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TEDDY: *perched precariously several feet off the ground on the shear face of cartoonish-ly over-packed storage unit* "Huh. Who would have thought ROCK CLIMBING would be a transferable skill to MOVING..."   ALLISON: *Handing Teddy another box* "I think you're probably MOVING wrong..."


Also, turns out that Tetris, while also transferable, becomes somewhat more challenging in real life with the introduction of non-uniform pieces.....

Impetuous

TEDDY: *walking home from work* "Man, I REALLY don't feel like going out to run that errand right now: Just wanna go STRAIGHT HOME..." "*sigh*" "Will be a pain to put it off more, though... I should just do it."   ~ cut to ~   *Teddy, caught in bumper to bumper traffic, red brake lights extending as far as the eye can see*   RADIO: "~worst traffic for this road on a random ass Wednesday evening EVER~"   TEDDY: "I feel like this is KARMA getting me back because I'm still wearing PANTS right now..."



As if all the hot-sweaty-gross didn't make summer bad enough...


Cure

*Teddy and Allison gazing upon the giant anteater at home in the trashed remains of their kitchen*   TEDDY: "To be fair, it has had an appreciable impact on our ant problem..."

"As far as pros, we've already got him an Arthur costume for Halloween (yes, I know Arthur was actually an aardvark, but they're still more similar than your cat...). Cons? Turns out the caloric intake of a Giant Anteater somewhat outpaces your average household ant infestation, and I now find myself laying tracks to entice ants inside...