Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Another use
Our dishwasher died again. This is the third or fourth time this has happened, so we bought a new one. While removing the old dishwasher, I realized that I didn't have the proper tool required to remove the drainage hose. The clamp required a flat-head screw driver to loosen the screw. Since I was in the kitchen, I saw no need to walk to the garage and get a flat-head - for in the drawer next to the dishwasher was a perfectly good tool for the job... a butter knife!
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Butter knife
Yesterday, Heidi stuck the SD card into my Canon SD300 camera upside-down. It got very, very stuck. I was as mad as a hatter (but I calmly did not let on). I got it out with a little help from a butter knife.
The butter knife is really quite a versatile tool. I suspect its most common secondary purpose is to act as a flat-head screwdriver. My earliest memories of the butter-knife-as-a-tool involve a TV and the little cylindrical transformer that you had to use to connect the cable to the back of the television. Remember those things? Remember using a butter-knife to tighten those little screws that held that thing to the TV?
I've also heard you can use them with an empty 2-litre Coke bottle, an electric stove (with those coil elements) and some hashish. "Hot-knives" is what all the kids called that use of the butter knife.
And of course it spreads butter. But its versatility allows it to spread much more than just butter. Other common items that can be spread include:
It's St. Patrick's day. I'm going to go get a beer.
The butter knife is really quite a versatile tool. I suspect its most common secondary purpose is to act as a flat-head screwdriver. My earliest memories of the butter-knife-as-a-tool involve a TV and the little cylindrical transformer that you had to use to connect the cable to the back of the television. Remember those things? Remember using a butter-knife to tighten those little screws that held that thing to the TV?
I've also heard you can use them with an empty 2-litre Coke bottle, an electric stove (with those coil elements) and some hashish. "Hot-knives" is what all the kids called that use of the butter knife.
And of course it spreads butter. But its versatility allows it to spread much more than just butter. Other common items that can be spread include:
- Peanut butter (a form of butter, made from peanuts)
- Jam (or jelly)
- Cheeze Whiz (available in Canada only I think. But that's okay. It's gross.)
- Cinnamon Spread (available in Canada only I think. Too bad. It's great stuff).
- Cream Cheese (I prefer a dedicated "spreader" for this, but a butter-knife works in a pinch.)
- Margarine
- Mayonnaise (I prefer Miracle Whip.)
It's St. Patrick's day. I'm going to go get a beer.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
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