I had been worrying that as soon as I put my new rug on the floor I would become a Obsessive Carpet Protector and start denying people the right to eat, smoke, exhale, drink, or think dirty thoughts within fifty feet of it; but in fact, aside from being pretty, the new carpet feels so nice on the feet that we are all making extra detours to curl our bare and potentially filthy toes into the pile as often as we can.
July 9, 2008 at 9:10 am |
Hurray for the new rug! Personally, I suspend the whole family from ropes up in the ceiling and forbid even the production of saliva. But it has to be said that after 6 months or so, the usual state of things has reemerged…
July 9, 2008 at 3:44 pm |
I once heard the story of man who had a new car ritual. Everytime he bought a new car, he would take his jack knife and stratch the paint a little. That way he wouldn’t feel bad when the first stone or other object hit the car. The only way to protect the carpet is to interleaf it with acid free tissue, place it in an acid free textile box, and keep it in a dark place with constant temperature and humidity. On the other hand it you want to use the rug, maybe you need to walk on it–several times. That way when the boy spills his orange juice, cupcake loses her lunch, or sweety forgets about his golf shoes, well, you get the picture.
July 10, 2008 at 6:22 am |
Litlove, suspending the family from the ceiling is a magnificent solution, and would solve many other problems too, I am sure. I will have to come up with an apparatus.
Dad, please tell Cupcake that if anybody barfs on my rug they are OUT OF THE WILL.
August 25, 2008 at 4:32 am |
my girlfriend would have loved it