Okay, so I'm retarded, right?
I mean, we all know that, right?
Right.
Well... y'all may not know just how deep-seated this retardation is, but... leave it to me to e'splain it.
I stay up nights, thanks to that idiotic TV channel "The N", til 1:30 am to tape episodes of Daria.
I do this because, apparently, the other 49 tapes I've made just aren't enough.
SO... I have this one tape... it has a buncha episodes on it, with room for just a few more.
Now, I do my taping on the "kitchen TV", which is the same one that used to be parked next to this computer. The TV is on a shelf next to and slightly above the stove.
No matter what other shit I tape, only Daria episodes go on my Daria tapes. Earlier, I was frantically scrambling to find a tape with some room on it, so I could tape (yet another) episode of That 70's Show. The one with Danny Bonaduce in it....
Anyway, I'm caught off-guard, grabbing tapes, shoving them in, seeing that they're full, trying another... all while boiling chicken.
I had my Daria tape safely set on top of the TV.
Well, apparently, whilst shoving one tape in, I shoved too hard, because the (damned) Daria tape falls offa the top of the TV RIGHT INTO the pot of boiling chicken. FUCKALL!!!!! Bare-fingered, I reached into the cauldren and retrieved my now "blanched" tape. I was PISSED. Not only did I end up not taping the Bonaduce episode of That 70's Show, I thought I'd wrecked a tape I'd put about a week of insomnia into. I mean... chicken water, ya know? With alla that fat/grease/not-recommended-for
VHS-tapes-GICK in it. Couldn'ta been just plain boiling water.
No.
Of course not.
HAD to be chicken water. So, I shake as much water out of it as I can and continue cooking... (DINNER, not tapes.) After I'd calmed down and had a piece of chicken, I took that tape apart.
I opened the case, removed the tape, wiped the whole got-damned thing off with tissues while winding it from one reel to the other, then put it all back together and.... IT WORKED!!!!
I'VE GOT MY DARIA TAPE BACK!!!!! Now, I'm gonna go repair another one that broke about 6 months ago. That's easy.
Somehow, when my tapes do break, it always seems to be at one end or the other, never in the middle, so all I hafta do is tape it back to the reel. This I've done before. Chicken water fix, no. Nice to know it can be done. But...
who, besides me, would ever discover this kinda shit?
Comments
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Could be worse.....the entire TV could have fallen into the chicken pot.....with the tape still inside.
Posted by: Mad Mikey at December 06, 2005 01:22 PM (8mRad)
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Actually, I had a "coulda been worse" thought, too...
"Coulda been one of the remotes..."
That would have sucked, because those, I don't know how to fix... except with a hammer.
"Coulda been one of the remotes..."
That would have sucked, because those, I don't know how to fix... except with a hammer.
Posted by: Stevie at December 06, 2005 01:49 PM (cjV8e)
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lmao...she said "GICK"....
around these parts, it's "GACK"
i love that you reinforce my use of made up words!
around these parts, it's "GACK"
i love that you reinforce my use of made up words!
Posted by: AmyVegas at December 06, 2005 06:21 PM (FRWVk)
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I really like reading your blog. I have been reading for a while. I've been to new at this to comment. I sure wish you would update mote often. You are a bright spot in my day.
Posted by: Tena at December 07, 2005 01:55 AM (ywZa8)
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