Wednesday, August 31, 2011

An Unexpected Result

Among all of the new things we've bought this month, one was a set of metal serving/mixing bowls.  Just some basic, nice, cheap bowls.  One day shortly after buying them, Kristina had grated cheese into one to eat with our noodles that evening.  I noticed that the bowl was not sitting level on the table.  This disturbed me because it was brand new, and I didn't think it was that cheap.  So I examined the bowl and realized that the bottom was just bent in the wrong direction a bit.  I figured if I pushed on it a bit, I could get it to flip around and then sit flat on the table.  I proceeded to push on the bottom, and it did indeed pop into place as I had expected.  Well, perhaps a bit more forcefully than I had expected.  Plus, I hadn't accounted for the effect this sudden change would have on the little bits of shredded cheese which still filled the bottom quarter of the bowl.  Not only was my "repair" of this bowl accompanied by a loud pop, it also rained cheese down on the both of us.  After recovering from her surprise, Kristina simply responded with, "I know who's cleaning up after dinner."

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