Things I Absolutely Refuse to Do
Posted May 05, 2008
Buy greeting cards that rhyme
Eat mushrooms
Use the word "alrighty"
Care more about how flat my hair will get if I wear a hat than how cold my ears will get if I don't
Play volleyball. It's a waking nightmare.
Try baked beans. I don't care how good you say they are. They look slimy and mealy and I WON'T PUT THAT IN MY MOUTH.
Refer to Madison as Mad-town
Wear pants or shorts with anything written across the butt
Believe that a little caffeine addiction is really that big of a thing
Use baby talk. Even when talking to a baby.
Feel bad about not giving you a "little help" with that ball you didn't catch in the park. You signed up for this game. I didn't. Go get your own damn ball.
Completely rule out attending a New Kids reunion concert
And now for a little audience participation. What won't you do?
Amy J says:
May 05, 2008 at 03:45 PM
Eat animal protein product other than chicken, beef, pig, sheep, and fish (including shellfish). This means no venison, no rabbit, no alligator, no eel. I do not care if it tastes like chicken, at that point, why shouldn't I eat chicken?
Maren says:
May 05, 2008 at 03:53 PM
I am with you on the rhyming cards. I had to buy a first communion card last week and I threw up all over the card aisle in Target. A tragedy really. So the kid got a blank card with a dog on it because that sucked WAY less than the cheesy rhyming cards.
Holly Rose says:
May 05, 2008 at 08:29 PM
1st it should be noted that I will join you at an NKOTB reunion!
As for the won'ts
-wear a black bra with anything in which you can tell I am wearing a black bra
-be afraid of an honest coffee addiction
-watch anything with Paris Hilton in it
Considering I spend my days with 8th graders- that pretty much all my brain can come up with for the moment.
Hotsy McFarland says:
May 05, 2008 at 09:00 PM
I solemnly refuse to:
-eat cucumbers
-wear the bluetooth earpiece for my cell phone while eating in a restaurant
-teach 8th grade again next year
Dingo says:
May 05, 2008 at 09:07 PM
I refuse to eat sushi just becuase someone says, "Well, it's just that you haven't had good sushi."
Because, really, if eating sushi is such a hit or miss proposition (and it's been allllll miss so far) then why bother. Do I really need additional stress in my life?
Amy says:
May 05, 2008 at 10:28 PM
1. Eat anything that looks like it did while alive (not including veggies, even though I don't eat a lot of those). This would include most seafood.
2. Teach in a classroom setting ever again, unless of course that is my only option and they are willing to hire me and pay me for it. 2 months of 5th graders will about fill my quota of classroom teaching experience. I need open spaces, such as a gym and the outdoors.
3. Eat Fungus-- aka Mushrooms.
Last, but certainly not least:
4. Tell Lori NO, when she asks me to go to the NKTOB concert with her!
andrew says:
May 05, 2008 at 11:33 PM
I used to think that there were things I would never do.
This last year has proved me wrong.
Over and over again.
I absolutely refuse to "say 'never'"
(although I will most likely never go to a NKOTB concert, but...you never know)
lisa says:
May 06, 2008 at 10:10 AM
I refuse to:
eat bananas or anything containing bananas.
wear skinny jeans.
attempt downhill skiing.
work at a call center ever again.
wear real shoes when flip-flops are not completely unacceptable.
attend an NKOTB concert unless Lori wears her giant Joey McIntyre button and Amy does the dances.
Horrible Warning says:
May 06, 2008 at 08:23 PM
Hmm, things I will never do...this was harder than I thought.
I will never do:
Run in just a sports bra; no matter how much weight I may lose, my belly will never be appropriate for daylight.
The splits; no matter how flexible I get, it's just physically impossible to get that flexible.
Eat slices of raw tomato, vanilla ice cream, or strawberries. Seriously.
Go to a NKOTB concert. Just can't do it...but I'm not ruling out Rick Springfield...
Plattie says:
May 07, 2008 at 10:50 AM
I am so with you on baked beans. They are pretty much the national dish over here but I think they're revolting, and I will not be swayed.
I also will never like tuna. It smells like cat food, people, what the heck?
Evan says:
May 07, 2008 at 03:53 PM
I'll against the grain on this one; I absolutely refuse to absolutely refuse to do anything (except just that). Absolutely is a powerful qualifier.
Julie M. says:
May 08, 2008 at 08:40 PM
I refuse to eat "Cheez Whiz."
I refuse to go to any of our "official" high school reunions. The people I care about seeing, I am still in contact with, or have gotten back in touch with. Like you and your sister :)
And I am totally with you at that New Kids reunion concert. I just might even pinch roll my jeans for the occasion.