How lazy have we become

**Edwina's Secretary** · 11-29-2006, 09:50 AM

I agree "pre-bunned" hot dogs sounds awful but it does solve one problem....the uneven number of hot dogs in a package to the number of buns in a package.......

**cyber-sibes** · 11-29-2006, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary

I agree "pre-bunned" hot dogs sounds awful but it does solve one problem....the uneven number of hot dogs in a package to the number of buns in a package.......

Good one! I don't mind the pre-lit trees - I just leave the lights on mine and voila- my own pre-lit tree! I think the foods reflect lifestyle trend - kids left to fend for themselves while parents work, single adults, no sit-down meals anymore in many homes. There are a lot of people who just never learned to cook, too. So I don't know if it's laziness, or just the way our society has changed.
however, do we really need so many gagets to do things for us? I'm amazed by the robot vacuums, and how many remote-control devices there are.

**elizabethann** · 11-29-2006, 10:59 AM

Pre-bunned hot dogs!? How un-American!!

**Randi** · 11-29-2006, 12:09 PM

I don't even know what you mean by a pre lit tree. Do you mean, you go out and buy a tree with lights already in and lit? That doesn't sound very charming.

In Denmark, most people (the ones who have a car, that is!) goes to a wood and pick the tree they like, and pay for it. Others go and buy the tree outside a supermarket. There are aall sizes and shapes. What I like about this, is the smell - it's simply wonderful! Then people decorate it and put lots of little candles on, some do this on a specific day in december (it varies), and some wait until Christmas Eve to lit it.

My friends have this tradition: On the darkest day of the year, 21st I think, they lit the tree for the first time and start digging into the goodies they made beforehand and have a real cosy evening.

To get back to the subject, I like to make my own food, but I do buy precooked food sometimes - if I'm busy or tired, but normally, I cook big portions and freeze it for such days.

I do agree that we've all become too lazy to do a lot of things ourselves, but I understand why some people are. However, many of us should sit down and think about our priorities.

**Sevaede** · 11-29-2006, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by Randi

I don't even know what you mean by a pre lit tree. Do you mean, you go out and buy a tree with lights already in and lit? That doesn't sound very charming.

In Denmark, most people (the ones who have a car, that is!) goes to a wood and pick the tree they like, and pay for it. Others go and buy the tree outside a supermarket. There are aall sizes and shapes. What I like about this, is the smell - it's simply wonderful! Then people decorate it and put lots of little candles on, some do this on a specific day in december (it varies), and some wait until Christmas Eve to lit it.

My friends have this tradition: On the darkest day of the year, 21st I think, they lit the tree for the first time and start digging into the goodies they made beforehand and have a real cosy evening.

To get back to the subject, I like to make my own food, but I do buy precooked food sometimes - if I'm busy or tired, but normally, I cook big portions and freeze it for such days.

I do agree that we've all become too lazy to do a lot of things ourselves, but I understand why some people are. However, many of us should sit down and think about our priorities.

Ahhh! Yeah, I always remember buying a tree out front of Fred Meyers or something.

I had a friend who lived in Denmark (for school) for a while. I am gonna ask her how it was!

**GreyhoundGirl** · 11-29-2006, 03:36 PM

Pre-bunned hotdogs! Way over the top. People are busy, so lots of people think convienient things are very handy, but pre-bunned hotdogs? lol, I mean, things that take 10 seconds I would never bother with, but lots of people go for the big time-savers.

The picture in my mind of pre-bunned hotdogs is still making me laugh. I guess I'll have to thank you for the good laugh !

**Husky15** · 11-29-2006, 03:52 PM

Ha! Pre-bunned? Sounds a little gross to me, actually. I mean, I think that buying nice, fresh buns and doing it myself sounds a lot better than buns that have been sitting on the hot-dog for I don't know how long!

Sure, people are busy, but I think that they can take ten seconds out of their dinner time to place a hot-dog in a bun.