Over or under
A little too little, a little too much. Every once in a while I find myself at issue with quantity. Particularly, the quantity that is being served. Like the times when you cook a meal, and more people that expected arrive right at service time. The result, a little too little. People leave the table hungry, which means that there will be a raid on the refrigerator as soon as the sun goes down.
How about when you take the car to “run an errand”; before you can get back home the dinging begins. A not-so-subtle reminder that you (like the world) are running low on petroleum products. A little too little and you end up walking to the nearest merchant to purchase a minimal quantity of explosive liquid, in the hope that you can remember how to pour it into the reservoir and then get back home. It didn’t happen to me, but it could have.
Then there’s the situation of plenty. When I went to put a quantity of soap in the dish washer this afternoon, the cover came off the plastic pail at a most inopportune moment. Did you know that picking up soap powder with a sheet of paper is highly inefficient. I guess that’s why we don’t sell the stuff that way, on sheets of paper. Soap powder has little in common with fish ‘n chips, or cotton candy. Plus, the excess of powder will stick to your bare feet (later in the evening), forcing an emergency session of vacuum cleaning. The floor, the feet, the nearby carpet. Nasty stuff.
How about the bowl of ice cream that is topped off with standard yogurt. I recommend the mixture highly, and it gets you to eat some extra dairy products. Good nutrition. The open container of yogurt invites pouring, but when the whole litre of viscous product pours out “all at once” and makes a mound in the bowl before leeching over the sides, you’ve made a delicious mess. With any luck, it won’t fall on the floor to mix with soap powder, because the dog deserves better than that as a task. Or treat, according to your canine preferences. Best done out of sight of discerning spouses.
I think I want a return to normal quantities. No more over/under.
