# I now realize I've wasted 2/3rds of my life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372 "2014-07-04T22:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/1 "2014-07-04T22:02:27Z")
I’m in my mid 50s. Just last week for the very first time I ate waffles slathered in peanut butter. All those little melty pools of peanut butter. Hmmmm … How could I have spent so many years _not_ eating peanut butter waffles?! When I think of all the time I wasted on other stuff like education and sleeping, it makes me sad. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/2 "2014-07-04T22:11:02Z")
Have you tried PB & jelly, and then roll into a tube? Have to have flimsy waffles for that. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/3 "2014-07-04T22:36:24Z")
Not wasted at all, you want life to surprise you with new delights right up to the end, things I’ve loved for many years are not the same as they once were. I’m in my 50’s, and what I wouldn’t give to experience Brandenburg 3, or The Mask of the Red Death for the first time again. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/4 "2014-07-04T22:51:42Z")
**I now realize I’ve wasted 2/3rds of my life** Look on the bright side - depending on whether that oncoming driver is texting, you could have wasted 99.999% of your life. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/5 "2014-07-04T23:27:11Z")
I just discovered PB and waffles in the last year or so too. I like to put a little smear of honey on mine. Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/6 "2014-07-05T00:01:10Z")
Have you tried Sweet Sriracha Glazed Chicken & Waffles?: [http://thecaferue.com/menu](http://thecaferue.com/menu) ---
**Author:** ![SarahLiamJarvie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@SarahLiamJarvie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SarahLiamJarvie)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/7 "2014-07-05T10:55:57Z")
Don’t fall asleep Jim! And don’t feed your fat-ass after mindnight. You can actually just live on caffeine; there’s nothing wrong with it; As a matter of fact; I myself have had 4 hours of sleep this week, with many microsleeps inbetween; And yeah the trees are starting to talk and stuff and it’s weird. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/8 "2014-07-05T12:02:07Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > **I now realize I’ve wasted 2/3rds of my life** > > Look on the bright side - depending on whether that oncoming driver is texting, you could have wasted 99.999% of your life. :eek: Or maybe somebody is about to douse you in gasoline and fix it so you’ll be warm for the rest of your life… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/9 "2014-07-05T16:20:47Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m in my mid 50s. Just last week for the very first time I ate waffles slathered in peanut butter. All those little melty pools of peanut butter. Hmmmm … > > How could I have spent so many years _not_ eating peanut butter waffles?! When I think of all the time I wasted on other stuff like education and sleeping, it makes me sad. ☹ Oh YUM! Peanut butter waffles are good. So are peanut butter pancakes. When we were kids we would mix a bit of corn syrup with the peanut butter and put it on pancakes and waffles. Peanut butter toast is also extremely yummy - butter the toast and then quickly put peanut butter on so it melts in with the butter. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/10 "2014-07-05T23:43:18Z")
> [@SarahLiamJarvie](#): > > Don’t fall asleep Jim! > > And don’t feed your fat-ass after mindnight. > > You can actually just live on caffeine; there’s nothing wrong with it; > > As a matter of fact; I myself have had 4 hours of sleep this week, with many microsleeps inbetween; > > And yeah the trees are starting to talk and stuff and it’s weird. You’re not starting out very well on these boards…if you get too many notes, they could turn into a warning, and too many warnings could turn into a ban. It’s against the rules here to insult others, so try to shy away from using terms that might be a subtle insult, ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/11 "2014-07-06T00:59:00Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m in my mid 50s. Just last week for the very first time I ate waffles slathered in peanut butter. All those little melty pools of peanut butter. Hmmmm … > > How could I have spent so many years _not_ eating peanut butter waffles?! When I think of all the time I wasted on other stuff like education and sleeping, it makes me sad. ☹ Don’t be sad. You could be me. I’m 60 and I just discovered pistachios. What a bloody waste of 59 years! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/12 "2014-07-06T04:42:09Z")
I had the bright idea of waffles covered with peanut butter and maple syrup in college when I was stoned. I found that the munchies do have limits. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/13 "2014-07-06T05:22:32Z")
Have you tried peanut butter on apples? If you use crunchy it’s almost like a caramel apple at the Fair. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/14 "2014-07-06T06:42:10Z")
Nutella too! ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/15 "2014-07-06T15:15:12Z")
“Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.” – John Lennon ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/16 "2014-07-06T16:16:18Z")
wrap that waffle around a stick of butter, use a tooth pick to hold it in place. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/17 "2014-07-06T16:17:53Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > Have you tried peanut butter on apples? If you use crunchy it’s almost like a caramel apple at the Fair. can’t be an overly juicy apple, nor overly dry peanut butter. unless you use a toothpick. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/18 "2014-07-06T16:21:34Z")
> [@SarahLiamJarvie](#): > > Don’t fall asleep Jim! > > And don’t feed your fat-ass after mindnight. > > You can actually just live on caffeine; there’s nothing wrong with it; > > As a matter of fact; I myself have had 4 hours of sleep this week, with many microsleeps inbetween; > > And yeah the trees are starting to talk and stuff and it’s weird. This confused me. Does Boyo Jim self-identify as a gremlin? Did I miss it? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/19 "2014-07-07T00:11:54Z")
> [@SarahLiamJarvie](#): > > And don’t feed your fat-ass after mindnight. > [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > This confused me. Does Boyo Jim self-identify as a gremlin? Did I miss it? Not to mention the fact that there’s no reason to avoid eating after a certain time of day. _Calories can’t tell time._ ---
**Author:** ![mage-girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-realize-ive-wasted-2-3rds-of-my-life/692372/20 "2014-07-07T14:02:43Z")
Darn you! Now I want waffles. 😛 Just picked up my first jar of cookie butter, and would love to try it out…