It Only Hurts When I Blog

Greetings, Bloggy Bakers and Purveyors of Yeasty Concoctions.

Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake, Bakers Blog. Bake me a story that isn't a dog... Ouch.

I'm in trouble this morning. Am I a loser?

Looky what I saw on the internet while I was looking up words that rhyme with 'blog'.

...and that one thing that I haven’t done for a week. (Hint: It starts with BL.) I would like to say that the reason I haven’t blogged in a week is that I am not one of those pathetic internet losers who has no social life and must spend countless hours on the net to justify their existence, but the truth is, I am one of those losers.

I prefer to think that my blogging is an act of dedication and creativity on behalf of my READERS, not because I'm some kind of virtual LOSER.

Doctor! Doctor Bloggy! Lay it out for me, Doc. Say it isn't so!!!

Well Karen, I need to express that I am somewhat concerned about your mental state when you begin your blog in this manner...

Oh, all right. I'll act normal for the rest of the blog. NOT!

Now, back to my regularly scheduled blog before my loser-tirade.

Quote of the day:
I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes. W.C. Fields

I want to tell you a couple of plumbing stories I heard yesterday. This is the TRUTH, not a random act of bloggy-fantasy.

Two different people, one of them Charlie - have related stories to me about plumbers coming to the house, starting work on the pipes, and asking for a piece of bread! Talk about interesting tricks of the trade...

When Charlie was asked, he thought 'Oh, the poor man! He works so hard he's starving and needs some food!'. When Charlie brought him the bread, he also indicated to the plumber that if he was hungry he could join him for a fried chicken dinner. He said the plumber almost fell over laughing, and said 'I'm not going to EAT it, I'm going put it in this pipe!'

Similar story with our friends. When their plumber asked for a piece of bread, the lady of the house asked him 'Do you want anything ON it?'

The technical reason for the use of bread in plumbing repair work is this - the bread absorbs any liquid inside the pipe, which is necessary for the pipe repair to be effective, but then the bread will disintegrate rapidly and be flushed out when the water comes back on as it falls apart.
A perfect and naturally-delicious solution.

I even found a do-it-yourselfers link about it...

http://www.doityourself.com/stry/plumbingpipessolder

The moral of the story is this, dearest bloggies - if you give up bread and go on a low carb diet, don't come crying to me when you can't fix your plumbing problems.

Have a nice Saturday! Love you bye!