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IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 02:20 PM Jun 2016

Here is my confession

Every now and then, I eat at McDonalds. I usually order a happy meal for myself even though I'm quite definitely an adult. Happy Meals have just what I want. I can get a hamburger, very small amount of fries, apple slices and a chocolate milk. I still feel a little silly getting it even though it looks like I'm just buying it for my nonexistent kid.

Anyone else want to confess anything?

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Here is my confession (Original Post) IrishEyes Jun 2016 OP
What toy do you get? rug Jun 2016 #1
I got the Powerpuff girl. IrishEyes Jun 2016 #2
Bonus! rug Jun 2016 #3
I may go get one just for that TexasBushwhacker Jun 2016 #9
Which one? Xyzse Jun 2016 #26
Bubbles IrishEyes Jun 2016 #33
Cute! I think everybody likes her. Xyzse Jun 2016 #35
Yeah, She's cute. IrishEyes Jun 2016 #36
I bought a small hamburger and fries at Jack in the Box the other day ailsagirl Jun 2016 #4
lucky! OriginalGeek Jun 2016 #38
Burger King double cheese burger once in awhile sarge43 Jun 2016 #5
I've never been on an airplane... First Speaker Jun 2016 #6
I don't blame you one bit ailsagirl Jun 2016 #7
*mumble mumble*...hangs head.... dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #8
Hey, watermelon is good for you! ailsagirl Jun 2016 #11
I enjoy listening to KMOD Jun 2016 #10
Oh, that's bad. Tobin S. Jun 2016 #12
lol KMOD Jun 2016 #13
I can beat that OriginalGeek Jun 2016 #39
Bless me, IrishEyes, for I have sinned... pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #14
I have never been a bride OR a bridesmaid Skittles Jun 2016 #15
Nor have I! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2016 #16
I am addicted to certain movies. NanceGreggs Jun 2016 #17
Those aren't really too embarrassing, Nance pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #18
I can't get enough of that movie. nt Still Blue in PDX Jun 2016 #27
A kindred soul! pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #28
"you've Got Mail" lillypaddle Jun 2016 #40
I can't understand modern technology. betsuni Jun 2016 #19
That's so funny! femmocrat Jun 2016 #20
"Make the small machine stop crying" pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #23
That is okay. IrishEyes Jun 2016 #32
Mine: I do not know how to pump gas. femmocrat Jun 2016 #21
I have never pumped gas either. IrishEyes Jun 2016 #31
I listen to disco Sanity Claws Jun 2016 #22
I listen to opera when I clean the house. IrishEyes Jun 2016 #29
I am addicted quickesst Jun 2016 #24
I've never had it but I will have try it. IrishEyes Jun 2016 #34
I believe.... quickesst Jun 2016 #37
When I was three years old, I ate an entire outboard motor. n/t malthaussen Jun 2016 #25
If 'St. Elmo's Fire' is on TV and I'm in the room, I watch it. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #30
I am a 68 year old lillypaddle Jun 2016 #41
Fan girls are awesome. IrishEyes Jun 2016 #43
Yeah! lillypaddle Jun 2016 #44
I am a sucker for crackerjacks. yellowcanine Jun 2016 #42
Around 3 this morning littlebit Jun 2016 #45
Okay ... Auggie Jun 2016 #46

TexasBushwhacker

(20,144 posts)
9. I may go get one just for that
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 09:10 PM
Jun 2016

The PPGs are the best! Reminds me of when I used to take care of my niece. And Sailor Moon!

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
35. Cute! I think everybody likes her.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 12:58 PM
Jun 2016

I am a Bubbles guy, though I tend to like Buttercup as well for some reason.

ailsagirl

(22,885 posts)
4. I bought a small hamburger and fries at Jack in the Box the other day
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 03:43 PM
Jun 2016

First food of this kind I've had in years and, I have to say, it was delicious. But then, I was very
hungry.

But not something I want to repeat anytime soon.


OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
38. lucky!
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 01:24 PM
Jun 2016

since I moved away from Texas 35 years ago, I have no JitB near me. I've had it maybe 3 times since then while visiting other states.

Back when I lived in Texas my high school bus stop was in front of a Jack in the Box. I had a breakfast Jack and a super taco almost every day for breakfast. I've found out in my visits to other states they no longer have the super taco but now they have 2 small tacos that taste exactly the same so it's fine with me. I just wish they'd open a franchise in Orlando. I wrote and asked the clown if he would but he just said they'd be happy for me to open a franchise in Orlando. I'm like "eff that...I just want a damn super taco - I ain't tryna work."

Aaaaanyway..my wife buys happy meals all the time. Especially if she wants the toy. Sometimes she just buys the toy. If it's Minions she'll get all of them.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
6. I've never been on an airplane...
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 04:28 PM
Jun 2016

...dreadful fear of heights, and as it's happened, I've never had to get on one for any practical reason, like a trip--don't like travelling--or for business--always lived and worked in CT. And I hope very much to go to the grave without getting on one of the damned things...

