Ok, maybe it�s just the males�..or for all I know maybe it�s just me, but I don�t think I would eat without paper plates and aluminum foil. I don�t understand why anyone would actually BUY dishes. If you buy dishes�.then you�re obligated to USE them�.and if you use them��.then eventually you�re obligated to WASH them. And once they�re washed�..you�re going to use them again and then you get into this whole cycle that you can�t control. Paper plates are all you�ll ever need. You whip one out, eat on it, and then for disposal follow these two easy steps: 1) fold over, 2) put in trash. (Of course, step one is optional.) It�s that simple. No washing, no drying, no putting away. It completely wipes all the hassle out of eating. I don�t know why people don�t get it. Why eat on those fancy dishes? You always have to worry about dropping them and breaking them, and��..well maybe that�s it, but that�s just one less thing to worry about when you�re using paper plates. Come on, haven�t you ever been eating and just felt the almost uncontrollable urge to finish your meal and then chuck your plate like a Frisbee at the person across the table from you? You know you have. And with paper plates it�s all possible. And don�t tell me �but you have to buy more plates every time you run out and eventually it will have just been cheaper to have bought dishes.� That�s crap. Paper plates come in packages of�.what? Three thousand or so? And it�s only about a buck. And how long do �real� dishes actually last? Once you have kids it�s like the opening scene from Saving Private Ryan. I�m telling you. You just look around and see your plates that you�ve known for years falling to the ground, never to rise again. It�s not pretty. I know because I was one of the kids breaking them all. If my parents had just had the foreknowledge to buy paper plates, they may very well have saved enough money to buy my way into a good school. It�s entirely possible. Well�.maybe not entirely�..but for the purpose of this thought...it�s a certainty. It�s just one of those things where you wonder why the world doesn�t catch on��
On to aluminum foil. Aluminum foil is merely a compliment to another college student�s (or again, at least my) best friend: leftovers. Leftovers are my favorite food. Once again, if I had to cook EVERY TIME I wanted to eat something�..I just wouldn�t do it. Now for those of you who know me fairly well, you know that I can cook. It�s not that I can�t. I just don�t want to. Why? When you can just pop something in the oven and have last night�s meal over again in less than ten minutes. Now aluminum foil comes in during the reheating process. How many of you have parents that own pans (cookie sheets, etc.)? Why? Aluminum foil is all you need. I NEVER use pans. I just rip some aluminum foil of the Reynold�s Wrap thing, fold over once for a little extra thickness, fold up the four sides if necessary to keep food inside, and pop it in. It�s that simple. And once again, you don�t have to wash ANY dishes. You put it on the aluminum foil, put it in the oven, ten minutes or so later, pull it out and put it on a paper plate. Then throw it all away when you�re done. Saves so much time and effort that could be better used�..I don�t know�..playing video games, writing, reading, etc. Anything productive (ignore that I just said video game playing was productive) would be better than washing dishes all the time. And aluminum foil isn�t just good for leftovers; you can cook anything you would cook on a cookie sheet type pan on aluminum foil. I�m talking cookies, rolls, chicken patties�.all kinds of stuff. There�s just no better alternative.
So there you have it. I hope you will all come visit me someday when I get my own place and you can see my China cabinet full of paper plates, and that drawer under my oven full of Reynold�s Wrap. It will be awesome I assure you. Anyways, now that I�ve thoroughly wasted whoever-was-dumb-enough-to-read-this�s time��.later.