Here are my top ten reasons to hate packing peanuts:

10. Their unusual shape allows them to grasp things like a hand. Removing them can be tricky.

9. They are so light, that the slightest draft can carry them for miles. I am convinced one could make it from North Carolina to California faster than a jet.

8. They constantly try to hide under things, including the bottom flaps of boxes, preventing the box from having a nice flat base. It is easier to eradicate mice from a home then it is to remove them from their haven under the flaps.

7. It is impossible to keep them contained. Once they escape, they burst forth and multiply with disturbing speed. It is a well known fact that 2 peanuts can turn into 200 almost immediately.

6. They travel in large quantities, usually in the hundreds, which just make the situation worse.

5. Once they are out, it is not easy to remove them. Peanuts may appear months later from under couches and behind furniture.

4. It is impossible to tell when they will invade your home. All it takes is one package, and you're toast.

3. When several of them get together, they emit a highly irritating squeaky sound. You'll have a headache for a week.

2. They harness and contain static electricity better then anything I have ever seen. (True evidence of alien influence.) This electricity allows them to stick to anything and even jump great distances. They have been witnessed sticking to walls, sides of boxes, human heads, etc. It is a proven fact that if you pick up one peanut and try to put it a full box, 20 other peanuts will immediately stick to your hand in an attempt to escape. If this power could be harnessed it could probably power the entire state of New York.

1. Then number one reason to hate packing peanuts . . .

You fight and struggle to put them in your package, and the stuff gets broken anyway.

Hope you enjoyed this bit of humor. Just say no to packing peanuts!