and Karma bites back...

hhrrrmmmm...

so no sooner had i finished writing my last my last entry (albeit not posted yet) did karma decide to retaliate...but in a small way...

speaking of which, is karma a he or a she? a he-she? hmmmmm...

well, after coming home and showering (tennis after church plus grilling for dinner, i needed it!) i decided to do the dishes left over from the previous day...

one of the items to be washed was a ramekin that i used for olive oil while i was toasting some french bread...so of course it was slick...and so of course it slipped from my hand. no worries...except whodathunk it would fit perfectly over the drain-hole...and fit snuggly at that? so snug that with water already draining through, the suction pulled it pretty snug. made even more snug by me trying to pull it out and me trying to clean off as much oil off it as possible.

failure is soon coming...

i tried a knife to pry it...no go...

i tried a bit of ice...thinking it would contract enough? just more water to clean out...

i tried to MacGuyver it w/ a wad of duct tape...not even...

so...i decide to tackle it from below. i removed the garbage disposal only to be greeted by the reminder i hadn't run it yet...nasty bits of food particle...awesome...

a dish towel, mallet and wooden broomstick handle...not even close...*sigh*

final answer? flat-head screwdriver and a hammer...little pieces of ramekin all over.

karma?

i "stole" that ramekin from Stuart Anderson's Black Angus as a practical joke on Kat years ago. she said she was klepto as a kid but grew out of it. we snuck it in her to go box when she went to the ladies room. we never fessed up even though she knew...

Kat always said i was gonna get it for that...karma would get me(to which she added IF she believed in karma as a disclaimer), as i protested my innocence for like 10 years...

well..i finally did get it...not a day after i pretty much thumbed my nose at karma...

my response to karma?

is that all you got...bring it!

heh

dig a hole, jump in, cover yer head...
kidding...