Thread: First dumb thing of the day!

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:17:39 -0500, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:

>First dumb thing of the day!
>
>Not wide awake and looking carefully, I opened a new box of Cheerios
>upsidedown.
>
>Un-resealable, I poured the contents into two large ziploc bags.
>
>Sheesh!!!
>
>And the day is so young!

You could have resealed your booboo and opened the correct end...
don't you own any duct tape/gorilla glue?

On Oct 25, 7:15*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:17:39 -0500, Andy <a...@b.c> wrote:
> >First dumb thing of the day!
>
> >Not wide awake and looking carefully, I opened a new box of Cheerios
> >upsidedown.
>
> >Un-resealable, I poured the contents into two large ziploc bags.
>
> >Sheesh!!!
>
> >And the day is so young!
>
> You could have resealed your booboo and opened the correct end...
> don't you own any duct tape/gorilla glue?

More effort and time than simply transferring said Cheerios to two
Ziploc bags.

Do you often make more work for yourself than you need to Sheldon?

John Kuthe...

John Kuthe wrote:
> On Oct 25, 7:15 am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>
>> You could have resealed your booboo and opened the correct end...
>> don't you own any duct tape/gorilla glue?
>
> More effort and time than simply transferring said Cheerios to two
> Ziploc bags.
>
> Do you often make more work for yourself than you need to Sheldon?
>
> John Kuthe...

Do you mean like having a goooogle gropes account and an infernal September
account, and continuing to post via the gooogle gropes account and bitching
about how bad it works? That kind of "more work"?

Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:17:39 -0500, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>First dumb thing of the day!
>>
>>Not wide awake and looking carefully, I opened a new box of Cheerios
>>upsidedown.
>>
>>Un-resealable, I poured the contents into two large ziploc bags.
>>
>>Sheesh!!!
>>
>>And the day is so young!
>
> You could have resealed your booboo and opened the correct end...
> don't you own any duct tape/gorilla glue?


Sheldon,

I do have duct tape (who doesn't?) and suppose I could have done that.

Which reminds me of the "Survey: Chips" thread.

If I didn't seal my Herr's popcorn bag air-tightly as possible, it would
overnight became in essence a dehumidifier, going from fresh to grossly
chewy in a few hours.

Best,

Andy

In article <[email protected]>, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:

> First dumb thing of the day!
>
> Not wide awake and looking carefully, I opened a new box of Cheerios
> upsidedown.
>
> Un-resealable, I poured the contents into two large ziploc bags.
>
> Sheesh!!!
>
> And the day is so young!
>
> Andy

Lucky for you. You have plenty of day left to do many more of your dumb
ass deeds. Would you mind posting all of 'em?

BULL

On 10/25/2011 4:17 AM, Andy wrote:
> First dumb thing of the day!
>
> Not wide awake and looking carefully, I opened a new box of Cheerios
> upsidedown.
>
> Un-resealable, I poured the contents into two large ziploc bags.
>
> Sheesh!!!
>
> And the day is so young!

Andy, no cardboard box alone ever kept a breakfast cereal from going
stale. Last I knew, Cheerios were still contained in a bag inside the
box. You could have just taken the bag out, turned it over so the top of
the bag was now at the bottom of the box, and called it good.

Pennyaline wrote:
> On 10/25/2011 4:17 AM, Andy wrote:
>> First dumb thing of the day!
>>
>> Not wide awake and looking carefully, I opened a new box of Cheerios
>> upsidedown.
>>
>> Un-resealable, I poured the contents into two large ziploc bags.
>>
>> Sheesh!!!
>>
>> And the day is so young!
>
> Andy, no cardboard box alone ever kept a breakfast cereal from going
> stale. Last I knew, Cheerios were still contained in a bag inside the
> box. You could have just taken the bag out, turned it over so the top
> of the bag was now at the bottom of the box, and called it good.

Are you talking to the door in your room? It will understand your
explanation much better than andy will.

