30 Thoughts About Boxes

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I was thinking about boxes the other night, just kind of listing all the things I could come up with. Here are some:

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1. Box – a box made of cardboard or plastic – mostly square, but can be rectangle, circle, triangle, or heart shaped. They can be flat, tall, deep and wide, too.

2.  I worked at a box manufacturing company one time, just in the office. But, one time I had to go back to the production area to help them correct a mistake they made. In printing on the boxes, they forgot to add a number, so I was to take a black marker and write the number on every single box… so many boxes during that production run! haha

3. We had a box turtle named Herbie one time. He ran around the house – well ran is relative – he was a turtle. But for a turtle he was fast. The dogs liked Herbie.

4. When we had cats, they loved to sit in any box, big or little.

5.  Years ago my aunt had a boxer dog.

6. Do you like the toy called Jack-in-the-box, where you turn the handle, play the music, and a clown pops up out of the box? Funny, huh!

7. How about the fast food restaurant, Jack In The Box? We used to have one here, but I guess they went out of business. We ate there once and it was okay, about the same as McDonalds.

8. Did you ever dance the box step? I think I tried before, but I’m not good at dancing. I think it might be a country western type dance?

9. There’s a song by Simon & Garfunkle called The Boxer. It’s a good song.

10. I think there was a movie too, called The Boxer, but I’m not sure.

11. We have a flower shop called, Box of Rain. Weird name for flowers I think. They aren’t selling boxes of rain, or even water, just flowers.

12. Oooh I remember at the store some generic kind of bottled water, only it was in like a milk carton, plain, and it only said on it Box of water. haha

13. There are a ton of songs about rain, but not too many about boxes, but there are some.

14. I’m the Man In The Box, by a pretty good band … oh what was their name …? Alice In Chains. It’s a good song.

15. Nirvana had a song about a Heart Shaped Box, and it was a good one, too.

16. Why can’t you ever find a box the right size when you need one?

17. I always scavenged the kitchen cabinets for boxes i could use for putting gifts in. It was always funny, because the people didn’t know what they were getting for real in the box.

18. Well, of course there is the little box, if you have cats. Very handy, you don’t have to take the cat outside for a walk to do it’s business, but… you do have to scoop the litter every day, which isn’t fun.

19. Have you ever used a box for furniture? I have once in awhile, if they are the right size, and sturdy. Just drape a cloth over it and it works fine.

20. Boxes are easy to pack things in and stack them up, too.

21. We used to go around to the back of stores to grab their thrown away boxes, especially when we were needing moving boxes.

22. Some clothes can be called boxy, maybe because they are cut straight across the hemline? Or something …

23. Do you like to watch boxing, the sport? I kind of do like to. I can’t imagine why people would want to do it, but I guess they do.

24. I’ve seen there are boxes with wine in them. Doesn’t sound good to me. Wine bottles are neat looking, boxes not so much.

25. Have you tried thinking ‘outside the box’? That can be interesting what you come up with.

26. I always liked putting some money in a jukebox to listen to the music. You don’t see these around much any more.

27. Do you check your email’s In Box a lot? I do, and it’s pretty full every day.

28. Sometimes you might want to send off for something you saw on a cereal box, by sending in a certain number of their box tops. It’s always fun to receive your prize in the mail.

29. The word box has a lot of words that rhyme with it. I like going down the alphabet trying all the letters.

30. Have you enjoyed reading all my thoughts on boxes?

(and don’t read the extra last one if you are squeamish)

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31. Your final box will be your coffin.

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