I Don’t Need No Stinking Lids
Stupid things I do August 28th, 2013So I just finished eating my scrambled egg and cheese breakfast at my desk at work and go looking to reattach the lid on the container I brought it in.
Yeah, no.
It’s not anywhere, but I know it didn’t just get up and leave. I mean, it’s somewhere, right? Did I file it in a drawer? Did I put it in my purse? Did I eat it?
Half an hour later I find it in the garbage, where I put it, because clearly a garbage can is where you put things that are important and that you need again.
This is probably one of the reasons I never have enough matching lids for containers. Many times I’ve gone to work with containers and lids that have no business being together because I couldn’t find a single matched set.
I’ve used poorly constructed makeshift lids, because I love living on the edge. I’ve wrapped them in foil, despite the risk of content oozage. I’ve put on a close-enough lid and then dug for a rubber band to secure it. If you have to rubberband a lid to a container, you’re lidding all wrong.
If you throw out lids you need again, you really don’t know what you’re doing and shouldn’t even drive a car or have a job or be responsible for anything.
And now I have to go teach a class on blogging.
That’s right. Students getting their advice from me.
Go ahead. Just let that sink in.
Stumble it!
August 28th, 2013 at 9:33 am
I used to be the queen of not having the right lid. I finally cleared out all of the plastic ware in my cupboard and bought those rubbermaid sets that the lids stick on top of each other. Bonus is that they are red–my fav color. I have not regretted my massive donation to Goodwill—never turned back. I think you should take a page from my book. Cleanse your cupboards and start over. No more leaking eggs into your purse from an ill fitting lid. 🙂
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August 28th, 2013 at 9:34 am
As long as you don’t try to put a lid on your blogging, you are probably safe.
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August 28th, 2013 at 9:46 am
“If you throw out lids you need again, you really don’t know what you’re doing and shouldn’t even drive a car or have a job or be responsible for anything.”
Bwhahahahhahaha! Kathy, you KILL me!!
I have like three plastic containers in my kitchen, ALL of which don’t have a lid. And I have no idea what I did with them or where they are?!?
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August 28th, 2013 at 11:31 am
Those damn lids! Never where you want them to be and certainly never with the container they actually fit! I think we have a cupboard full of containers with no lids and lids floating around that have no containers.
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August 28th, 2013 at 12:40 pm
I still feel like maybe you ate the lid. Anydoodle, if you like comedy, maybe you’d like to check out our great new comedy podcast Space Robots. We’re three southern nerds of note who sit down each week to talk about UFO sightings, bigfeets, all kinds of mysterious sh*t. It’s great!
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August 28th, 2013 at 12:53 pm
My mother throws away her silverware. I think it’s dementia or hopefully by accident, but I have to replace her silverware yearly. People say buy plastic! But, no, she has disabilities so she has to have real silverware. Kathy, I see you going down this road in the future.
August 28th, 2013 at 6:51 pm
Do we have to punch a hole in the corner of the lid and tie a string through it to your wrist?
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August 28th, 2013 at 7:16 pm
I don’t have tupperware or those food containers. My husband is a whiz with tinfoil–he’s like a freaking origami king with that stuff. While it annoys me, I don’t have to find the lids to containers.
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August 28th, 2013 at 8:00 pm
At least you found it in time. I don’t use those containers very often. Enjoying teaching your blogging class?
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August 29th, 2013 at 3:53 am
Beth Ann — But, but, but… how do you stack them in your cabinets if the lid is stuck to each one? Me no understand. We have about four different sizes of containers and stack what we can. Then we take all the ill-fitting lids and stand them on edge off to the side. I need to stack! You have to help me. Really, I need cupboard help!
sharkbytes — Aw, that’s nice. Thanks!
Ron — I have your lids. They’re all the ones in my cupboard that don’t fit my own containers, I’m convinced.
Babs — Exactly! I need a lid intervention. I have some really nice containers that are rather large and I’ll be damned if I can find the lids for them. It’s infuriating!
Space Robots — I wondered if I did and I wouldn’t know the difference because I melt Weight Watchers cheese onto my eggs, which tastes just like plastic anyway.
Carol Lynn — Oh, man. That’s bad. We’ve thrown away knives before, usually inside pizza boxes. I finally bought a whole new set of knives with a knife block because I hated seeing empty slots in the other one, with my OCD and all.
Agent 54 — Har. What a vision. Like little kids who have their mittens attached to their coats. So funny. Yes, maybe I do.
Lin — “oragami king” OMG, hilarious! I need a Joe. Can I rent him out?
Karen — I’m surprised I did at all. The garbage sits under a table and I didn’t think to pull it out until later. It would have bugged me if I’d lost yet another lid. It was for the perfect sized container for my breakfast. Class went well, but I think I talked too much. I tried to compress six years of blogging experience into 90 min and I could have talked for five hours. Seriously.
August 29th, 2013 at 7:44 am
I wouldn’t take your class on lid-finding, but your students couldn’t find a better blogging teacher than you! 🙂
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August 29th, 2013 at 8:17 am
I am sorry but I cannot help you find your lids. I do not understand this concept of “leftovers.” I eat everything all up! I am a good goat. My four stomachs need sustenance.
I’d ask AbbyGoat
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August 29th, 2013 at 9:48 am
Okay, this is freaking hilarious!
Once, I accidentally threw away my KEYS, which of course meant I had to dig into the garbage to retrieve them. *nasty*
“If you have to rubberband a lid to a container, you’re lidding all wrong.” – That cracked me the hell up.
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August 31st, 2013 at 9:03 am
Proof that I’m neurotic (as if anyone needed more): I tossed out all my containers and bought a matching set so I no longer have to dig for lids that fit. It’s the little things.
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September 22nd, 2013 at 3:32 pm
It’s not your fault. Planned obsolescence has always been with us. The newer containers are manufactured so that many of them simply evaporate. Lids are made with materials possessing built-in shrinkage so, more often than not, you will not be able to find the right size lid once you use the container. It’s better for your mental health to blame as many problems as you can on someone else. Blame the contained constructors.
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October 21st, 2013 at 1:21 am
I worry that you have a teaching job… 😉
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