domestic, um, something or other

[jazzfish]

uilos: And that's why I make you cook lima beans. Because you are capable of putting them on to cook and leaving them there.
Me: Well, yes. That's what the directions say to do.
uilos: But how do you know they're cooking if you don't poke at them and stir them?
Me: Because the directions SAY they're cooking.
uilos: You don't know that! You have to DO THINGS to make them cook!
Me: No, the DIRECTIONS SAY... how did we end up with duelling OCDs[1]?
uilos: I don't know about you but I don't have OCD.
Me: ... I am totally telling LJ about this.

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[1] "Neuroses" would have been a better (more accurate, less potentially hurtful) term to have used, here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, gotcha, I think. :)

I also have a stong opinion on how books should be shelved when there are multiple shelves in a row, what order to put series in, where to put anthologies, ect, ect. Part of it is my own personal neuroses, but part of it is that my very first job was shelving books in a public library.