LJ Trauma

[athelind]

Oh, what a beautiful morning.

I just made a bowl of instant oatmeal. The first time around, I opened up the packages, dumped them into the bowl, spilled a little -- and suddenly, there was a silverfish on the counter. I'm about 90% sure he was in one of the packages.

I then reflexively dumped the bowl of oatmeal into the sink, realizing as I did so that the last two or three times the kitchen sink had backed up, it was because someone had dumped oatmeal or ramen into the disposal. So I got the wee sink plunger and cleared that up.

I should note at this juncture that I went out and specifically purchased the Wee Sink Plunger after realizing that people were using the Toilet Plunger in the sink where we prepare our food.

I then discovered that, yes, his powers of prophecy are undiminished: if you make a habit of leaving the cordless phones off the charger, like EVERYONE ELSE IN THE GODDAMNED HOUSE DOES, then, yes, eventually the battery will die completely and refuse to hold a charge.

The fact that this is Raisin, Date and Walnut oatmeal is of course making me check every spoonful and ask, "Raisin? Date? Walnut? or... something else??"

Comments

[reiji.livejournal.com]

all because of a little silverfish :) god i hate those things!

[jirris-midvale.livejournal.com]

Your family fills me with the urge to stab.

[rikoshi.livejournal.com]

I entrust unto thee this knife, with which to engage in stabbity joy.

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

on a positive note, the new grimjack comic is out...

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Yes! And it's so perfectly Grimjack. I was going to ask if you'd gotten a copy.

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

not yet, been broke and don't like the local comic shops

Ph, and just to clarify:

[athelind.livejournal.com]

The plunger people were using in the sink wasn't just the ordinary suction cup plunger. It was the POWER plunger, with the Power Funnel Venturi Shape that TRAPS POO WATER.

Re: Ph, and just to clarify:

[araquan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we got one o' them. It stays in the bathroom. -.-

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

I had that happen with my cream of wheat packages a few months ago. Ew.

[cargoweasel.livejournal.com]

Maybe the silverfish was on the outside of one of the packets? That would seem more likely as it might have died inside the packet itself. Still, it is creepy. I hate finding bugs.

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

This new answer phone I got at the weekend....and downloaded a 65 page guide for today (yay BT! YAY rai!) has 2 cordless handsets that can make calls to each other too...
I shall wait for Mum to lose or wash one.....
she washed the old mobile I got her, accidentally of course it was in a carrier bag with a loose capped sport bottle of mineral water....it works but the power management is u/s and it flattens batteries in less than 3 minutes.

BTW don't worry about the silverfish....the microwaving kills 'em and sterilizes them good. At least they've not been known to breed much afterwards....

[reveille-d.livejournal.com]

Mmm, Silverfish! Just extra protein! :9