Showing posts with label gifts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gifts. Show all posts

Monday, April 26, 2010

Speaking of Worried Moms and Opening Straws on Windows

Hey Listers,

I can’t believe it, but its three years since LAL launched! After three years its pretty hard to come up with new topics every month for this newsletter. So I started asking readers for topics - but not just one topic, thats too typical, ordinary, and simple - instead I decided to ask readers for the most random topics they could think of, and I would pick out two completely random ones to try and tie together. Without further adieu, these weeks topics are “worried moms” and “opening fast food straws”:

Everyone has a mom. And every mom worries. And though every mom may not sweat the small stuff, every mom has, had, or does worry. It’s funny how universal these statements are, “everyone has a mom” and “every mom worries”. They’re like “the sky is blue” and “the grass is green”. Despite these universal truths, that seem so obvious to some, not everyone has wrapped their mind around this fact. In fact, this is something you won’t truly realize until you’re a mom (or dad) yourself.

Speaking of worried moms - Summer Vacations and Senior Trips are right around the corner! And just like Spring Break, summer isn’t just about students with worried moms that make their children call them every night to make sure they aren’t jumping from balconies into pools or neighboring rooms. Summer is still for all ages! Now it might not be as exciting as it used to be, you don’t get 3 months off to do nothing by the pool or take that laid back summer job. But summer is still the time when the weather gets warmer and you take a week of vacation, the seasonal winter blues have officially worn off, Spring rain showers come and go, and it’s time to get back in shape for bikinis and bathing suits.

Ugh. Bathing suits. To many, “bathing suits” can be a completely terrifying and dreadful word. It’s unfortunate. Too many people feel this way! And it’s all because people with no self-discipline order two too many dollar double-cheeseburgers at the fast food drive-thru.

You know what my sister’s favorite thing to do with those fast food straws the second they hand it through the window? Lightly pound (I know, that’s like Jumbo Shrimp) it on the car window, rip off the top, and blow the remaining nine-tenths of that straw directly in my still-somehow-unprepared-to-dodge-this-paper-bullet face. By the way, my sister just turned 40! Happy Birthday Sis!


Lists Hidden in This Newsletter

Homemade Recipe Card Holder for Mom

Top Ten 80s Songs Mom and Dad Hated

Top 10 Ideas for Husbands on Mother's Day

Elvis was a Mamma's Boy: Famous Mother Trivia

Ten Songs That Mom and Dad Hated in the 90s

Summer Solstice: How and Why Seasons Change

Top 10 Holidays We Don't Have Off - BUT SHOULD!

Worst Fast Food You Can Eat

Top 10 Healthiest Fast Food Choices

The Funniest Collection of Oxymorons - Made by YOU


ListAfterList Updates and Reminders

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Your Fellow Lister,

Ryan Pratt

Editor

www.ListAfterList.com

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

OCD-Unwrappers and Plain Cheese Pizza

Season’s Greetings Listers,

Wrap all your gifts yet? Well don’t rush! How you wrap a gift says a lot about who you are. And how you open it says even more.

Think about the cheapies whose gifts are wrapped in last Sunday’s sports page. And the lazies thrown in a plastic bag with the grocery receipt still stuck inside. Think about the hectic gifters with too much paper and the last green-tagged piece of Scotch tape. Compare those wrappers to OCD-gifters, with perfectly creased parallel lines, symmetrical bows, curled ribbons, and snowman nametags written in loopy cursive.

Now think about those “kids” who tear through their gift then race to the next. Directly contrasting the patiently-waitings, who keep to themselves until each gift has been handed out, sincerely savoring each and every present, opening not only the bag or wrapping, but also the manufacturer packaging, reading the card verbatim, and actually using the gift before moving on. And then there are the OCD-unwrappers making sure not to tear the paper, saving it for re-gifting next year.

First impressions are everything. And a first impression is hard to change. But it’s not impossible! Anything can sway someone’s initial opinion, but not just your iPod playlist, your favorite movie, the clothes you wear, the house you keep, the team you cheer for, or the job you work; the quirky little things matter too.

Consider an order at Subway, or Chipotle, or even a pizza, and the volumes that speaks to others about who you are. Ham and provolone on white with mustard, lettuce tomato is simple and plain. Spicy Italian is care-free. Specialty sammies are for the adventurous. And how about the vegetarian Chipotle burrito with no beans or sour cream? Or the vast differences in people who get plain cheese pizzas versus supreme?

I’ve heard bartenders and waitresses say they can predict what certain people will order. Every stereotypical person orders a stereotypical drink. Cheap people drink Mt. Dew and Long Island Iced Teas. Classy and mature people order martinis (hence Bond’s shaken-not-stirred). A beer for the blue-collared and wine for the house-wife.

Every order says something. Every action delivers a reaction. Every moment can have a lasting impression.

This holiday season, pay attention as friends and family are opening their gifts, not just at the wrap-job, but the gifts inside and reactions whilst opening. And the lesson learned? Don’t jump to assumptions because that just make an… well you know. Wait to make “donkeys” until you take them out for pizza and a drink.

Lists Hidden in This Newsletter

Top 10 Other Things to Wrap a Gift With

Defeated Football Teams throughout History

Bare Essentials School Supply List

The Everyday World of Men and Women: Expansive Differences

Things Babies Do that Would be Embarassing for an Adult to do

Everyone's a Little OCD: What are you obsessive compulsive about?

How to Be a Memorable First Date

Playlist: Christmas Music for Sugar-Plum Fairies and Gingerbread Men

The 10 Worst Holiday Gift Ideas

List of the 5-Dollar Footlongs at Subway

Best Pizza in New York City

Top 10 Movie and TV Bartenders

Top 10 Manliest Girly Alcoholic Drinks

Actors that Have played James Bond

3 Steps to Makeup Sex

10+ Life Lessons That Took You Too Long to Learn

A Short History of Asses

ListAfterList Updates and Reminders
Make your own “Christmas Gift” list at LAL today!

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Top 10 Favorite Dog Toys

Your puppy will love these cool toys! ... What are your dogs favorite toys?

1. Loopies
2. Wubba Wubbas
3. Jolly Pet Romp-n-Roll Dog Toys
4. Mammoth Pet Tire Biter Dog Toys
5. Pet Plush Rainbow Dog Toys
6. Sun Pet Toys Fetch & Glow Dog Toys
7. Jolly Pet Teaser Balls
8. IQube II Cagey Cube Puzzle Plush Dog Toy
9. a Holiday Pet Stocking
10. Kong Stuff'n TOTs
11. Premier Pet Fleece Pet Toys with Squeakers
12. Coastal Pet John Deere Plush Dog Toy Tractor
13. JW Pet Double Invincible Chains 6" Large
14. C’Mere
15. Tuffies
16. Itty Bitty Buddy Biscuits
17. Bungee Ball Tug Dog Toys
18. Cuz Dog Toys
19. Microfiber Towel