize the spice cabinet
- Clean the garage
- Clean a neighbor's garage
- Change the A/C filter
- Attend a dysfunctional family reunion
- Benefit from a root canal (hey, you do get anesthetic)
- Watch a C-SPAN marathon
- Watch three coats of paint dry, one at a time
- Kill bathroom mold
- Have pores vacuumed
- Vacuum under the couch
Re-enter the Earth's atmosphere
- Get great highlights with a bad haircut
- Four putt after the day's best drive
- Initiate conversation on a first date
- Go antiquing…in a land fill
- Attend a wine tasting with a construction crew
- Discover the ice cream sandwiches bought yesterday are gone
(and no
one else is around)
- Attend a special meeting called by the kid's principal
- Sleep on 50 thread-count sheets
- Win the battle and lose the war
- Win a bet…against a favorite team
- Apply corn plasters
- Expect the Spanish Inquisition
- Figure out which clicker works the television
- Receive spam and realize the message applies
Make less money than the ex's new spouse
- Add ten pounds before the reunion
- Have your credit card rejected at a busy restaurant
- Have a portrait taken…at the DMV
- Read War and Peace, in the original Russian
- Burn the old maternity clothes…too soon
- Get frisked in the airport security line the day before Thanksgiving
- Admit mother was right
- Admit the boss was right
Eat a dozen oysters in a month with no "R" in it
- Find blessed relief and discover someone was standing nearby
- Finally find a lost earring after tossing its mate
- Prove the scales in the doctor’s office are wrong (they're light)
- Walk on burning coals (the dog has knocked over the grill)
- Seek nirvana but stop at partial suffering
Your Time is Precious.