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Summary

The author presents a personal and humorous collection of 100 random thoughts, reflections, and observations, diverging from the original challenge's time constraint.

Abstract

In a playful response to a challenge to write 100 random thoughts in 20 minutes, the author takes the liberty to exceed the time limit and shares a leisurely paced, eclectic mix of musings. These thoughts range from the mundane, such as typing speed and grocery store behavior, to pop culture references, including music, movies, and television. The author's stream of consciousness touches on language, food, technology, and societal norms, often with a self-aware and whimsical tone. The piece is interspersed with rhetorical questions, personal anecdotes, and lighthearted critiques of everyday life, inviting readers to reflect and smile at the shared absurdity of random thoughts.

Opinions

  • The author humorously acknowledges their slow typing speed, rejecting the original challenge's time limit.
  • There is a playful critique of the English alphabet, with the author finding certain letters, like 'I', uninteresting and others, like 'Z', more grounded.
  • The author makes light of product marketing and societal trends, such as the rarity of Aquafresh toothpaste and the popularity of Greek salad over other cultural salads.
  • Pop culture references are abundant, with the author reflecting on the music of Bob Dylan and Britney Spears, as well as movies like "Back to the Future" and "Waterworld."
  • The author pokes fun at the concept of "One Size Fits All" and other commercial claims, suggesting skepticism about such assertions.
  • There is a nostalgic appreciation for past technologies and trends, such as fluorescent colors and the electric carving knife.
  • The piece concludes with an open invitation for readers to engage in a similar exercise, suggesting a communal aspect to the sharing of random thoughts.

100 Random Thoughts

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The initial challenge called for 100 Random Thoughts in 20 minutes. I ain’t doing that. I am a ridiculously slow typist. I’d get to number 14, and run out of time.

So, since Jason Provencio — that rebel — said: forget the time limit.

Well then, permission to deviate.

Here we go, 100 random thoughts in more than 20 minutes:

  1. I’m making a list.
  2. Checking it twice.
  3. Twice on #2, cool!
  4. Was that deliberate?
  5. Am I becoming sequential?
  6. Change the subject.
  7. Q looks like a headless cat.
  8. I is the most boring letter of the alphabet.
  9. It’s a stick.
  10. At least Z is well-grounded.
  11. X is rather negative. Always telling you: NO.
  12. When the letter l and the number 1 meet, does one of them say “you look familiar?”
  13. I liked it when Sandra Bullock drove the bus.
  14. Fourteen… I made it in less than 20 minutes.
  15. Future stenographer.
  16. Do they still exist?
  17. The number 10,950 has been on my mind since Tuesday.
  18. I’m counting the days.
  19. Going forward.
  20. I thought a food critic named Pepe Roni was funny.
  21. Like Al Dente, the Italian chef.
  22. They were both totally ignored.
  23. My keyboard has lights. They don’t help with speed.
  24. I went to three stores to find whole nutmeg.
  25. Then I drank oat eggnog with nutmeg sprinkled on it.
  26. I placed a leek on top of a bag of potatoes at the grocery store and asked the cashier “what do you think I’m making for dinner?”
  27. Do other people group ingredients at the checkout and ask “what am I making?
  28. If nobody else does that, I better stop.
  29. It’s OK to go into surgery wearing acrylic nails, if they are unpainted.
  30. That was a public service announcement.
  31. Money for nothing and your chicks for free are now considered taboo lyrics.
  32. Da Doo Ron Ron Ron,Da Doo Ron Ron Ron are still OK.
  33. What song would Bob Dylan choose as his ringtone?
  34. I’m guessing If Not For You, sounding like: It’s Not For You.
  35. If Lady Ga Ga had been popular in the 60s, she‘d be called Lady Go Go.
  36. So I guess nobody I know will watch another soccer game until 2026.
  37. There is a guy on YouTube known as Antenna Man.
  38. Not Rabbit Ears Man.
  39. Or Cable Guy… Antenna Man.
  40. Thinking: Snow removal.
  41. My feet are cold.
  42. My tea got cold while I typed this.
  43. Aquafresh toothpaste is now hard to find.
  44. All salads are jealous of Greece. There is no Swiss salad, or Peruvian salad, or any other country salad. Greek Salad…that’s it.
  45. I think a salad containing Swiss cheese should be named Swiss Salad.
  46. The only Superbowl halftime show I remember is the “wardrobe malfunction” one.
  47. I forget Tim the Toolman Taylor’s neighbour’s name.
  48. Which is more boring: baseball or softball?
  49. There is a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot. Someone told me that. Never forgot it.
  50. Half time. Go pee and get another drink.
  51. I like the name Abigail.
  52. I have a friend who named his dog: Dog.
  53. Seemed weird at first, but then I grew to like the name.
  54. What if “One Size Fits All” was a lie?
  55. Or “Sprays Any Liquid” didn’t?
  56. I pressed F7 on my keyboard and got a warning.
  57. I ain’t doing that again.
  58. The internet thinks I need rip-proof pantyhose.
  59. It also wants me to watch Avatar.
  60. I slept through the first one. Waterworld kept me awake. What does that tell you!
  61. Popcorn. I should make popcorn.
  62. Home Alone” is better than I remembered.
  63. “Never odd or even” reads the same backward.
  64. Oops!…I Did It Again” begins with eleven “Yeahs.” Why eleven?
  65. I thought of that song because some writer here posted a story about Britney naked. Clickbait.
  66. Oh baby, baby. Oh baby, baby. Oh baby, baby. Britney clicks six babies at the start of Baby One More Time.
  67. I’m reflecting on…more time.
  68. What year would I return to if I could?
  69. Marty went to 1955 in Back To The Future.
  70. 1968…and make it to Woodstock?
  71. “No lemon, no melon” also reads the same backward.
  72. Lemon and olive oil is my favorite salad dressing.
  73. Cantilope is my favorite melon.
  74. If jockeys faced backward on their horses, the races would be funnier.
  75. The funniest horse name I know is: Hoof Hearted.
  76. My first car was a Pinto.
  77. I’m going to get my Walkman and get “Physical” with Olivia Newton-John.
  78. I miss fluorescent colors.
  79. What happened to fluorescent tubes?
  80. I’ve reached the 80s… such great decade. The music alone… wowzie!
  81. I’m a daddy.
  82. It’s not dark yet, sang Bob Dylan.
  83. When I said “sang” I meant mumbled, screeched, grunted, or barked.
  84. I’m planning Christmas dinner while I type this.
  85. I’m thinking outside the box. Sans turkey.
  86. Are traditions flexible?
  87. How do you plan a carbo-loaded, gluten-free, vegan meal for a lacto intolerant crowd?
  88. Speaking of intolerant, I’m slowly becoming moron intolerant.
  89. I’ve never owned “good china.”
  90. The electric carving knife never had a chance.
  91. I’ve failed to find an alternate use for a Thighmaster.
  92. Lumpy gravy is a sign of poor whisking skills.
  93. Wait an hour after eating before going swimming, or you will die.
  94. Be kind. Rewind.
  95. The width of a smile is proportional to the size of the ice cream cone.
  96. I wonder if Captain Crunch still tastes good.
  97. I think 90% of us use only 10% of Microsoft Excel’s potential.
  98. There were a handful of things in my life that I desperately wanted and never got. Life went on.
  99. Bottles of beer on the wall…
  100. Done, like dinner.

I don’t know how long this actually took. Wanna play along? Consider yourself tagged.

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