When I was a
young lad I had a lot of
toys with wheels. Unfortunately, some of the
bottoms of these toys were
low to the
ground, which meant their
wheels didn't
run very well on
thick carpeting. Since all of the floors in our
house were carpeted--
except for the
kitchen and
bathroom floors, which were
tiled--this usually meant there were
times when the kitchen became my
play area.
Some toys that
required the kitchen
floor were things like
dinky cars (especially key cars) and weird
battery-
operated things from
Radio Shack, like
Hootbot.
The kitchen was usually
off limits when
Mom or
Dad was
cooking or something, and
sometimes things got
lost under the
oven.. but it was worth it.
For the past few years I've
shared kitchens with a bunch of different
people I've lived with, and y'know what? The kitchen floor ain't as clean as Mom and Dad used to keep it. Fuck.. spills and
grit galore.
Part of the
reason the kitchen floor's uncarpeted is to keep spills
easy to
clean, because it's likely shit's gonna get
spilled in the kitchen.
Note: If you happen to spill shit on the kitchen floor, it comes up a lot easier if you wipe it up immediately. That way it won't
stain, get
sticky or get tracked in on the
carpet.