NOT HAVING THE BATTERIES YOU NEED

Most homes and apartments have a drawer somewhere on the premises where we keep our collection of somewhat infrequently used, but mostly useful items. Balls of string, scissors, paperclips, assorted pens collected from banks and restaurants and so forth. Some of the items are little more than junk, but others are actually quite valuable. For example, batteries.

WHEN YOU SPILL YOUR DRINK ON YOURSELF

As previously discussed, the spilling of drinks on your person is a particularly not awesome event. Having some scofflaw ruin your evening with their boorish behavior is in no way good. While poor though, it is not the worst that can happen. Consider if that boorish assault is carried out by….you.

WHEN SOMEONE SPILLS THEIR DRINK ON YOU

Appearances are everything is a fairly well known phrase. Its origins can likely be traced back to the dandy-era of the 18th century, full of powdered wigs and foppish coats. Many of us can certainly relate to this mantra, with our well coiffed hair and carefully put together attire. Others of us cannot relate at all, with our slovenly sweat pants and greasy locks. Where derelicts and fashionistas can both relate however, is that having a beverage spilled on you is an event good for no one.

FINDING HAIR IN YOUR FOOD

Few things are as disconcerting as finding a strand of strange hair milling about your meal. It is a sign of many things; poor hygiene, carelessness on the part of the cook, our own mortality and so forth.

DOING LAUNDRY

One of the requirements of living in a society in this day and age is that we have to wear clothes. Whether this is a good or bad thing is perhaps up for some debate, depending on what sort of derelicts you’re talking to, but what is irrefutable is that those clothes are eventually going to be dirty. And until we invent some sort of neo-futuristic, Star Trekian, self-washing apparel, those clothes will have to be washed.

HUMIDITY

Given that our last update was on the oppressive nature of heat, it is only fitting that we follow with a look at what in particular can make heat so damn oppressive in the first place. Humidity.

OPPRESSIVE HEAT

In the summer months people are oft to bemoan the warm weather and long for the cooler days of winter. This is perfectly understandable. Heat however is not always a particularly bad thing. Heat can cook our red meats, warm our coffee and lift our hot air balloons. Heat on a summer’s day, coupled with a cool breeze can provide a perfectly comfortable balance. Warm summer evenings bring cold summer drinks, and warm summer days bring lounging. Heat can even lose NBA Championships, to the delight of all.

Oppressive heat however is a horrible, wretched, bad idea.