Saturday, February 23, 2008

Garbage Pickers

I am staying with my sister, MrsOz, and her husband, TrapperJohn, for the week - hence the quiet period here. They have 3 kids and playing with them is more fun than blogging.

Anyway, my brother, Karrlll, was over last night for dinner and to hang out. A few hours after we had cleaned up from dinner, Karrlll said "Oh no. I think someone threw my retainer out." It seems he took it out before dinner, wrapped it up in a napkin, and left it on the counter. His fear...when all the table junk and papers got moved from the table to the counter, it was mixed in and thrown out. Karrrlll got the garbage bag (which had already been taken out to the can) and brought it in. MrsOz and TrapperJohn started to help Karrlll pick through the garbage looking for the retainer, picking up little used napkins, etc. You get the picture. After about 5 minutes of searching, Karrlll says "Well that's enough looking in here. I'll take this back out." For those of you who are thinking like I was, he did not give up and he did not find it in the garbage. He actually saw it sitting in his work bag - where he put it when he took it out.

Glad I didn't get off my fat butt to help!

7 comments:

MrsOz said...

I actually thought maybe it was a trick, once he said that we could stop. Picture me, standing there in two different colored gloves sorting through wet nasty trash, "What, we're done?!?!"

Not sure he'd want to put it back in his mouth if he had found it.

Anonymous said...

As funny retribution for Karrrl having us dig through a big bag of slimy, saucy garbage at midnight, I just went into his work bag this morning, got his retainer, and threw it out. Sorry, it's karma dude...

Zoe said...

Uh, I'm confused. Your Sister-In-Law? Is Mrs Oz bi and you didn't tell us. Do they have some sort of threesome thing going on there?

Sylvia said...

Thanks for catching that typo Zoe. Fixed it.

mama biscuit said...

You guys sound like you're having way too much fun!

Sylvia said...

Yes, watching MrsOz, TrapperJohn, and Karrlll digging through a disgusting garbage bag was a TON of fun for me. Not sure they agree though.

limpy99 said...

I did that once in grade school. Dug all the way to the bottom of one garbage can, right through all the discarded milk and other disgusting shit, then found it sitting nice and dry right on top of the second garbage can.