I live in a house with 2 ladies.  My wife Lisa (who loves me and will do anything for me), my daughters Kate 18 and Charlotte 13 (who worship the ground I walk on)

Hey – the name of my blog is literally Because Jim Says – so, because I say so, it is.

Regardless, I do have questions that we as a family we might disagree on.  I could do a post on each separate question, but that would be a stretch.  Some we differ on because I’m a guy and they are not.  I might not necessarily say that I am right about certain things, but I am also not wrong about those same things.  Sometimes there are two opposite answers, and it’s possible they might both be correct.

I think, there are questions that you too might have.

Question 1) The other night I needed a little something.  We had a late lunch and didn’t do an actual dinner, so at night I thought I’d put some frozen pizza rolls in the oven.  I preheated the oven, got out the baking sheet and put aluminum foil on it.  Cooked the pizza rolls on the foil.  When I got done, I put the foil in the trash and put the pan away without washing.

               Why do I need to wash the baking sheet?  It didn’t touch the food in any way, shape or form

Question 2) Also an underneath food question.  I had a bowl of cereal.  Under the bowl of cereal, I used a plate because I ate it in the living room and the plate made it easier to carry.  And no, the question is NOT, Is it wrong to eat a bowl of cereal in the living room?

               Assuming I didn’t get a single drop of milk or a single crumb of cereal on the underneath plate, do I have to wash the plate?

Question 3) I understand if you are bougie and you buy your underwear by the single piece, perhaps on a hanger.  In doing this, you never know; it could be possible that a person actually tried it on.  Me, I buy my underwear in a multi-pack, sealed in a closed plastic wrapper.  The plastic wrapper has no holes and has not been opened.

               Why do I need to wash the brand-new, still in the sealed wrapper underpants?

Question 4)

               Is it okay to eat a bowl of cereal in the living room?

Question 5) and 6) Socks.  Technically they are underpants.  You wear them UNDER your shoes, as you wear underpants under your clothes.  You can wear socks to walk around without shoes and you can wear underpants to walk around in with without clothes.  AND – you can wear shoes without socks and you can wear clothes without underwear.  SO my questions are:

• If you wash your “underpants” before wearing them, why don’t you wash your socks too?
• If you have a left and right shoe, and a left and right glove, then shouldn’t you have a left and right sock?

Question 7) The Metric System.  I don’t like it.  Now, I do understand it, and for the longer distances, I can calculate it in my head.  Doesn’t mean I like it, because I don’t.  I like to watch track.  And I now watch the “Metric Mile”, which is 1500 meters, where as a mile is closer to 1600 meters.  My event was the 880 (1/2 mile) – but no – they had to jack that up too and make it the 800 meter run.  I’m a progressive guy. I can adapt to change.  But when I watch the long jump and the shot put, I can’t calculate the distance in my head fast enough.  Why can’t the announcers, when announcing the distances, do the American listener a favor, and announce the metric conversion in the standard distances.  And don’t even get me started on the pole vault.  I know, right?

               *sidenote 1 – okay, I just realized that is more of a general complaint than a question.

Question 8)  February only has 28 days?  They completely messed up the calendar, as they have to add ¼ every year, so they add a 29^th day every 4 years.  Look, February is already the jacked up month.  Leave it alone.  Why no add a day every for years to June?  Why not make summer 1 more day every 4 years.  But No…… “They” had to make the winter 1 day longer every 4 years.  Right?

               Why does February only have 28 days?

Question 9) Expiration dates on food.  Are they just general guidelines, or is it somehow science related?  And sometimes a store can skirt the issue and list a “sell by” date instead.  So if they sell it by the date listed, then they are in the clear, but then the pressure is on me to consume it in it’s entirety in a certain time frame.  That isn’t right?  Plus, it’s on the job description of being a dad to, “Smell this and tell me if it seems okay”.

               Instead of an “Expiration Date”, why not list a “Oh Hell No Date”?

Question 10) Enough with the boneless wings.  There is no such thing as boneless wings.  There’s another word for them – THEY’RE CALLED NUGGETS AND/OR TENDERS.  I am a wing aficionado.  That’s a fancy way of saying I’m a down right snob when it comes to wings.  I like them cooked a certain way and I like the sauce the way I like it.  I’m not a big nuggets guy and I’m not too much into tenders either.  But people, wings have bones.  You don’t call a sour ball a “stickless lollipop”?  You don’t call a hamburger and “cheeseless cheeseburger”.  No.  Wings are wings.  Nuggets are nuggets.  And, tenders are tenders.

               *Sidenote 2 – okay, I realize again, that’s a general complaint and not actually a question.

Question 11) That darn smoke alarm

               Why is it the 9 volt battery in the smoke alarm only runs at on weekends at 2:00am?  Is it some crazy scheme to make you not sleep and ruin your night?  And what if it happens during a snowstorm, on Feb 29 at 2:00am.  Is the store even open?  And if it’s open, can you even get to it due to the snow? 

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 So many questions.  SO.  MANY.  QUESTIONS.

Feel free to send me questions you might have.  I’d love to compile a list of questions my 10s of readers have.

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