The Last Great Debate

   When there is not much worth quibbling about, there is always a bone of contention. Dave and I both fed the cat, he more than I because he could not abide  the thought of  hunger. And the cat took advantage. knowing she could lure him into opening a fresh can of catfood just by looking at him. In the interest of keeping the food fresh, we would dole out half a can at a time.
   You might think, that being agreed on, there would be no further disagreement, but you would be wrong. We were in consensus about the half a can approach and even to store the opened can in a plastic container to be put in the refrigerator. But the difference in how to do that became an issue:
      I would open the can, discard the lid, insert the opened can into the plastic container , and refrigerate it. See Exhibit #1
     Dave would do the same, except for one difference. He ALWAYS would leave the opened lid attached. See Exhibit #2
     I should clarify by saying the disagreement was one-sided. I was constantly telling him to detach the lid and throw it in the garbage before storing the partial contents. He, on the other hand, offered no argument supporting his position. He just always did it the same way.
       Just as all else in life, nobody won, nobody lost, and in the long run it made no  difference at all.