More Cleaning Out

Rick Moranis writes an occasional very funny (or clever) article on the New York Times Op-Ed page.  This one makes me feel better as I continue to try to get rid of "stuff" (mostly paper)

MY DAYS ARE NUMBERED

I have two kids.  Both are away at college. I have five television sets...I have two DVR boxes, three DVD players, two VHS machines, and four stereos.  I have nineteen remote controls, mostly in one drawer.  I have three computers, four printers and two non-working faxes.  I have three phone lines, three cell phones and two answering machines.  I have no messages. I have forty-six cookbooks.  I have sixty-eight takeout menus from four restaurants. I have one hundred and sixteen soy sauce packets. I have three hundred and eighty-two dishes, bowls, cups, saucers, mugs and glasses.  I eat over the sink .  I have five sinks, two with a view. I try to keep a positive view .  I have two refrigerators.  It is very hard to count ice cubes .  I have thirty-nine pairs of golf, tennis, squash, running, walking, hiking, casual and formal shoes, ice skates and roller blades. I am wearing slippers . I have forty-one 37 cent stamps. (?) ...I read three dailies, four weeklies, five monthlies and no annual reports.  I have five hundred and six CD, cassette, vinyl and eight-track recordings. I listen to the same radio station all day. I have twenty-six sets of linen for four regular, three foldout and two inflatable beds.  I don't like having houseguests.  I have one hundred and eighty-four thousand fequent flier miles on six airlines, three of which no longer exist. ..I have fourteen digital clocks flashing relatively similar times.  I have twenty-two minutes to listen to the news. I have nine armchairs from which I can be critical.  I have a laundry list of things that need cleaning....I am missing thirty-seven umbrellas.  I have over four hundred yards of dental floss.  I have alot of time on my hands.....

This helps me keep going with cleaning out......