# And to think that I fit it in 600 square feet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-think-that-i-fit-it-in-600-square-feet/121184 "2002-07-28T00:57:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-think-that-i-fit-it-in-600-square-feet/121184/1 "2002-07-28T00:57:25Z")
Inspiration from[Dr. Seuss](http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~poetsma/mulberry.html) (though I quickly digress) Whenever I move to someplace that’s cool I always say this is the move That will change my groove And clean out my home But when I arrive at the new place And describe the storage problems I’ve yet to face Mom says on the phone “Don’t leave it alone! Stop moving it here And moving it there. Throw it out, before it’s a disgrace!” But alas and alack! First it’s the task of cleaning out this small little space. All through the closets and under the bed Into the drawers and over my head I’ve cleaned and I’ve dusted I’m thoroughly disgusted At the state I learned I was living in. There were boxes from Nashville Boxes from Jackson Boxes from way back before then. I’ve moved many times That’s really too true. There was Chattanooga Home of the ChooChoo. And Nashville With country music, and Opryland too. Then Jackson, Not in the Delta Finally here, that’s Atlanta. Now soon a new town With nary a frown Yet I still must face this place down. Now for weeks on end, I lift and I bend To the Dumpster! I cry And heave a great sigh For that’s another carload. To Goodwill and the dumpster, Both places I’ve been Though more often this month than ever. Now I look around with a sigh And know there’s no reason to cry For it’s almost quite done Despite the great heat And to think that I fit it all in 600 square feet! ---
**Author:** ![snermy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@snermy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snermy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-think-that-i-fit-it-in-600-square-feet/121184/2 "2002-07-28T02:59:13Z")
Brava! I’m also moving at the end of August… Trying to get rid of stuff gradually because my current place only has airconditioning in the bedroom. And it’s been at a heat index of 105 for the last few days here. Blaarg. Wish I was mostly done… 🙂 ahem Would you put me in this box? Is your head all full of rocks? I will not put you in this box I will not haul you all those blocks! That new walk-up is not so roomy and stressed out cats get kinda zoomy So with dodging cats and climbing stairs I will not haul more crap up there I will not move it, this I swear (and this time I really mean it!) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-think-that-i-fit-it-in-600-square-feet/121184/3 "2002-07-28T04:44:20Z")
Those were things of beauty. I’d write something, too, but I’m too busy avoiding going through all the stuff I put in the garage when we moved…last July. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-think-that-i-fit-it-in-600-square-feet/121184/4 "2002-07-28T15:23:30Z")
Neener neener neener! I moved everything I own from a 2 bedroom apartment (with a study) to ONE bedroom in my friend’s house. Well, I did have to store a bunch of stuff at another friend’s house, but most of it is here. The only things I put at his house were the sofa and loveseat and some boxes of dishes, etc. In my 10X12 bedroom. Good lord, I am a packrat.