Internal Arguments: I

The other day I was in Wal-mart with my two-year old daughter, Finleigh. We walked past the bubble bath and stopped to pick up some Mr. Bubble on the way to the super-convenient toddler microwavable lunches. Taking this route in the Old Forest Wal-mart made us go directly past the row of femine hygiene products. Good thing too since I forgot to put tampons on the shopping list.

So I'm standing there looking at the Tampax options and I wonder aloud, "What's the environmental impact of plastic applicators?" Hey -- I am all about reducing my carbon footprint. I then stood there for at least 5 minutes fighting with myself over whether I should buy plastic applicators or cardboard applicators which are flushable and biodegradable. It looked like it was cheaper to buy the plastic over the cardboard which further lead to internal distress. After closer inspection, I realized that I was getting ten more cardboard than plastic for $0.50 more. Internal conflict resolved.

BUT---you guys remember in AI when Haley Joel Osmund and the teddy bear get frozen in the helecopter? The aliens find them and use the hair that teddy took from Haley's "mother" and they clone her for a day. I'm convinced that one day aliens will visit Earth and it will be void of human life because we have depleted the natural resources. The aliens will then use the biological materials left on non-biodegradable feminine hygiene products to clone human females. That's gross.