Saturday, October 22, 2005

Saturday Six


1. How many products throughout your home are labelled "antibacterial."
Probably about 3.  I'm not going to count, but there is hand soap, dish detergent, and spray that I can think of.

2. As a general rule, and assuming any required knocking on wood, how often do you get anything more serious than a sniffle or mild cold?
Maybe once per year, on average, I get a sinus infection.

3. John Scalzi ran this story about research that suggests the increased use of "antibacterial" products aren't necessary for people who are generally healthy, and might be causing the creation of "superbugs" that are resistant to antibiotics.  Are you more likely to avoid these products after reading about studies like this?
Not really.  Something new is going to "kill us" every time someone does a study.  Is coffee bad for you, or good?  How about wine?  Beer?  Carbs? I'm quite sick of it, frankly.  Yeah, sick...Aachooo!

4. Take this quiz:  Will you pass the U.S. Citizenship Test?
Nope, I failed.  My torch has been extinguished, and I've been voted off the country.

5. Now that the gas prices have dropped just a little (but nowhere near enough), what's the most you've paid for a gallon of gas so far?
$3.19 after Katrina, $2.16 today.  Sheesh.

6. READER'S CHOICE QUESTION #76 from Psychfun:   What was your favorite cereal as a kid?  When was the last time you had a bowl of it?
I don't remember.  Mom usually cooked hot breakfast, if I remember correctly.  I remember wanting Cookie Crisp cereal awfully bad, but it wasn't that great, and mom was mad I didn't eat it! LOL  I think Cap'n Crunch has always been a favorite, though it's been a year or so since I've had it.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now hold on just a minute!  I live less than a quarter mile from an oil well and I paid $2.59/gal for gas just Friday evening!!!  That's just not fair!  : P    -  Barbara

Anonymous said...

Freaky!  I begged for that cookie cereal too -- and I also couldn't finish the box.  It sucked.  I was always safe with "Count Chocula" though.  Yumm!!  

Hug,
Russ

Anonymous said...

I remember begging for Cookie Crisp, too. What a nasty, disgusting, cereal. Cap'n Crunch was worse, IMO, though. The crunch berries were good but the yellow puffs were yucko. I stuck with frosted flakes.