Don't Forget to Recycle, Kids!

me: "Dammit, this walkman isn't doing anything. I don't think the batteries are working anymore, I'm taking them out."
she: "OK… Where are you putting them now?"
me: "Just here, on the mantlepiece..."
she: "But you just said they don't work anymore. Why don't you throw them in the trash instead of having them lie around?"
me: "But I can't throw them in the trash, batteries are chemical waste!"
she: "If they're chemical waste, that's all the more reason to throw them away, wouldn't you say?"
me: "Um."
she: "Wouldn't that be nice, batteries leaking all over the mantlepiece. Sheesh."

Posted by cronopio at 12:16 AM, March 03, 2003