Everyday Adventures

[CountDeMoney]

While rinsing out an empty small jar of preserves, I managed to fumble it, dropping it into the kitchen sink.  This jar just happened to be just small enough to slide down into the drain of the garbage disposal...so there it is, about four inches down (from the top of the jar to the rim of the drain), just past the rubber ring/flap that always seems to be in garbage disposal drains...the jar's fit is just snug enough that no way can my fingers reach down/in and get any grab to pull it out...

What to do?  Duct tape to stick on the top and pull?  Nope, that rubber flap is tight enough around creating enough friction to make that impossible. 

A vacuum cleaner (I got a nifty, powerful Dyson)?  Nope, same problem.

Find a way to break the jar and pull out the pieces?  Chunks of glass probably wouldn't be good for the disposal.

The ultimate solution?  I take two, long/thin flathead screwdrivers, wrap the ends in duct tape (to create some grip), and push them down each side, pulling it up and out chopsticks-style like a really big, annoying dumpling.

Problem solved.  Sometimes it's just the small victories. 

Congratulations. You're everything we've come to expect from years of government training.

[CountDeMoney]

Poo report:

I launched the Yamato today.

Congratulations. You're everything we've come to expect from years of potty training.

[HVC]

he never said he did it in the potty

[grumbler]

he never said he did it in the potty

That depends.

[CountDeMoney]

he never said he did it in the potty

That depends.

grumbler is always on the minute.

[Ed Anger]

HEY YOU KIDS. GET OFF MY LAWN

[The Brain]

Today I helped an old lady who had fallen and couldn't get up.

[Syt]

I bought new sweatpants for weekend lounging.

[mongers]

I bought new sweatpants for weekend lounging.

That word bothers me, conjures up an unpleasant image, why couldn't they have named them something else?

[The Brain]

I bought new sweatpants for weekend lounging.

That word bothers me, conjures up an unpleasant image, why couldn't they have named them something else?

Hotpants? Jesus.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I bought new sweatpants for weekend lounging.

That word bothers me, conjures up an unpleasant image, why couldn't they have named them something else?

We call them "special needs trousers" in our house, but Syt might not regard that term as an improvement 

[Syt]

 

[Eddie Teach]

I used to wear sweatpants a lot, then I moved to Texas. Shorts all year now.

[PDH]

I used to wear sweatpants a lot, then I moved to Texas. Shorts all year now.

Sweatpants to sweet pants.

[Liep]

There used to a random tag on this wall