Pennyaline <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 10/25/2011 4:17 AM, Andy wrote:
>> First dumb thing of the day!
>>
>> Not wide awake and looking carefully, I opened a new box of Cheerios
>> upsidedown.
>>
>> Un-resealable, I poured the contents into two large ziploc bags.
>>
>> Sheesh!!!
>>
>> And the day is so young!
>
> Andy, no cardboard box alone ever kept a breakfast cereal from going
> stale. Last I knew, Cheerios were still contained in a bag inside the
> box. You could have just taken the bag out, turned it over so the top
of
> the bag was now at the bottom of the box, and called it good.


Pennyaline,

I always fasten a bag clip.

It's just that today's dumbness just felt so wrong that I wanted to hide
my goof.

Best,

Andy

On 10/25/2011 1:56 PM, Andy wrote:
> Pennyaline<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 10/25/2011 4:17 AM, Andy wrote:
>>> First dumb thing of the day!
>>>
>>> Not wide awake and looking carefully, I opened a new box of Cheerios
>>> upsidedown.
>>>
>>> Un-resealable, I poured the contents into two large ziploc bags.
>>>
>>> Sheesh!!!
>>>
>>> And the day is so young!
>>
>> Andy, no cardboard box alone ever kept a breakfast cereal from going
>> stale. Last I knew, Cheerios were still contained in a bag inside the
>> box. You could have just taken the bag out, turned it over so the top
> of
>> the bag was now at the bottom of the box, and called it good.
>
>
> Pennyaline,
>
> I always fasten a bag clip.
>
> It's just that today's dumbness just felt so wrong that I wanted to hide
> my goof.
>

Sometimes I have a half box of cereal when I leave for a week or so's
vacation. I've found that putting it in the refrigerator seems to keep
it crisper. I guess the humidity is low inside. It works for Rycrisp
crackers too.


--


James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not* [email protected]

On 10/25/2011 11:56 AM, Andy wrote:

> It's just that today's dumbness just felt so wrong that I wanted to hide
> my goof.


You should have buried it in the yard and said nothing, then/

James Silverton <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sometimes I have a half box of cereal when I leave for a week or so's
> vacation. I've found that putting it in the refrigerator seems to keep
> it crisper. I guess the humidity is low inside. It works for Rycrisp
> crackers too.


James,

I never thought to refrigerate boxed cereal!

I'll keep that in mind.

Best,

Andy

Pennyaline <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 10/25/2011 11:56 AM, Andy wrote:
>
>> It's just that today's dumbness just felt so wrong that I wanted to hide
>> my goof.
>
>
> You should have buried it in the yard and said nothing, then/


Pennyaline,

If it happens a second time, I sure will!!! <G>

Best,

Andy

Andy wrote:
>
> First dumb thing of the day!
>
> Not wide awake and looking carefully, I opened a new box of Cheerios
> upsidedown.
>
> Un-resealable, I poured the contents into two large ziploc bags.
>
> Sheesh!!!
>
> And the day is so young!
>
> Andy

A clothespin would have worked just as well, imo. That's how I seal up
cereal.

Gary <[email protected]> wrote:

> Andy wrote:
>>
>> First dumb thing of the day!
>>
>> Not wide awake and looking carefully, I opened a new box of Cheerios
>> upsidedown.
>>
>> Un-resealable, I poured the contents into two large ziploc bags.
>>
>> Sheesh!!!
>>
>> And the day is so young!
>>
>> Andy
>
> A clothespin would have worked just as well, imo. That's how I seal up
> cereal.


Gary,

I got a four-pack of Kitchen Aid "industrial strength" small clips at
Sears, on the wall by the small appliances.

They are the best (spring tension strength), imho.

They also have the larger size versions, equally as strong.

If stuff can fit in a ziploc bag, that's sometimes a cheaper and more
convenient option.

Andy

Pennyaline <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/25/2011 11:56 AM, Andy wrote:
>
>> It's just that today's dumbness just felt so wrong that I wanted to
>> hide my goof.
>
>
> You should have buried it in the yard and said nothing, then/

ROFL!

