is it locked ?
I was listening to Mix.fm yesterday — they were talking about some people who had this uncanny habit of being unsure if they’ve locked their cars. It was that kind of discussion where they allowed users to call-in to share their shitass opinions & ideas about it.
Cool - I thought. I face the same problem myself too. I occasionally would feel unsure whether I’ve switched off my car lights all the time … and have to walk back to check each time. Maybe there’s something to learn from this radio programme.
The discussion then ramified further to other variance of symptoms — whether the house’s door is locked … or whether they zipped their fly (I made this up).. etc. It was then, a housewife called in to suggest a possible solution. She suggested to shout out “FUCK” each time one locks a door or anything. Kidding. She actually suggested to shout “LOCKED”. According to her, the shouting would help one remember better .. as the loud exclamation would surely burn a deeper impression in their memory.
Well, not bad for a housewife - she actually developed her own idea of remembering things and .. she get to shout at the same time (we all know they like to shout a lot). Her shouting solution then gave me an insight to come out with another better idea. A more efficient way of telling if you’ve really locked your anything. Here it is :
Ok, all you need to do, is to adopt the habit of giving yourself a bite on your hand …each time you lock your car or door. A bite that’s hard enough to leave dental impression on your skin. When you develop any feeling of unsure, just look at your hand if there’s a bite mark .. if yes, that would meant you’ve locked your ….car/door. Easy and effective. The bite mark would automatically disappear over time … and you get to repeat the whole thing as & when necessary.
If you don’t like biting yourself to remember stuffs, well, you can bite your pet dog as an alternate choice. But the downside is .. you’ll need to bring your dog along everywhere you go .. to be able to check on the bitemarks. I wouldn’t recommend that though … because it’s quite inconvenient to bring your pet everywhere you go. Besides, your pet dog might bite back and leave an even DEEPER impression on your skin instead.
Oh well … good luck trying.
