# How Lazy Are We? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719 "2004-01-09T21:25:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jacksonport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@Jacksonport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jacksonport)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/41 "2004-01-11T02:23:01Z")
šŸ˜‰ I walk around the Entire house looking for something? Then ā€œSuddenlyā€ the remoteā€¦ :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Jacksonport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@Jacksonport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jacksonport)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/42 "2004-01-11T02:29:00Z")
true storyā€¦ often , my Molly the Collie steals my remote and carries it to the doorā€¦ so I find it at the door as she sits there waiting to go outā€¦ I go out in my house coat and waitā€¦tilll pā€¦ TV and remotes are divinely, intrusively, canine tools of CONTROL. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/43 "2004-01-11T02:34:48Z")
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**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/44 "2004-01-11T03:37:14Z")
I donā€™t sweep the kitchen floor until Iā€™m vacuuming the living room, then I sweep the crap from the kitchen floor onto the living room carpet and then vacuum it up. I will give an expensive item of clothing to the thrift store rather than iron or dry clean it. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/45 "2004-01-11T03:54:01Z")
**Lobsang** must be too lazy to read the thread, since his schtick has already been done! šŸ˜‰ I do the online phonebook and weather things, as well. I also am so lazy that I didnā€™t want to quote those posters. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/46 "2004-01-11T04:07:56Z")
Ah, but _has_ it. (ciscoā€™s thread contains a dot. Just try to select anything in my thread) ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/47 "2004-01-11T04:59:37Z")
Thatā€™s a bold move you did there **Lobsang**. There isnā€™t enough space in this thread to hold your laziness. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/48 "2004-01-11T07:14:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*Does this really count? It _looks_ lazy, but actually itā€™s a fair amount of work. šŸ˜‰ \*\* Story of my life, man. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/49 "2004-01-11T07:58:34Z")
I think **Jacksonport** is laziest, because he registered in November of 2003, it took him until 2004 to post and he pretty much copied the OP to do so! Hatā€™s off, my good man! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/50 "2004-01-11T20:30:37Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by gwendee_ > **Cervaise, my reaction to your first post was - why involve a plate??? Canā€™t you just eat off the foil?** > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > **I gotta agree here. A truly lazy person eats straight out of the microwave or pots and pans.** Ah, but laziness manifests in many different forms. Some lazy people donā€™t care about social niceties and will happily eat their chicken nuggets off the cookie sheet (or out of the box, still frozen). Some lazy people are in denial about their laziness and will attempt to maintain at least a modicum of decorum, in order to shield themselves from the truth. I am the latter. While occasionally I will eat my mac-n-cheese straight from the pot, more often I will employ an intermediary dish in order to keep up the illusion of normal human behavior. However, in my case, ā€œplateā€ is something of a euphemism. It may actually be a plate, if Iā€™ve actually done dishes and enough plates are clean. More commonly, it will be something else, like the inverted lid from a large saucepan. Or possibly a hardbound book with a paper towel on it, if the food is dry enough. The truly lazy person will not blink at eating his breakfast cereal out of a bundt-cake pan with a measuring spoon. Nā€™est pas? ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/51 "2004-01-11T20:58:30Z")
Iā€™m so lazy I learned how to parallel park just so I could park in front of the stores in our small town. Most people avoid parallel parking and park around the corner. ---
**Author:** ![Paradoxical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Paradoxical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paradoxical)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/52 "2004-01-11T22:51:05Z")
Iā€™m so lazy, Iā€™ll fashion something out of things laying around me to pull the remote closerā€¦which usually takes 10 minutes or more. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/53 "2004-01-12T05:38:37Z")
Mr. TeaElle just confided that he is so lazy that he nearly wets his pants at least twice a month in his reticence to get up and go to the bathroom. :eek: I have a follow up on my laziness ā€“ Iā€™m so lazy that today, I put my dog on his leash, opened the door, let him out and then leaned against the door jamb and waited for him to do his thing within 15 feet of the door (thank goodness for extendable leashes) rather than just taking the poor animal outside properly. Of course, perhaps thatā€™s not so much laziness as the fact that it was about -139 degrees here today. ---
**Author:** ![sundog66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@sundog66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sundog66)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/54 "2004-01-12T07:18:50Z")
To see how collectively lazy we are as a group, just compare the post count to this thread to the view countā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![zzzWHATWHATzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bc79bd/32.png) [@zzzWHATWHATzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zzzWHATWHATzzz)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/55 "2004-01-12T08:52:12Z")
Iā€™m so laz ---
**Author:** ![xayoz306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xayoz306](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xayoz306)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/56 "2004-01-12T09:13:34Z")
Iā€™ve been known toā€¦ - Ask my wife to answer the door when someone knocks, whle sheā€™s in the kitchen 20 ft away, and I am in the recliner 5 ft away - I oay all my bills online, so I donā€™t have to ger up to do it, and they can all be done at onceā€¦(even my rent is paid online) - I will drive to the corner store, when t would be quicker to walk there and back - I have waited to take the bus to get somewhere when walking will be quicker ---
**Author:** ![sportshoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sportshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sportshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/57 "2004-01-12T09:14:56Z")
Iā€™m so lazy I do not find the energy to open my shoelaces. I just pull them off my feet. Then the next time I **have** to wear those shoes again, you donā€™t expect me to open the laces now? So I try to squize my feet into my shoes. It takes me minutes and minutes, makes my fingers cramp, makes my socks pile up in my shoetip and damages the back of my shoes so bad I can throw them out after a maltreatment or ten. But I still wont open my shoelaces. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/58 "2004-01-12T09:15:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zzzWHATWHATzzz \* > \*\*Iā€™m so laz \*\* Come on, this joke is so old, itā€™s not even funny anym ---
**Author:** ![sportshoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sportshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sportshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/59 "2004-01-12T09:16:18Z")
**Lexen** has asked me to answer this thread because he was too lazy to do it himself. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719/60 "2004-01-12T09:28:48Z")
If I werenā€™t so lazy, I would write my guaranteed NYT best seller book entitled, " Parenting from the Couch." Such Chapters would be: 1. Delegating the kidlets to do thy bidding. 2. What dog breed is the best Hoover? 3. Cable or Satellite. 4. Investing in a bullhorn: proā€™s and conā€™s. 5. Sweat pants, comfort is thy name. 6. Teaching children proper loading & cleaning techniques of DVDā€™s. Lord knows, It is a lifeā€™s research. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-lazy-are-we/223719.md?page=4)