The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for August 12, 2024

Definitely time to replace it then.

Quite the smoke show

It’s a good thing that is not Gladys’ cooking fault this time.

So should we have a smoke detector for our smoke detector?

That’s what happens when you buy the smoke detectors on Temu.

Made in China.

Brutus’ life is full of these ironies, otherwise he wouldn’t be the Born Loser. Where I live, people love to use their fire pits. What they don’t love is putting them out properly. I have probably had less than 7 days in the last month where my detector didn’t wake me up. Even replaced the battery in hopes that was the problem.

up in smoke…

Flying insects can set off a smoke detector. Could the culprit be a firefly?

it must’ve sensed something was wrong due to lack of no bad cooking in awhile so it panicked. :}

Nice curveball! I was expecting a Gladys cooking gag. Nice dose of irony to start the week!

Thought it was going to be a cooking joke.

It figures huh Brutus ?

Not a good message.

Brutus is a mine of information. To be honest in agreement, I had a 9 volt battery “explode” in one of my smoke detectors. Sounded like a fire cracker pow popping or gunshot. What the heck was that and beep beep beep beep. Now I am replacing all my old standard detectors with 10 year or longer new detectors that you discard. No battery replacement. One in every room like I have now. I had put one in every room due to my late not being able to walk. Just in case. I would need every second if time possible to get her out of home. She passed mar of 2023 but I intend to keep smoke detectors in every room still. Grands/Great and Great Greats. Time is the most important element we have in life that Good Lord gives us. And we should use our time wisely. I love Uncle Ted outlook on life and Brutus and their honest values. The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom get two thumbs up daily with me. Well done – praise and honor.

Very funny but only Brutus could have that happen. Hopefully, he didn’t install it…..

I think you need a new smoke detector, Brutus.

The house we live in was in a fire and suffered extensive damage. We moved in after the remodel. FLASH FORWARD… Several years after we moved in, the house next door caught fire and burned beyond repair. It was determined that the cause of the next door neighbors fire was a pool table light that the former owner of the house we live in gave to our neighbors after the fire that damaged our house! IRONY!

Are you sure it wasn’t Mother Gargle burning one of her concoctions?

Oh no, what is Gladys gonna do without her cooking timer?

A couple of years ago, we smelled smoke in our apartment. We didn’t know where it was coming from or what caused it, so we called the fire dept. Once they got to our apt. they searched and searched for the source of the smoke, but couldn’t find anything. So they left. Well, after they left, we went back inside and we finally found the source: It was a burnt surge protector underneath a computer desk. Those “professional” firefighters gave up too easily! Pathetic, isn’t it?

Now Brutus is in never-never land. The only thing the fire department would say would you need to change out your battery.

At least it wasn’t an air fryer. We had one that set off our smoke detector even when it was warming up with nothing in it! The next one we got, didn’t do that.

Just had this happen, or very close to it at least. Battery was weak in smoke detector, so I replaced it…but wasn’t paying very close attention to the way I put the battery in…had it backwards, 9 volt. There was just enough space for the one contact to touch the terminal. Fortunately, I left it on the counter for later and started doing something else. About an hour or so later I went to put the alarm back on the ceiling, but noticed the battery was really hot, and that’s when I noticed my boo-boo. Took battery out and let it cool off in the sink, though I’m not going to risk trying to use it or the alarm again (alarm is old anyways so no loss).