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We (or at least I hope I'm not alone) can all have these idle thoughts and questions, sometimes known as shower thoughts. Many people find the shower and the relaxation of the warm running water to be a great place to drift off and let their idle curiosity wander, others use the space as their own personal karaoke theatre.

I'm more the thinking type of person in the shower, and my wife tells me that I can spend ages in there just idling thinking, and then coming out with some bizarre question.

Often, these are questions that I wouldn't anyone in real life or in a conversation, as some of them are a bit strange. However, other times, I can be lost in thought about some deep topic, that will flee my mind after I get out.

So, this week I have a couple of questions and a question to ask if you had a question that you wouldn't ask in real life but would perhaps do so in the relative anonymity of Steemit! It is a nice lighter departure from the previous weeks, just to mix it up a bit... and to indulge my curiousity!

My 3 idle questions!

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1. What do you think the optimum number of sheets for each bum wipe is?

As a father of two young girls (one who is still in nappies), I spend a disturbing amount of time thinking about poop, and how best to clean it... Which led me to my own questions for myself, how many sheets of toilet paper from the toilet roll is optimum? In the past week or so, I've come up with the idea that 3 is the ideal amount, 2 is definitely too little and 4 or more is waaay to much. So, what do you think the optimum number of sheets for wiping bums is?

Also, as an aside, I was surprised that there are hi-res images on Unsplash of toilet paper....

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2. What thing are you irrationally scared of?

Sunflowers... I come from a land where pretty much everything is trying to kill you, so I have a completely RATIONAL fear of critters trying to poison me or kill me.

However, Sunflowers give me the creeps. It it that they look like they have a million eyes? Is it the hairy stalk? Is it that a field of them looks like the beginning of a horror movie? Who knows....

3. What is a completely idle question that you might have wanted ask?

I'm sure (I hope) that we all have fleeting questions that we just don't dare as adults to ask in real life or in public, due to the fear of being ridiculed or shamed. As kids, we would just blurt them out and it would be no problem, but we lost that gift (for better or worse!) as grown-ups. So, in the relative anonymity of Steemit, ask away!

Rules

1. Upvote if you want, it increases the payout and then I can hopefully sponsor more people.
2. Resteem is NOT neccessary, but the more people see this, the more the people will be likely to be sponsored.
3. In the comments, answer the 3 questions that I posed above!
4. I have added a small Steem-Bounty to the post, so that everyone who replies with a valid entry will get something back. If I give your post a small upvote, it is valid (also, subscribe to @dustsweeper for maximum benefit!). If you upvote yourself, I will match you with a free downvote!
5. I will be sponsoring as many people as this post pays out in liquid SBD/STEEM. Also I will kick in at least the required amount to round up to the full number. Winner is by random generator after a shortlisting of quality comments!

Steem Basic Income

One of the first communities that I came in contact with at the beginning of my time at Steemit was @steembasicincome. As a beginning author, Steemit can be a daunting place. It feels like you are posting into an abyss with no ability to grow. Steem Basic Income gives you a guaranteed vote on one post a day, thus giving you a small but cumulative over time support to your account.

With this post, I want to help sponsor people who might not even have the spare 1 STEEM that is required for registration. So, when this post pays out, I will sponsor people depending on the payout of this post. Basically, I will round up the SBD payout from this post and then that will be the number of people I will sponsor. (So, if the payout is 2.3 SBD, I will sponsor 3 people).

Last week's winners

Last week paid out 1.234 SBD and 0.842 STEEM, so I will make it 3 shares.

Congratulations to:

@theironfelix

@tryskele

@karinxxl