Love Note
Stupid things I do May 2nd, 2012My husband left me a love note this morning.
Translation: I love you and your ten fingers. Please don’t stick your hand in the dishwasher and slice one of them off with the machete I used to cut vegetables last night.
He knows I have a problem with knives.
Thanks, dear. I like all my ten fingers, too.
Stumble it!
May 2nd, 2012 at 7:08 am
That was VERY thoughtful!!! We had a policy when we were growing up and doing dishes the old fashioned way of washing them in the sink of proclaiming very loudly—-“Putting a knife in the water” when we put it in the rinse water for the other person. I still do that today. And I, too, have a problem with knives….if my fingers could only talk……
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May 2nd, 2012 at 8:05 am
Man, that’s love!
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May 2nd, 2012 at 9:39 am
What a sweetheart. You’ve got a keeper!
My husband has special knives…in a box…in a drawer….that “Susie is not allowed to touch.”
He cleans chicken with his knives but I have to use a plastic deli knife. To be fair, I only have 8 fingers left. Kidding.
May 2nd, 2012 at 9:40 am
That or he didn’t want to clean up the blood?
heh
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May 2nd, 2012 at 10:49 am
Kathy, that’s hilarious!
And I went back to read your post link and just about died because I have the SAME problem with knives – I kid you not!
But not only that, I also have a strange phobia of knives. I know I shouldn’t share this online, but whenever I have a knife in my hand, I fear going amok and STABBING people! I swear to god, I think it has to do with a past life where I stabbed someone – HA!
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May 2nd, 2012 at 10:57 am
When I worked in a restaurant the rule was that you didn’t put knives in the sink, you rested them alongside it and washed them without letting them leave your hands. If you put a knife in the dishwater you had to buy a six-pack for the person who found it, whether they cut themselves on it or not. I was 19 (under the drinking age) and thought this was a scandalous rule. I also never put a knife in the dishwater!
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May 2nd, 2012 at 11:26 am
Reaction 1: Why would he put a knife in the washing machine ?
Raction 2: Oh “Dish”-washer !
May 2nd, 2012 at 11:36 am
That is a very sensible thing! I also have a thing about knives – Blades of any kind give me the shivers.
Sadly Mo has no sense of danger and often puts very sharp knives in the washing up bowl, underneath the suds so I can’t see it! Thankfully I haven’t yet lost a finger, but get the shivers whenever I realize I’ve grabbed it.
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May 2nd, 2012 at 12:52 pm
While he’s incredibly thoughtful and sweet for leaving ya that note. Can I just be a little bit pedantic and state that knives should never ever be washed in a dish washer! Ever. No, really. Never. Ever. (I learned this lesson the hard way when working in a restaurant in my teens…I still have the deep emotional scars to prove it!)
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May 2nd, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Knives are usually kept away from me but not because I’m a klutz but rather because I am 1/2 Sicilian…(the other 1/2 is Neapolitan so not much difference there).
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May 2nd, 2012 at 2:07 pm
veggie cuttin’ machete? Where do I pick one up for gift giving ? Grandmaw’s birthday is coming soon.
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May 2nd, 2012 at 5:26 pm
Beth Ann — That’s smart! And thoughtful. I’m unlucky with knives. That experience I had as a kid was really bad. Not so much the pain, wasn’t much. But seeing a pan of water full of blood freaked me out to this day.
Nanny Goats — Ain’t it? It’s like a running joke around here. Not the first post-it note of its kind that I’ve gotten.
Susan — Your comment cracked me up. For the record, I’m not allowed to touch the lawn mower parts. I can mow. I’m just not allowed to go near the place where I can lose a few fingers or toes.
Pricilla — Ha. Could be. I wish he’d just clean the knife by hand, though. I’m still workin’ on that one.
Ron — OK, that fear of stabbing people? It’s the same concept of someone like me who’s afraid of heights and feels somehow compelled to throw myself off the edge of a building. It’s like my body is controlled by a weird force that makes me wanna do it. Why is that??? WTF!
Impetua — I totally get that rule. There have to be rules so people leave work with the same number of fingers that they arrived for when their shift started.
Jaffer — Well, I still don’t know why he puts it in the dishwasher. I’ve been known to go in there after seeing the note, pulling it out and washing it by hand, just so it’s done and I’m safe from loss of digits.
Babs — Well, all you need is one bad cut and she’ll never do it again. Or, you could just show her my old post I linked to, and tell her what can happen. Is she prepared to run you to a hospital? Just sayin’. Mo! Get with the program!
D. Duplessis — I believe you (and see Impetua’s comment above). It does make sense to leave them out.
Grace — Har! Good one.
Yum Yucky — Hey girl! How good is Grandmaw’s sight? Her dexterity? The one he uses is a whopper of a knife. I hate that we even have it.
May 2nd, 2012 at 6:40 pm
“Big Knife in Washer” he says proudly…
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May 2nd, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Spokesgoat, you are right on the money there! I always wondrred why there were beds in the blood lab (I sit in the chair while getting blood drawn) and then I met my husband. He passes out at the sight of blood.
Ron…have you seen the movie, “So I Married An Ax Murderer”? It’s hilarious. Nancy Travis suffers from your problem, but then, admittedly, so do I.
May 2nd, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Come to think of it Kathy, your husband could have rinsed, dried and put away the knife in the time it probably took for him to rummage around in the junk drawer for a pen. Maybe you should have a chat with him.
May 2nd, 2012 at 9:39 pm
After the first few years of marraige, my nick name becae, Nubs. Two, count them, TWO finger tips sliced up with Ginsu-like resistance. True.
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May 3rd, 2012 at 6:39 am
Hey Kathy,
Just read how you had once sliced your right index finger, I’m not very good with knives either. Therefore its only wise to leave the knives and cutting business to husbands. Really appreciate your husband leaving this little note for you, very thoughtful of him. He truly loves your ten fingers.
Cheers 🙂
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May 3rd, 2012 at 10:29 am
Now that’s love, Kathy! Alex leaves me notes in the gun safe. “Call 911 first.”
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May 3rd, 2012 at 11:37 am
My husband never leaves notes for little ole’ me!!! 🙁 This is soooo nice. 🙂
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:30 pm
This is HYSTERICAL! Ahahahahhahahhahha
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May 4th, 2012 at 9:15 am
Aw, that is cute. Joe would do that too. He never just throws a knife in the sink either–he’s thoughtful like that. Me–I just throw everything in–I like living dangerously apparently.
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