That survey

[trixtah]

1. What kind of soap is in your bathtub right now?
I generally don't use soap, I use liquid body wash. I really need to rethink this, because the packaging is wasteful. However, I don't like soap sitting ickily by the shower and most of it being wasted down the drain.

2. Do you have any watermelon in your refrigerator?
It's winter.

3. Is there anything moldy in your refrigerator?
No.

4. Are there any dirty dishes in your sink?
Yes, I cooked dinner for two last night, and I still haven't washed my dishes. Bad me! I did wash the wok, though.

5. What would you change about your living room?
I'd have one of my own? Actually, I need a decent couch, room to put more bookshelves, and more bookshelves.

6. Are the dishes in your dishwasher clean or dirty?
I don't have a dishwasher.

7. Do you have a can of mushrooms in your pantry?
Ick.

8. White or wheat bread?
Wholewheat, or, actually, generally rye or some other wholegrain bread.

9. What is on top of your refrigerator?
A shallow dish with garlic and limes in it, and my (clean) wok.

10. What color is your sofa?
Um, blue, I think. It's got a broad-striped Middle-Eastern-type throw on it.

11. What color or design is on your shower curtain?
White fabric.

12. How many plants are in your home?
One.

13. How many candles are in your home?
Two in use and 200 waiting in the cupboard (yay Ikea).

14. Is your bed made right now?
Yep, for once.

15. If you have a coffee pot, what color is it?
I have an espresso machine which I need to get rid of because I don't use it (don't believe Choice magazine's recommendations about espresso makers!)

16. Electric or standard can opener?
I actually don't understand why people have the electric kind, unless it's a commercial kitchen or they have some kind of problem with their hands. Basically, it's one of those items it would never occur to me to buy.

17. Theme in your living room?
Cheapish and painless to ship or discard.

18. Colors in the bedroom?
Olive-green "feature wall" and light mushroomy other walls.

19. Comet or Soft Scrub?
The semi-hard stuff that comes in a tub (I don't fancy paying for water, and it works well, and keeps packaging down).

20. Is your closet organized?
Ho ho ho!!! That would involve putting things away properly!

21. What color is the flashlight that you use the most?
Dark blue semi-translucent plastic.

22. What kinds of things are in your junk drawer?
Tape measures, tools (bike, car and "general"), sellotape, duct tape, scissors, clothespegs. My kitchen junk drawer has teatowels, lightbulbs, fabric shopping bags and serviettes.

23. Do you drink out of glass or plastic most of the time at home?
Glass.

24. Do you have iced tea made in a pitcher right now?
I don't drink iced tea.

25. If you have a garage, is it cluttered?
I don't have one.

26. Curtains or blinds?
Blinds.

27. How many pillows do you sleep with?
One. Four on the bed. One needs to be propped up for reading!

28. Do you sleep with any lights on at night?
No.

29. How many ceiling fans are in your home?
None.

30. How often do you vacuum?
Weekly.

31. Standard toothbrush or electric?
Standard.

32. What color is your toothbrush?
Blue and white.

33. Do you have a welcome mat on your front porch?
No, I live in a flat, so I don't have a front porch. And my doormat wouldn't say "Welcome" either.

34. What is in your oven right now?
Nothing.

35. Is your microwave clean or dirty?
I don't have one.

36. Is there anything under your bed?
Yes, and I'm not telling you what it is. :-D

37. Chore you hate doing the most?
Dusting, tidying and putting things away.

38. What retro items are in your home?
A lava lamp, although it's not old.

39. Do you have a separate room that you use as an office?
Hahaha! See above re "flat".

40. If you have a yard, who mows it?
No yard - if I had one though, I would mow it.

41. Is there anything on your kitchen floor right now?
The rubbish bin.

42. How many mirrors are in your home?
The one on the bathroom cabinet, and two stupid mirror doors on the bedroom closet. I hate those things - I don't like to look at myself that much (or at all, unless it's to ensure I'm presentable).

43. Do you have any hidden emergency money around your home?
No.

44. What color are your walls?
Same as the bedroom walls. I would never have bare white or yellow or pink.

45. Which rooms in your house have wallpaper?
None.

46. Do you have a peephole in your front door?
Yes.

47. Do you keep any kind of protection weapons in your home?
For chrissakes. No, I am not living in some country at war or in the middle of the wop-wops.

