First of all, the replies to this thread are greatly amusing me. Second, that original post was written when I had a headache that was putting me in "I'll be blunt" mode. For some odd reason, people tend to laugh a lot when I'm in that mode. I'm not sure if that's good or bad. Anyway, now that I've seen some responses, here is my follow-up to the subjects in question.

> Why on earth would someone eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with the peanut butter slice on top?!

I haven't seen a convincing argument against this statement yet, although I suppose Balanthalus' idea of putting peanut butter on both sides of the bread could be a happy middle ground for all concerned. However, that's entirely too much peanut butter for one sandwich, in my opinion, so I'm still going with my original statement.

As for arguments in my favor, I think Mousie made the strongest one: Putting the peanut butter slice on top makes the whole thing top heavy. And about Travholt's open-faced sandwich idea, I think that could get messy, unless you are very sparing with the peanut butter and jelly.

> For that matter, how can people handle hanging shirts in a closet so that they face different directions?

To my surprise, more people agreed with me on this than I had predicted. Whenever my friends find out about this obsessive compulsive habit of mine, they think I'm weird. As a point of clarification, all clothes in my closet hang the same direction, not just shirts and pants. And it's been a habit for so long, I don't even think about it at all anymore when I put my clothes away. (I'm not sure where it came from, since my mom never did that.)

> Or so that the pants (not those kind, Matthew) don't all face the same way?

Some of you said that you put your pants in dresser drawers, rather than hang them up, and some also do that with shirts. If I did that, I'd have to have a separate room just for dressers. How do you people manage to do it? My dresser is crammed full of socks, underwear, pajamas, around the house/cleaning shirts, sweats, sweaters and shorts. As it is, even those clothes have a hard time fitting in the drawers.

Oh, and there's another no-no in my book: people who don't close their dresser drawers all the way. That is also horribly WRONG, and the same thing goes for drawers and cupboards in the kichen. While I'm revealing all of my secret pet peeves, how about those crooked pictures on the walls? EVIL, I tell you, EVIL.

> Or what about those people who actually walk out the door in the morning with an unmade bed?

I had a feeling a lot of people would say they don't make their beds, because that seems to be a pretty common thing. Personally, I literally cannot remember the last time I left the house without making my bed. The idea of coming home to an unmade bed is more than I can bear. Even if I'm running absurdly late, I take the extra minute to make my bed. I heard somewhere that a made bed will make a room like 75 percent cleaner, and I agree.

> Ell"don't get me started on people who don't fold their towels before hanging them up to dry"myruh

Apparently people think this is weird, too. If you have the space to spread the towel out neatly over a towel rack, I can understand that, because it would dry faster. However, I've never had a problem with a slow-drying towel, and again, it's just one of those things that makes a room look messy.

Now that I've clarified those points, how about that latest reader poll? As of 11:45 a.m. PDT, 14.2 percent of you think you really are a talking animal or fantasy creature. I'm scared. Very scared.

I'm also hungry.

Ell"Has yet to hear Matthew's opinion on the matter of pants"myruh