For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for January 06, 2013

How about fetch the sponge mop and a bucket of suddy water?

Never say “go away.” Every minute with your child is gold you can never reclaim.

At his age, Mike knows what will happen when you shake a beer or soda.

Have been tempted so many times to do just that w/hubby, but of course I’d have to clean it up. So have the grandkids

Some years back, I went off on break with some of the other nurses on the ward to the cafeteria. I bought a coke which I promptly dropped. I picked it up an let it stand for a while to settle. We sat down and Sandra was having a salad from a Tupperware box. She somehow managed to lose control of it sending mayonnaise covered salad all over the place. Just seconds later I decided to try opening the bottle of coke and it promptly exploded foaming liquid over the remainer of the area we were sitting in. The looks from the cafeteria staff spoke volumes and the place looked like a disaster area. We stayed away from the cafeteria for a while. To this day they remember the day the Emergency Assessment Unit staff trashed the place.

Tell him there’s a quater hidden in a bureau drawer. That will keep him busy for the rest of the day.

Remember John, YOU ASKED FOR IT!

Looks like a Labatts Blue.

Sure is a lot of beer in that fridge. John might need to check into AA soon.

Last night I was putting a can of (warm) soda in the fridge, accidently dropped it and ……………….guess what happened? LOL

That was a good story!

I remember going to a training when I worked for county. The trainer woman part of her traing had a can of pop. She wa shaking it over and over. I do not remember what the training was about but we all did not want her to open the can of pop.

John next time tell Mike not to shake can. Why does dad allow a small boy to get a can of beer. Not great impressions. He should have asked for a can of pop. Be sticky when spraying.

Memories of a get-together of the female relatives at our house when I was about 8. Mom asked me to get another bottle of home-made rootbeer. Ran down to the cellar and came RUNNING back up, not knowing that there were COLD bottles in the fridge. (Do you know how hard it is to clean rootbeer off of the ceiling, wals, floor, etc.??) OOOOPS! LOL

you should wait before opening a beer (or soda) after its been shaken.

What a truly horrible thing to write!

Rule #1: ALWAYS tap the top of the can and let it sit after anyone brings it to you. You just never know.

We still lose one or two people each year in the pools Lynn writes of (in the appropriately named Lynn Canyon.) There are fences but people climb them or jump from the high cliffs

JP Steve: Thanks. I was wondering whether it was Lynn Canyon, or the bigger (and expensive) Capilano one. Having never been there before, the hiking party went off without me while I was getting some Baden-Powell trail info. I had to track them the whole distance. Fortunately one of them had a nick in their Vibrams, so it wasn’t as difficult as it could have been.

Then there was the unfortunate incident involving the Cold Duck effervescent wine and the kitchen ceiling…Or, how about surstromming? Start with Scandinavian fish paste and can it. Then let it ferment (ie, rot) and build up pressure for a few months; you can tell when it’s ready because the can will bulge. Rumor has it that it is banned for transport by airplane because the cans occasionally explode.

He deserved that, and more! Having an innocent kid exposed to a house (and dad!) full of beer was bad enough: asking him to bring it to him was inexcusable!

Lynn, I hope you will reconsider the next time you think of connecting a kid with alcohol. I did not find this amusing. A soda would have made the same point.

Soda in a detergent bottle?How did they get all the soap out of it.Soda and detergent don’t mix.Neither do alcohol and gasoline.And it tastes horrible!