In college, we used to love to play the “Would you rather?” game. Here’s an example: Would you rather have one great outfit that fits you perfectly that you had to wear every day for the rest of your life or a closet full of clothes that were always two sizes too small?
You can’t answer that you would lose weight or you would just explain to everyone the situation. You have to just answer on impulse and not factor in that you can make any adjustments.
I’d love to offer more examples of this game but I can’t think of any that aren’t vulgar or x-rated.
So here’s a real life one that happened to me. Well, it happened to Frank.
Would you rather have $300 and have to keep a queen size mattress and box spring propped up against the wall of one of your bedrooms for 30 days or NOT have $300 and just keep your mattress and box spring on your bed?
When a research company called Frank and asked if he would participate in this mattress study, he first refused. See, they DO bring you a new mattress and box spring to test out but they insist that you keep yours in a room in the house—not in the attic or garage. He figured I wouldn’t go for that.
But then I asked, “How much did they say they’d give you?” For $300, I’ll have mattresses all over the house! You can even call me Mattress Mack (a little humor only the Houston readers will get)!
So he called them back and here’s how we’re living now: we’ve got a pretty nice mattress on our bed that Frank has to review on a weekly basis for the next 30 days. (First impression: too firm). And in what was formerly the guest room and is now the nursery, we’ve got this:
It’s scheduled to be picked up around the day that we bring the baby home from the hospital. Boy, is he gonna get a good first impression! He’ll be like, “What kind of white trash family did I get born into?”
Don’t worry, baby. We won’t call you Bubba. But we might call you Mack.
3 comments:
1. One great outfit
2. Definitely would take the $300 and store the mattress somewhere.
3. Mattress Mack came to our school in 3rd grade and even threw the money in the air. I vividly remember sitting in that assembly for some reason! Love it.
He came to our school too! He had some story about a monkey...I think it was related to drugs. But no money was thrown into the air. That's what he does on his commercials.
When the baby comes home, he won't be noticing the mattress. He'll be wondering:Who is this big kid that keeps bossing me around and won't let me play with his trains?
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