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Three disasters that didn't happen today, but just nearly
Thursday, 6 November 2008 16:41
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.