48. What does your home smell like right now?
Japanese sandlewood incense (not as overpowering as the Indian kind).

49. Fave candle scent?
Yuck, I don't like candle scents.

50. What kind of pickles (if any) are in your refrigerator right now?
Gherkins. I don't have any of the yellow Japanese daikon pickles at present, although I often do.

51. Who are in the pictures you displayed?
I don't have any pics of people displayed. I have a couple of landscape photos.

52. What color is your favorite bible?
Please. That's what teh intarwebs are for, looking up random bible quotes.

53. Do you have plenty of cabinet space in your kitchen?
Not enough.

54. Do you own a stereo?
Yes.

55. How many tvs do you have?
None.

56. How many house phones?
One.

57. Do you have a housekeeper?
No, but I would if I shared a house with someone.

58. What style do you decorate in?
I haven't evolved a "style" yet - I haven't ever lived in permanent space.

59. Do you like solid colors in furniture or prints?
Solids generally, but I like some nice prints.

60. Is there a smoke detector in your home?
Yes.

61. In case of fire, what are the items you would grab if you only could make one quick trip?
My passport and wallet.

62. Do you know how to work your electrical box?
Yes.

63. What temperature in your home is most comfortable to you?
I dunno  - I haven't lived with a thermostat. Warmer than it is now? But not too warm.

Comments

[okoshun.livejournal.com]

However, I don't like soap sitting ickily by the shower and most of it being wasted down the drain.

If you were to get one of those suction cuppy holders and put it up high out of the reach of the shower spray?

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

That would be logical!!! I'll have a think about it. :-)

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

"I generally don't use soap, I use liquid body wash. I really need to rethink this, because the packaging is wasteful. However, I don't like soap sitting ickily by the shower and most of it being wasted down the drain."

What about using one of those close-and-snap plastic soap holders meant for travel? That combined with a quick-shut-off valve for your shower head probably combines the least soap-getting-icky and soap-going-down-drain possible with the low-packaging of solid soap.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

"I actually don't understand why people have the electric kind, unless it's a commercial kitchen or they have some kind of problem with their hands. Basically, it's one of those items it would never occur to me to buy."

We have one, but I think we got it as a gift. I do find it faster to use than a manual one, and less prone to mishap. That's not enough that I'd run out and buy one if I didn't already own one, but it's been nice occasionally, because I tend to forget to open cans of things until the EXACT moment the stuff in them is needed curing cooking.

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

Heh, I have that problem too with opening cans. Electric can-openers seem to be a gadget I'm allergic to, though. It takes me about three times longer to get the thing working right than with a real one. I'm also allergic to microwave ovens and PABX and fax systems (luckily, I can cope with cars and most machinery, computers and video recorders (the latter, the last time I checked, anyway)).

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

What does "the wop-wops" mean? (Yes, I should read the whole post before commenting, so as to avoid inundating you with comments.)

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

"In the boonies" or "back of beyond". :-)

I even believe it's just EN-NZ , not EN-AU/NZ, like most kiwi slang is. I don't know what it derives from, alas.

A similar phrase is "up the boohai (shooting pukekos with a shovel)". I know what that comes from - there's a river north of Auckland called the Puhoi. It's basically the answer to the question "Where is X?" and you want to say "somewhere in the wops/how should I know?/mind your own business"

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

16. Electric or standard can opener?
I actually don't understand why people have the electric kind, unless it's a commercial kitchen or they have some kind of problem with their hands. Basically, it's one of those items it would never occur to me to buy.

One of my best friends in college was from a quite well-to-do family in a very affluent part of town. Once upon a time she arrived early for a supper visit and was perforce drafted into helping cook. At one point she needed to open a can--she looked about the kitchen briefly and then asked where my can opener was. Fair enough--*I* can never find anything in someone else's kitchen. So I rummaged in the appropriate drawer and put it in her hands...whereupon she looked at it, and at me, in complete bafflement.

She had never *seen* a hand-operated can opener in her life. She was something over 20 years old at the time. I Swear I Am Not Making This Up.

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

Oh. Dear. Dear oh dear.

Mind you, I've got a new swanky can-opener, which opens cans so they don't have sharp rims and you can actually rest the lid on top after it's been opened, and it took me forever to figure out how it worked. I got there eventually, thank god.

[tygerr.livejournal.com]

I know a number of people who have those. (Including me, back when the kids were smaller.) I never have really figured them out--generally takes me 2 or 3 tries before it more-or-less-randomly works for me. Good for you!