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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

why are there ninjas on my lawn?


I am sitting at the dining room table feeding my son breakfast when a thought hits me like a truck, I need more screws!! Wood screws in particular! See, all car guys (perhaps everyone who enjoys working with there hands) have a junk drawer, a drawer with every nut bolt screw strap ball bearing battery and screw that accumulate over time. Mine is a series of penut butter jars all with lids. I don’t have any drawers in the shop so this will suffice for the time being. Every time I strip anything I keep all the hard where and sort it into one of these jars so when the time comes when I need a fastiner for whatever, it is likely I have it! I also have a large magnet that came off an old subwoofer with a string tied around it so I can drag it arrowed the floor to pick up any and all that hit the floor. Because of the sheer quantity of fastiners I have accumulated, it is just faster and easer to get a new one rather than pick up the old ones.
Anyhow, I have realized that although I have a large quantity of bolts and sheet metal screws, I have no wood screws! Now I feel that I need woodscrews in order to round out my supply of junk fastners. The emphasis is on junk! They must be odds and ends. This causes a dilemma because it is a matter of pride that my supply has cost me nothing! Just remnance of old projects that are long gone. So what should I do? Do I go buy some screws? This would cost me money and therefore not fit into the theme of the junk drawer or jars! I don’t very often work with wood so I don’t have any leftovers. How is a guy supposed to have a well stocked junk supply if he doesn’t have access to wood screws? Now some of you faithful readers will be asking “if you don’t work with wood then you don’t need wood screws, now, do you!” To you I say pshawaa! I reject your reality and substitute my own!
As I see it my only option it to hang around my brother-in-law Darrell and steel him blind! He has a basement finishing business and as such uses screws! I can then rest assured that the screws cost ME nothing

Wikkidcool
Seeyaalllatter!

2 Comments:

Blogger Lorraine M said...

It consistantly amazes me how your mind works. As you know our garage is full of junk... you will just love helping us prepare for the wicked awesome garage sale this year!! My only thought is that when all the junk and screws is taken out of the old old garage... IT WILL COLLAPSE!!!

3:07 PM

 
Blogger Pants since 1986 said...

this looks oddly familiar...i think it was on an episode of seinfeld...

5:41 PM

 

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