[geeks] Group think

Ross Alexander ross at mail.two-cats.net
Wed Aug 7 15:10:03 CDT 2002


* Michael A. Turner:
> 	Alright here is a situation that still bothers me years later and I
> want to ask the list a question about it. 
> 
> 	The situation: I am making hamburger helper for dinner. I have
> cooked the beef and I am now adding the ingredients and the water. I get the
> measuring cup out of the cabinet and measure 4 cups of tap water. In the
> process nothing else goes in the measuring cup but tap water. After I am
> done I go to put the cup back in the cabinet. My wife at the time, now my ex
> and this may be why, says that I can't do that. The cup must now be washed.
> I explain that only water went in it so it does not need to be washed. She
> says it does, I say fine have it your way, but I am real curious about what
> you plan to wash the cup with if water makes it dirty. She leaves the room. 
> 
> 	My Ex-wife is a very artsy/people kind of person. I am a very
> technical person. I have a suspicion that this argument resulted because of
> our different brain orientations. So the question to the list is:
> 
> 	Would you have washed the measuring cup before putting it back in
> the cabinet or not?

I'd have let it dry first.


-- 
Ross Alexander
ross at two-cats.net



More information about the geeks mailing list