I think that's what they told Andy's mom.

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:22:47 -0500, "Nunya Bidnits"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Pennyaline <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 10/25/2011 11:56 AM, Andy wrote:
>>
>>> It's just that today's dumbness just felt so wrong that I wanted to
>>> hide my goof.
>>
>>
>> You should have buried it in the yard and said nothing, then/
>
>ROFL!
>
>I think that's what they told Andy's mom.
>

I'll bring a couple shovels. It's not too late.

Lou

On Oct 25, 12:56*pm, Andy <a...@b.c> wrote:
> Pennyaline <norwegianb...@beatifulplummage.huh> wrote:
> > On 10/25/2011 4:17 AM, Andy wrote:
> >> First dumb thing of the day!
>
> >> Not wide awake and looking carefully, I opened a new box of Cheerios
> >> upsidedown.
>
> >> Un-resealable, I poured the contents into two large ziploc bags.
>
> >> Sheesh!!!
>
> >> And the day is so young!
>
> > Andy, no cardboard box alone ever kept a breakfast cereal from going
> > stale. Last I knew, Cheerios were still contained in a bag inside the
> > box. You could have just taken the bag out, turned it over so the top
> of
> > the bag was now at the bottom of the box, and called it good.
>
> Pennyaline,
>
> I always fasten a bag clip.
>
> It's just that today's dumbness just felt so wrong that I wanted to hide
> my goof.

You should kill yourself.
>
> Best,
>
> Andy

--Bryan

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:29:16 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Oct 25, 7:15*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:17:39 -0500, Andy <a...@b.c> wrote:
>> >First dumb thing of the day!
>>
>> >Not wide awake and looking carefully, I opened a new box of Cheerios
>> >upsidedown.
>>
>> >Un-resealable, I poured the contents into two large ziploc bags.
>>
>> >Sheesh!!!
>>
>> >And the day is so young!
>>
>> You could have resealed your booboo and opened the correct end...
>> don't you own any duct tape/gorilla glue?
>
>More effort and time than simply transferring said Cheerios to two
>Ziploc bags.
>
>Do you often make more work for yourself than you need to Sheldon?

Nonsense... no effort at all to tape the mistakenly opened bottom of
the box and open the top end... people open the wrong end all the time
and then retape it... two tiny pieces of transparant tape do the
trick. Transfering Cheerios is a lot more effort. However I don't
want the outer packaging unless it has some critical info, but there
is nothing critical about breakfast cereal so I usually remove the
inner bag and toss the outer box in the trash, then I can reseal the
bag with one of those twisty wire thingies... takes a lot less room in
my cupboard than a big box with practically nothing in it. One of the
first things I do with products is discard all unecessary packaging...
even with owner's manuals I snip out and discard all the illegal alien
language instructions.

Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

> Nonsense... no effort at all to tape the mistakenly opened bottom of
> the box and open the top end... people open the wrong end all the time
> and then retape it... two tiny pieces of transparant tape do the
> trick. Transfering Cheerios is a lot more effort. However I don't
> want the outer packaging unless it has some critical info, but there
> is nothing critical about breakfast cereal so I usually remove the
> inner bag and toss the outer box in the trash, then I can reseal the
> bag with one of those twisty wire thingies... takes a lot less room in
> my cupboard than a big box with practically nothing in it. One of the
> first things I do with products is discard all unecessary packaging...
> even with owner's manuals I snip out and discard all the illegal alien
> language instructions.


Sheldon,

Your post reminds me, in a sense, of the public interest in outdoor trash
bins!

For a brief while, I was guilty of the large rectangular shaped bins. I
quickly realized that trash bags by the force of gravity, want to be
round and that the rectangular bins were just fighting physics.

On trash day I chuckle at all the rectangular bins at curbside. A kind of
round peg in a square hole paradox. LOL!

Best,

Andy
"If it jams, force it! If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway."
--Mrs. Murphy's law