the revenge of the killer bottle cap
yesterday rerama and i had a terrible terrible time opening a particular chemical bottle...we employed several methods, and i'd like to share them with u [who knows? u might face this one day too]
#1 - try the blunt knife u see nearby. rip out the plastic ring attached to the cap
[but hey, the cap still doesn't budge]
#2 - oh look! there's a flat spatula thingy that looks usable. try prying the cap from underneath [hello....help....it doesn't work too]
#3 - let's try another knife shall we? a sharper one...the picture doesn't show the knife, because it belongs to the lab next door...and i ummm, kind of broke the tip...so i shall not put the photo just in case i get caught...
BLARDY THINGS DON'T WORK!!!
#4 - we got rid of most of the cap bits...but still no hope. then we had a brilliant idea! let's cut thru the cap and use the cap from the old bottle to replace this damn one!! yes...!!!
so u see, the cap looked as though it had been bitten and gnawed upon...but we didn't bite! [we used the neighbour's knife...but this didn't seem like an appropriate thing to do as i feel that one of us may have lost a few fingers in the process.]
THINK, think. what to do next?
#5 - added a rubber band for extra grip on the cap
#6 - used a cloth to help - the cap really hurts hands! it's painful... :(
so, we put in a team effort on the grand finale. one held the cap and the other held the bottle and we moved in opposite directions. [it was a funny thing this position, but we shall not elaborate, if u want a demo, we'd show u. so we ended up laughing instead....after a 1 minute break of laughter, we went right back to work.]
and lo and behold, suddenly there was a little bit of hope - something moved...
so we tried again, with all our might, finally!
we got the cap off!! yay!
the lesson learnt here: skip all the way to step 5 and 6 if u ever find yourself in this screwed up situation. or get a macho man to help...but sadly, rerama and i had no one to turn to at the moment. where's a hero when u need one?
:)
Labels: Crapology
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4 comments:
why didn't you jump to step #5 or #6 from the start? isn't that the sane thing to do? :P
we tried and failed. not enough strength.
and if we skipped to those steps, we wouldn't get a chance to write a post in here...
p/s: i hope i didn't spoil your new blog page - seems like u have a new theme going, with the science, and biotech. sorry if i did.
i will be permanent writer for label of 'crapology'.
don't worry, crap away...
we expect THE cap bottle will conveniently open once we chop the safety plastic ring(see #1).
well,we did time our solving skills efforts.it took 15 mins,what with only us "helpless" girls there,not enough brute strength to unscrew THE cap...right kryptic?eheh.
and step #4 nearly shortened our lifeline. (u_u)
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