# Because I'm lazy I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 16, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381 "2011-12-16T04:43:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/21 "2011-12-19T22:33:05Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > . . . I couldn’t be bothered to wash my dishes so I threw them away and bought new ones. . . . I think we have a winner! > [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > don’t bother buttering bread. . . . > and a squirt of mustard. . . . Has anyone here tried liquid butter or liquid margarine? Squirt bottle, much easier to use? The idea tempts me, but the stuff is a bit pricey… > [@Leaffan](#): > > . . . Pee in the shower in the morning. Makes perfect sense. I know lots of people who react to this with an appalled “ew!” of moral disgust. But, why? Considering the gunk that comes off our bodies when we shower, a little pee is probably less revolting. I’m so lazy, I don’t “string” string cheese, but just bite off chunks. I’m so lazy, I don’t wind spaghetti around my fork, but just tilt the bowl and sort of slurp it. Same with soup: why bother with a spoon? I’m so lazy, I don’t drain pasta. I only add as much water as will all be absorbed. I’m so lazy, I map out my driving route to involve as many right turns, and as few left turns, as possible (while minimizing turns overall.) (…and I paid a local high school kid to compose this post! 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![thelabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/22 "2011-12-20T02:32:11Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Things that don’t seem lazy at first sight, but kinda are. > > Because I’m lazy, I park in the north 40 in most parking lots. I only like parking “faced out” but I don’t like the “work” of backing into or out of parking spots, so I park in the far reaches so that I can just pull through and be facing out. > > Because I’m lazy, I walk to the train station. To be able to drive and still get a parking spot, I’d have to get up a good half an hour to 45 minutes earlier than if I just walk 15 minutes. > > What are your silly lazinesses (not a real word)? Parking that way is not only easier, but saves time and gas. Also, if I park near the door, I still have to walk the Lab before daring to take it inside. Exercise stimulates elimination. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/23 "2011-12-21T05:57:05Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I think we have a winner! Thank you, thank you. My finest hour! > [@](#): > > Makes perfect sense. I know lots of people who react to this with an appalled “ew!” of moral disgust. But, why? Considering the gunk that comes off our bodies when we shower, a little pee is probably less revolting. Plus isn’t peeing on your own feet a well-known “cure” for athlete’s foot? (feel free to fight my ignorance on this.) > [@](#): > > I’m so lazy, I don’t “string” string cheese, but just bite off chunks. Say, are you single? > [@](#): > > I’m so lazy, I map out my driving route to involve as many right turns, and as few left turns, as possible (while minimizing turns overall.) No seriously, are you single? > [@](#): > > (…and I paid a local high school kid to compose this post! 😉 ) STANDING “O”! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/24 "2011-12-21T21:40:51Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > I’ve never heard of buttering bread before putting mustard or what not on it. That sounds kind of yucky to me. I butter my sandwich bread _instead_ of putting mustard or whatever on it – depending on what kind of sandwich it is. A ham sandwich, for example, consists of two pieces of (buttered) rye toast, one slab of ham, and one slab of cheese. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/25 "2011-12-21T22:13:45Z")
I’m so lazy that I compulsively rinse out every dish I carry over to put by the sink until it’s visually clean – for two lazy reasons. First, so that I can stack up the dishes and leave them sitting there by the sink for a lot longer before they start to stink. Second, because I am too lazy to unlearn this habit even though I now have both an automatic dishwasher that gets run every day _and_ a husband who cleans the kitchen about 80% of the time it needs it. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/26 "2011-12-21T23:21:28Z")
I’m so lazy…I spend a day cooking things ahead for the week, then putting them in the freezer. Bacon. Burgers. Hamburger for burritos or whatever. Spaghets, meatballs in sauce, and a tupperware bowl of pasta. Sliced pork tenderloin or sliced chicken with gravy. Rice. When it’s time for us to eat in the evening (anywhere between 8 and 10) , I’m too tired at the end of the day to go stand in the kitchen messing it up and smelling up the house. I started doing this when I was a new mom and never went back to the old way. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/27 "2011-12-21T23:24:25Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > . . . Plus isn’t peeing on your own feet a well-known “cure” for athlete’s foot? (feel free to fight my ignorance on this.) I’ve heard that, too… I need to try peeing on my forearms… > [@](#): > > Say, are you single? Well, yeah, but I think I just killed any possible attraction! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/28 "2011-12-22T03:51:30Z")
Because I’m lazy, I work very hard when given an assignment, so I can finish it quickly. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/29 "2011-12-22T10:25:11Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I’ve heard that, too… I need to try peeing on my forearms… Well, to be fair, that’s not as lazy as paying someone else to pee on your forearms. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/30 "2011-12-22T10:59:42Z")
I’m so lazy I meticulously stack dishes in the sink just so under the tap…so that the dripping water from the leaking faucet fills and eventually cleans them! (I still wash them by hand with detergent later, but it’s mostly to keep the Food Police at bay. It’s amazing how thoroughly clean a “drip…drip…drip” for hours can get a chili bowl. And yes, the landlord’s been called to fix the leak. Repeatedly. I’m glad she’s the one paying for the water!) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/31 "2011-12-22T11:06:33Z")
lol “Dishes”. Sad, really. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/32 "2011-12-22T14:38:59Z")
> [@Silver\_Tyger](#): > > Setting up templates, macros, and other time-saving things when I’m working. If you use the time you save to do more work, that’s not lazy. If you use the time you save to sit around drinking margaritas, that’s lazy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/33 "2011-12-22T17:13:45Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > If you use the time you save to do more work, that’s not lazy. > > If you use the time you save to sit around drinking margaritas, that’s lazy. > > 🙂 No alcohol at work. But it’s a good thing no one watches my monitor over my shoulder. (Why, hello there Flash games…) ---
**Author:** ![thelabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/34 "2011-12-22T18:29:17Z")
Posting to the internet when drunk can be a bad idea. It may explain somethings. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/35 "2011-12-22T22:29:49Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > lol “Dishes”. Sad, really. If I knew of some decent foodstuff that you just unwrapped and ate, I could happily give up dishes forever and entirely… Deli sandwiches, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381/36 "2011-12-22T22:42:35Z")
Sometimes I used a boxed cake mix. :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-im-lazy-i-_______________/606381.md?page=1)