Three disasters that didn't happen today, but just nearly
Thursday, 6 November 2008 16:41![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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1. I realized just in the knick of time that the substance I was about to squirt on my toothbrush was not toothpaste, but antibacterial soap. It wasn't even early in the morning, but for some reason my brain short circuited and decided that toothpaste = bright orange antibacterial soap. Luckily, the brain corrected itself before I got a mouthful of Dial, the likes of which I've not had since childhood.
2. While working on my NaNoWriMo novel I accidentally hit ctrl + a (which highlights every bit of text in the document you have open) and then the backspace key creating an instantly blank document where once 50 pages of work had been. After a moment of Beaker-like flailing, I remembered that there's an "Undo" button. God bless the thoughtful soul who put undo buttons in word processing programs. I hope whoever he/she is, they are showered with money and sexual favors from the partners of their choice.
3. Trying to use a tea towel to extract a bowl of pea soup from the microwave is not recommended. It slipped and I was forced to catch a scorching hot bowl of soup barehanded and quickly get to the table. My hand still hurts, but I didn't lose my lunch although the microwave door got it like an extra in the Exorcist.
2. While working on my NaNoWriMo novel I accidentally hit ctrl + a (which highlights every bit of text in the document you have open) and then the backspace key creating an instantly blank document where once 50 pages of work had been. After a moment of Beaker-like flailing, I remembered that there's an "Undo" button. God bless the thoughtful soul who put undo buttons in word processing programs. I hope whoever he/she is, they are showered with money and sexual favors from the partners of their choice.
3. Trying to use a tea towel to extract a bowl of pea soup from the microwave is not recommended. It slipped and I was forced to catch a scorching hot bowl of soup barehanded and quickly get to the table. My hand still hurts, but I didn't lose my lunch although the microwave door got it like an extra in the Exorcist.
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Date: 6 Nov 2008 22:43 (UTC)I've almost done the Dial thing too. It was a day or 2 after surgery, and I looked at it and thought, "That's hair spray, right? Wait. Dial doesn't make hair stuff... I don't think..."
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Date: 6 Nov 2008 23:02 (UTC)I actually have anti-luck when it comes to lottery tickets. I've actually never gotten even one number right on any ticket I've bought. So there goes my gambling ticket.
If you ever hear that the winning ticket has been sold in NYC, you automatically can cross my name off the list because I definitely won't have it.
I have situational luck, I think. I narrowly dodge bad things, I manage to hop the right train when I don't know where I'm going, etc. Random luck is not mine.
That's hair spray, right? Wait. Dial doesn't make hair stuff... I don't think..."
LOL. At least your deductive reasoning skills were still functioning. :)