...and out went all the lights!

[venta]

I just lifted the iron down from the shelf, and found its base was covered in rust. I cleaned it off with a brillo pad, but fear I might have got some water in the works because plugging it in shorted out the power for the entire house. Twice.

hendybear, maybe we shouldn't have used the iron to defrost the freezer after all.

Comments

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Although apparently, not as much as failing to spell-check your comments does. Tice?

[venta.livejournal.com]

I dunno. "To short out all the power tice" sounds like the beginning of some pleasantly Chaucerian blank verse. The Ironer's Tale, maybe.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Or a deleted verse from Alanis Morrisette's "Ironic".

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

*ow*

Btw, venta - have you considered placing a succession of bowls full of boiling water in the freezer? Works quite well in my experience, and I've not broken any irons yet. Those plastic freezer scrapers are quite handy too, and you can also use them on car windscreens. :)

[venta.livejournal.com]

Nah, that takes ages :)

(And you get the sensible grown-up award.)

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Hoorah!