HammerHumor

[avad]

ok...*chuckle*...I've got to stop this...but I can't.
Some might know I've got a thing for hammers. I mean, I have to, I hammer thousands of nails in my art. I've been using my father's hammer for years now (sentimental reasons) but now it's really falling apart...and since I'm worried about carpal tunnel, I've decided to finally invest in an Anti-Vibe, ergonomic sort of hammer. So I've been doing some research online, before laying out the 30 or 40 bucks.

Now,Just yesterday, at the Lumber yard, I was buying some wood stain because I'm making a frame for a 5 foot piece I'm almost finished with. On the top of the innocent looking little can of stain is a sticker that reads TO AVOID SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION soak soiled rags and waste immediately after use in a water-filled, closed metal container. I stopped. um. mentally going through my garage...plastic bucket, yes, coffee cans- but plastic lids..do I need a metal lid?....I started to worry...I imagined the garage exploding...B's old and muchloved car destroyed....shards flying.
I asked the clerk. And didn't get far...he didn't seem to see the visual of SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION that I did when reading the sticker...he kinda blew it off.
"Just let the stuff air out.Don't put it in anything enclosed." says he.
BUT....it says...
"Yeah," he says, taking another nanosecond glance at the sticker."Water will help...just don't close it.."
But...it says...
*sigh* I let it go.
So now I have this deadly weapon in my house.

OK,now to bring these two lil subjects together, you might understand why coming across THIS ARTICLE made my morning laughter release.
*still chuckling*

Comments

[anansi133.livejournal.com]

That link to the prank call reminds me of how little I enjoy that kind of humor, especially when I've been on the receiving end of some bart simpson-wannabe's idea of humor. When you're being paid at the bottom end of the wage scale and some dope calls to deliberately waste your time, it makes sense to kick the call upstairs as quickly as possible, since it's management that these peons want to absorb sticky messy humor, not themselves. (that didn't come out right. whatever.)

I remember being paranoid about empty gas cans, after watching a TV show where it was revealsed that empty gasoline containers are more dangerous than full ones, if people aren['t paying attention. Ugh. You can't get out of bed any more without having to sign a release.