Do you remember Julie Andrews singing
'These are a few of my Favorite
Things' in the classic film, 'The Sound of Music'.
'Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things....'
I like these things too, and many of the others Julie wailed about in
that song. But how come no one ever sang a song about their least
favorite things? Haha Ok, A negative musical might not work, but I
got me to thinking about the ordinary things that we come across daily
that we least like in life. I do believe they mark our personalities in
many ways. That is, you might learn more about a person by asking he or
she what things they least like than if you asked them their favorites.
Of all the things I dislike, I dislike my dislike of things, but I like
that I dislike that. Uh, did you get that.? Anyway, it's probably
healthy to dislike some things for they make what one likes seem so
much better. I do have a list of dislikes and fortunately there are no
humans on it. It seems I am far more tolerant toward and like humans
better than things. I have always cherished people I liked and just
ignored the ones that do not appeal.
Having written that as an explanation that there are no people on my
list of dislikes, here's some of my heaviest dislikes. I dislike
dancing, cruises, sushi, indifference or cruelty to children,
recreational drugs and alcohol, phony politics, salmon (and I live in
salmon rich Portland), high technology, cell phones and other
electronic communication devices, opera, soccer and hockey, arrogance
and pretentiousness, abstract art, wearing a suit and tie, jogging,
'healthy' food, feminism, quotas, crocs, trendy things, TV series made
after 1970, hip-hop and rap music, nationalism, circus clowns, and
long lists like this...so I will stop with those as a sampler.
No need to comment on what my lists says about me (unless you're in a
nasty mood). Instead what are some of your least favorite things
encountered in daily life?
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