Life as Slapstick Comedy
Feb. 2nd, 2010 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeAfter getting out of the shower this morning, I reached for the big bottle of Gold Bond powder, which was nearly empty. While shaking it to estimate how much might be left in the container, I accidentally squeezed it while it was pointing in my face.
*POOF*
Now I had a face full of mentholated talcum powder, some of it in my eyes, which is painful, and I was flailing around in a cloud of talc.
*COUGH* *HACK* *SPUTTER*
Half-blinded by the powder, I needed to clear the air so I could breathe, and so I opened the bathroom door to let more air in. The cloud of post-shower steam plus talcum powder shot out the door and up, where it encountered the hallway smoke detector.
*EEEEEEEEE* went the detector, whether from the steam or the talc, I don't know, but now I had a smoke detector going, I could barely see what I was doing, and I've just come out of the shower.
Fortunately, that's only a local smoke alarm, not a building-wide one. I was able to clear my eyes, grab my robe, get a step-stool, and disable the smoke alarm until the dust settled. No harm done in the end, but it was a pretty silly predicament.
*POOF*
Now I had a face full of mentholated talcum powder, some of it in my eyes, which is painful, and I was flailing around in a cloud of talc.
*COUGH* *HACK* *SPUTTER*
Half-blinded by the powder, I needed to clear the air so I could breathe, and so I opened the bathroom door to let more air in. The cloud of post-shower steam plus talcum powder shot out the door and up, where it encountered the hallway smoke detector.
*EEEEEEEEE* went the detector, whether from the steam or the talc, I don't know, but now I had a smoke detector going, I could barely see what I was doing, and I've just come out of the shower.
Fortunately, that's only a local smoke alarm, not a building-wide one. I was able to clear my eyes, grab my robe, get a step-stool, and disable the smoke alarm until the dust settled. No harm done in the end, but it was a pretty silly predicament.
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Date: 2010-02-02 10:00 pm (UTC)I've used that stuff. Oh, man, I'd hate to have it in my eyes.
It sounds like the rest of the morning was a welcome respite from its beginning. Slapstick, indeed.
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