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At the Car Wash
Jun. 21st, 2007 10:34 pm(Note for those who read this daily: I added a picture to yesterday's entry.)
Today as I was walking by the car wash this afternoon, I noticed an interesting sight. There was a truck, the kind with a closed box on the end, not a pick-up truck. The back doors were open.
Inside the truck was an oven. The oven door was open. And it was the oven being washed with the soapy sudsy formula, not the truck.
I admit that the sexist part of me checked on the gender of the washer. Yes, this is how a man thinks you should clean an oven. R thinks the man might be mistaken about this, however, because water might seep into where the insulation is and make a big mess. So sad.
I am fascinated when people use tools normally used in one sphere to do tasks in some other area. I first noticed this during a father-son event in Cub Scouts. The females were supposed to leave the house and let the males bake a cake with no help from the females. And these were to be auctioned later. Afterwards, we got to hear the stories.
They dropped the cake taking it out of the oven and a big chunk fell out onto the floor. Don't worry, they didn't sneak it back in. They just filled in the gaping hole with lots of extra frosting. They thought whichever kids got those pieces would be very happy.
They used food coloring to dye the frosting, but they applied it with paintbrushes (bought specially for the purpose). It was a space scene with planets and stars. And Superman. And the USS Enterprise. It took an entire bottle of blue food coloring to make the frosting a dark enough blue. And it was totally cool looking.
So: paintbrushes to decorate cakes. Definitely an interesting idea.
I've seen other good examples, but I'm having trouble remembering any. I've seen a utility knife used as a seam ripper. I have this vague memory that many carpentry and quilting tools are interchangeable. Both folks like to have things square, and measure twice before cutting once, etc.
Metal spatulas are very handy for all kinds of scraping jobs, even stereotypically male ones. I've used brooms to sweep off picnic tables. And certain kinds of whisk brooms make great dusting tools.
That's all I can think of for now. Feel free to tell us more in the comments.
Today as I was walking by the car wash this afternoon, I noticed an interesting sight. There was a truck, the kind with a closed box on the end, not a pick-up truck. The back doors were open.
Inside the truck was an oven. The oven door was open. And it was the oven being washed with the soapy sudsy formula, not the truck.
I admit that the sexist part of me checked on the gender of the washer. Yes, this is how a man thinks you should clean an oven. R thinks the man might be mistaken about this, however, because water might seep into where the insulation is and make a big mess. So sad.
I am fascinated when people use tools normally used in one sphere to do tasks in some other area. I first noticed this during a father-son event in Cub Scouts. The females were supposed to leave the house and let the males bake a cake with no help from the females. And these were to be auctioned later. Afterwards, we got to hear the stories.
They dropped the cake taking it out of the oven and a big chunk fell out onto the floor. Don't worry, they didn't sneak it back in. They just filled in the gaping hole with lots of extra frosting. They thought whichever kids got those pieces would be very happy.
They used food coloring to dye the frosting, but they applied it with paintbrushes (bought specially for the purpose). It was a space scene with planets and stars. And Superman. And the USS Enterprise. It took an entire bottle of blue food coloring to make the frosting a dark enough blue. And it was totally cool looking.
So: paintbrushes to decorate cakes. Definitely an interesting idea.
I've seen other good examples, but I'm having trouble remembering any. I've seen a utility knife used as a seam ripper. I have this vague memory that many carpentry and quilting tools are interchangeable. Both folks like to have things square, and measure twice before cutting once, etc.
Metal spatulas are very handy for all kinds of scraping jobs, even stereotypically male ones. I've used brooms to sweep off picnic tables. And certain kinds of whisk brooms make great dusting tools.
That's all I can think of for now. Feel free to tell us more in the comments.