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
8. *mumble mumble*...hangs head....
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 07:33 PM
Jun 2016

I eat a watermelon every 5 days when they are in season.

I eat salads and some other food in normal amounts, but come watermelon season, which is only about 5 weeks long, the local homerown ones
are SOOOOO sweet, I pig out.

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)
12. Oh, that's bad.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 12:07 AM
Jun 2016

That is truly a confession of sin.

All kidding aside, my step-father bought an Air Supply album back in the 80s when they were popular, and I think he listened to it for a decade. I can only remember him listening to three albums when I was growing up. The Bee Gees, Waylon Jennings, and Air Supply. He didn't even check out different albums from the same groups. Just those three albums.

 

KMOD

(7,906 posts)
13. lol
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 12:17 AM
Jun 2016

That's funny!

I have wide range in my taste of music. I enjoy, and appreciate pretty much everything.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
39. I can beat that
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 01:31 PM
Jun 2016

I've seen Air Supply live. I worked at Six Flags over Texas in the early 80s. Saw a lot of free shows when they had concerts there. Joan Jett (She was totally awesome and so were her Blackhearts), Eddie Rabbit, Wall of Voodoo, Rossington-Collins Band, Spyro Gyra, Rupert Holmes (Escape, the Piña Colada song)...and Air Supply. I could pass it off as "hey they were playing in the parking lot as I walked by on my way home after work..." but I confess I stayed and watched the whole thing.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
14. Bless me, IrishEyes, for I have sinned...
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 03:02 AM
Jun 2016

But I need to see your long-form divinity degree and ordination certificate before I give you my confession.

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
17. I am addicted to certain movies.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 03:19 AM
Jun 2016

I have probably watched "Aliens" more than 50 times - and the same with "School of Rock". I've watched "The Wedding Singer", "Moonstruck", and the original "Jurassic Park"at least 30 times each. When it comes to my "addictive movies", it's actually quite an embarrassingly extensive list.

Despite owning copies of all of the above, if one of them is airing on TV (for the zillionth time) at 3 a.m., I will sit there and watch it again.

I always tell myself that there's someone out there who is seeing this movie the VERY first time, and I am enjoying their experience with them.






pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
18. Those aren't really too embarrassing, Nance
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 03:37 AM
Jun 2016

Among the ones I love to see again and again is 'Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion.'

betsuni

(25,380 posts)
19. I can't understand modern technology.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 08:52 AM
Jun 2016

Years ago my husband bought a big flat-screen TV and we're STILL too stupid to figure out how to record things. It used to be easy with videos: insert a video cassette, press "play" and that's it. I have an old cell phone but don't use it because if I'm outside where it's noisy I can't hear it ringing and nobody has any reason to tell me anything important anyway. I've bought kitchen gadgets like pasta makers, salad spinners, fancy vegetable slicers, food processors; they remain on the shelf. The husband has a new iphone and in the morning the alarm keeps going off when he's out of hearing distance. I pick it up and run to him saying, "Make the small machine stop crying."

As far as computer machines are concerned, I still don't know how to cut and paste. I am an idiot!

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
20. That's so funny!
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 09:01 AM
Jun 2016

I bought a fancy food processor a number of years ago because I always wanted one. Well.... it came with a VHS tape to show you how to use it. Since I no longer have a VCR, I can't watch the video, so I now never use it! It is so darn complicated, even assembling it, that I just gave up and use a knife.

I also don't have/ don't want an iPhone. My old fashioned cell phone is fine for as much as I use it. I leave it in the car for emergencies.



IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
32. That is okay.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 11:56 AM
Jun 2016

I know a very smart man with two Phds who has travelled all over the world many times. He can't figure out how to check his voicemail. If someone calls him and he doesn't answer, they just have to try again. I knew another partner in a law firm who graduated from an ivy league college who couldn't copy and paste words.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
21. Mine: I do not know how to pump gas.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 09:03 AM
Jun 2016

I have never done it. My husband has to take my car for gas.

(hangs head in shame)

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
31. I have never pumped gas either.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 11:51 AM
Jun 2016

I don't know how to drive so I have never needed to pump gas. However, I plan to get a licenses some day.

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
24. I am addicted
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 09:29 AM
Jun 2016

... to Kroger Red Creme Soda, and I am responsible for getting at least three other people hooked. I am a bad man.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
30. If 'St. Elmo's Fire' is on TV and I'm in the room, I watch it.
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 11:51 AM
Jun 2016

If 'St. Elmo's Fire' is on TV and I'm in the room, I watch it, pretty much regardless of where I am or what I should be doing.

littlebit

(1,728 posts)
45. Around 3 this morning
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 06:20 PM
Jun 2016

I was really craving a root beer float but I didn't have any ice cream. So even though I am not suppose to be driving I drove to Walmart and bought me some Blue Bell ice cream. That was the best root beer float ever.

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