I tried to operate the gas grill, now people are calling me "the Igniter."

LaraMN

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Tue Jul-24-07 12:04 AM
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I tried to operate the gas grill, now people are calling me "the Igniter."

Edited on Tue Jul-24-07 12:05 AM by LaraMN

My husband called home the other week and wanted me to start the grill so he could cook dinner on it when he got home.

I do NOT understand the functions of the grill. I don't know how or why it works. That is not my "department."

I tried my best to follow his instructions. I thought I did everything right. It was making sounds and stuff.

He got home, opened the lid, and it kind of blew up in his face. It burned his hair, his eyebrows, eyelashes, and beard.

Also, he was MAD at me.

I am never touching the grill again.

:scared:

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Oeditpus Rex

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Tue Jul-24-07 12:12 AM
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1. He was MAD at you??

The CAD! :grr:

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LaraMN

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Tue Jul-24-07 12:13 AM
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3. Indeed! How dare he!

:rofl:

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Nevernose

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Tue Jul-24-07 12:12 AM
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2. Your husband belongs in Gitmo

Because he has to call you on his cell phone to tell you, "Hey, why don't you warm-up the gas grill?" Why doesn't he wait an extra fifteen minutes, and warm it up his own damned self? Where are his testes?

He's probably the guy in the grocery store who calls you to ask, "Should I get the French cut green beans, or the regular cut?"

Besides, stuff blowing up is cool -- cooler if it actually injures you -- and it gives him something to talk about at work, so what's the problem?

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DS1

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Tue Jul-24-07 12:14 AM
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4. French cut green beans, or the regular cut?

what in the hell is the difference?

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Nevernose

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Tue Jul-24-07 12:19 AM
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6. "Regular cut" chops the ends off

"French cut" chops the ends off and slices them lengthwise. Personally, I prefer the French Cut.

And where I live, it's usually cheaper to buy canned veggies than fresh ones.

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LaraMN

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Tue Jul-24-07 12:15 AM
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5. Lol!

He won't call me from the grocery store; he'd find a way to rationalize why the green beans he selected were the RIGHT ones, even if they weren't.

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Nevernose

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Tue Jul-24-07 12:28 AM
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9. That's because we all know the Fench Cut were the right ones

Even if they weren't. Maybe even ESPECIALLY if they weren't.

And on a slightly (but ONLY slightly) more serious note: if blowing him up wasn't the best thing that had happened to him in the last year, would he have made such a big deal of it?

I hang out with my married friends, and they tend to say things like, "I'll start the campfire" or "You know, model rockets are a good way to teach about physics." But in our secret hearts, we all know it's just about blowing shit up.

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petronius

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Tue Jul-24-07 12:24 AM
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7. If the grill was "making sounds and stuff" then

a) he gave you bad instructions, and

b) he should have known better than to open it up with his face leaning over, and

c) a and b imply that he owes you an apology, and

d) he needs to go back to manly-man school, because warming up the grill is chest-thumping man work and should not be delegated.

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PaddyBlueEyes

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Tue Jul-24-07 12:25 AM
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8. LOL

You blowin up stuff again?

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