Mellow Yellow

I was playing an online trivial pursuit game online yesterday, and one of the questions happened to be about this song. Who sang it? The answer: Donovan.

Now, like many random questions that are asked in this online game, I knew the answer. I don't know why. I've always found that for whatever reason, I am like a trivia "rain man," and I have absolutely no idea why I know obscure answers to questions to trivia type games, but I do. And I find it funny to watch reactions of people when I know the answer. In college, watching Jeopardy on TV at 4 p.m. was an event. My fraternity brothers and I would all gather in our house lounge, beer in hand, and shout out answers. I would be the one that was a pro at Elizabethan literature, geography, art history, botany, famous quotations, movies of the 1950's, or 4 letter words. Often times I would find myself being the only one knowing the answer.

However, last night, chatting to my friend Jessica, we broached a topic for which I didn't have an answer. Why is it that whenever one goes into a public bathroom in a public place, do people not know how to flush the toilet after they've finished? I know this seems like a gross topic, but I want to understand the answer.

As Jess and I were talking (and her giving and example of someone she knows that does it to conserve water at home........which I cannot understand since 1) it's gross, 2) the money saved by saving the water is minimal, 3) the water saved gets treated and recycled anyhow, and 4) it's friggin' gross), we never did come up with a viable reason.

In my household when I was growing up, you would never even THINK about not flushing after using. I distinctly remember my mom saying at one point, "this is a house, not a barnyard," which to this day makes me chuckle. But, nevertheless, you were in for it if you neglected your sanitary duty.

In any event, having to use the restroom last night on 3 occasions, I noticed that EVERY time, the toilet or urinal was never flushed. Yes, I flushed prior and after. But what's grosser is that someone actually used one without flushing prior to using it. To me...THAT's gross.

I guess I'll never know the answer or the rationale as to why people (and from what Jess told me, women are just as bad, if not worse) do this?

Similarly, I'll never know why I knew the answer to yesterday's trivia question about "Mellow Yellow."