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Carol Sutherland's avatar

Ha ha good one 👍 it always seemed like fun until you actually got to be a real grown up . Which has to be navigated with extreme caution … or it gets quite messy .

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Jennie O'Connor ❌👑's avatar

I just figured out that the numbers on the toaster denote time, not—as I had previously thought—the level of toastiness.

Is this . . . true?!!!! 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

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Raffey's avatar

Jennie, its true for me. Last week I put on my glasses and read all the dials on my year old toaster oven. It was so exciting I pulled out the instructions and read those too. I still can't believe it, but this thing is an air oven too. I could never get my toast toasty enough, but now I know that I have to turn the button past 10, to get more toasting time.

I can't wait for voice instructed appliances.

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Jennie O'Connor ❌👑's avatar

Shocking to spend 46 years on this planet and not understand this basic principle of breakfast. 🤦🏻‍♀️

At least I know I'm not alone!

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Yvonne Gerner's avatar

I'll join you in retiring from that job. With that in mind I will skip (not walk) down to the harbour now to look at some boats and waves, and enjoy the sun on my face.

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Kay-El's avatar

Yep, we all missed the “there is no money back guarantee” fine print when we signed away our childhood for adulthood.

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Robin Wilding's avatar

Summabitch, damn that fine print. 😆

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tecolote42's avatar

Hilarious. I strangely feel better ❤️😄🖖

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Robin Wilding's avatar

Well then, mission accomplished😎

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Kim Vale's avatar

I’m today years old when I learned about the numbers on the toaster.

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Robin Wilding's avatar

I only recently found that out too haha

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Robot Bender's avatar

I figured that I was an adult when I suddenly realized that my high school class was running the world. But that was decades ago...

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Robin Wilding's avatar

And what are these world-runners doing now?

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Lee Neville's avatar

Tom Waits to the rescue!

Break out your ukulele, rattiest tights and bath towel cape, swimming googles and tricycle - Rock out!

https://youtu.be/CWh4xHeFMIQ

I'm off to the playground and gonna spin on the merry-go-around until I puke.

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Robin Wilding's avatar

Where did you find that?! 😆😆😆

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Lee Neville's avatar

Tom is an acquired taste - I had to do some hard miles doing dumb self-harming shit before he made any sense. Like Leonard Cohen - couldn't be bothered in my young wild days, but once I started to "ache in the places I used to play", the man is the Man!

More Tom - from his Glitter and Doom tour - Goin' Out West - https://youtu.be/E4_N2F4o4cU

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Heidi L's avatar

Remember when we thought being a grown up meant we finally would be in control? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I think the sweet spot was freshman year of college.

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Robin Wilding's avatar

Oooh that was a great time period indeed!

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Melanie Michaels's avatar

I gave up the adulty part, looking to leave the seniory stuff behind and embrace the joy of childhood again…except all that crap like bills, appointments, oil changes, and furnace servicing follows me like a stray dog who just KNOWS I’m the one to give it a home. It’s a trap - find Neverland and live with the Lost Boys…too late for me now 🤷.

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Robin Wilding's avatar

Don't look at me, I took two strays home 😆.

But the Neverland thing sounds ideal, I'm off to look for Lost Boys.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

"Colgate Anticavity Antigravity Anti-tuna-tartar paste?" I'd buy that....

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Robin Wilding's avatar

😆 Samesies

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

I have read this before and it's aged like wine---

the good kind. Jump the funk and feel hotsy totsy, girl. We'll catch you later.

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Robin Wilding's avatar

You're one of the very few, but that's awesome you read it and liked it again. aged like wine hehe.

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Lindsay Rae Brown's avatar

All of this! I'm sick of adulting too, my friend.

Also, "Spankings took a weird adulty twist." 🤣🤣🤣

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Robin Wilding's avatar

Why did I know YOU'D love that line 😆

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Plum's avatar

It’s too peopley out there! I love that. And yes, I agree. It is too peopley out there.

Rest and refresh. Sounds like a good plan to me!

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Sally Prag's avatar

Oh this was good! And now you’ve mentioned nap time, I know where I’m headed. Luckily I have no adultier adult to stop me.

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Robin Wilding's avatar

ooh good point about no adultier adults to stop you Sally!

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Gina Rovello-Martinez's avatar

Hey, I'm 58 and still have the sense of humor of a 12 year old boy, and still would rather play video games than garden or play pickleball or whatever it is I'm supposed to be doing at this age. 😁

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Robin Wilding's avatar

I mean..that sounds good to me too 😆

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