
This is my 2nd installment of
Monday Morning Musings (MMM). It's a bit late in the day (although it still has to be the "morning" somewhere in the world), but I've been chasing my kid around all morning...
For those that didn't catch the
first one, MMM is all about the lighter-side of things. Most of my regular discussions are
business,
entrepreneurship or
blogging-related, but if we don't tackle the zanier, stranger and funnier side of things, well, we'll all turn into zombies. It's true.
Plus, IGotNewsForYou is a business
about humor, so it all makes sense.
Today's installment is very straightforward --
"What ails you?"
None of us are perfectly healthy, and while I don't suffer from anything serious, I've been told I've got a few stranger, sometimes debilitating diseases that I expect aren't entirely uncommon.
Refridgerator Blindess: I suspect a lot of men suffer from this; I don't think it afflicts women at all. Refridgerator Blindness strikes as soon as you open the fridge. Looking for the ketchup? How about the apples? Don't even bother looking for the margarine, you won't find it. Of course, all of these items are sitting right there, almost in plain view, but Refridgerator Blindness stops you from seeing them. And, according to my research, it makes no difference how packed the fridge is with stuff, it could be full or empty, you still won't find what you're looking for.
Couch Potatoitis: This is probably the most common affliction that men suffer from. We like to sit on the couch, particularly if there's sports on TV. I used to suffer greatly from Couch Potatoitis (if you can consider it "suffering") along with
Mindless TV Opsia (Definition: capable of watching mindless/crappy television for many, many hours.) But this day and age, with the responsibilities involved with having a young kid and a new business, along with everything else I was doing before, I think I'm largely cured of both.
Amazingly though, curing me of these two diseases has led to another:
Me-Time Syndrome, which results in a longing for more "me-time" (time spent on one's own, without significant responsibility.) I suspect a lot of people suffer from Me-Time Syndrome, even if they're not willing to admit it. Although commonly diagnosed as
pure and absolute selfishness, Me-Time Syndrome is much more serious. If you don't deal with Me-Time Syndrome properly, you're bound to get a flare up of
Whining Disease or
Congestive Big Baby Flu. You've been warned.
So
what ails you? Surely, I'm not the only one suffering from the diseases I've mentioned, and I bet you've been told a few times by your wife, husband, partner or friends that you suffer from a host of other ailments. Come on, you can share!
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posted by Benjamin
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