Because I am of the MTV generation and feel neither highs or lows – thanks The Simpsons – I feel somewhat qualified to hereby list the things I generally say “Meh” to.

Things I can take or leave

  • Timothy Dalton as James Bond
  • Apricots
  • Bubblegum flavoured ice-cream
  • Sand
  • Vases that are awkward sizes. Especially those with the teensy neck yet are fatter than a boab tree at the base. Makes no sense to me.
  • The rough surface on a new basketball. My fingertips say, “Icky!”
  • T-shirts that end above my hipbone
  • Socks that come up to just on the shinbone
  • The colour orange – except at sunrise or sunset
  • BabaGounush
  • People who deliberately mispronounce ‘BabaGounush’ for comedic affect. Guess what folks: it ain’t funny.
  • Actors who appear in political ads as ‘themselves’ and then go on the record later saying, “I’m not political in any way.” Pick a side, whydoncha?
  • Any kind of packaged food which is deliberately marketed as having “Wonderful Health Benefits” for my children. I’ll decide that for myself, thanks.
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Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity