Thursday, February 19th, 2009...9:42 am
science fair and our experiment
It’s February and I’ve learned that that means Science Fair! But as a parent of a kindergartener, I am less than excited about “conducting a science experiment” with a 5 year old. Really, we’re only just getting over all those science experiments from a couple of years ago. Experiments done by my child alone, like what a combination of sprinkles and food coloring looks like on the kitchen counter at 4am.
Plus, I am not really the science-y type. The only experiment I’ve conducted in the past decade has been to see how long my armpit hair will grow from November to March (pretty long, in case you’re wondering).
The hubs, however, is the real scientist with a real science degree. We even have a current experiment going on right now!
This is our French dutch oven (is that right? French Dutch? I’m probably insulting them both.). See?
It may look like a dutch oven, but really today, and for the past few weeks, it is an extra large petri dish.
Just from the photo, you might notice something odd about it. It is on the deck. It is covered.
What started as dinner by the hubs has evolved into the white elephant in the middle of the room on the deck. Maybe it’s our own Super Size Me type study except I have no idea when it started and don’t have an intern to deal with innards.
Why is it on the deck? Does it smell? No. Sometimes, we’re so white trash we store our food on the deck, well, mostly beer our fridge is too full and the leftovers so huge, we put it on the deck for the night. In winter. Never summer unless no one is visiting.
And so far, this generation of raccoons has not figured out how to open the thing. Ultimately, that might become the experiment: how long will it take a raccoon to open it?
Can you guess what is inside? I’m too scared to open it. I might need one of those nuclear reactor suits to even peek in that thing.
If you don’t hear from me again, it’s because I went in with no backup.
Are you conducting any experiments? Officially or otherwise?
[In case you're wondering, the hubs and I have not discussed this pot at all. No one has nagged, no one has inferred. It's like that rule whoever sees the dog poop has to pick it up, so I see nothing. La, la, la....]
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16 Comments
February 19th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
If you don’t say anything, but just quietly move it to the workbench in the garage it can be an effective treatment method approximately 50% of the time….
February 19th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Oh, good advice, Sheri! There IS enough in the garage to distract from a pot being put there…..
February 19th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
so funny Wendy but PLEASE no posting pics of the innards w/o fair warning.
February 19th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
i forgot to tell you i love the new?? picture of becca on your site.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
My kids are constantly conducting experiements. Black widow spiders in a jar on the dining room table (will their egg sacks hatch?), things being frozen or burned, and so on. I’ve seen it all.
citizen of the worlds last blog post..I know it’s on the way.
February 19th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Maria, thanks about the photo! I’m not sure I could hold a camera up to the pot with whatever stench might come out of it… Blech.
Citizen, freezer experiments I can handle! Maybe we can always plan for those, so long as nothing is exploding in there.
February 19th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
This reminds me of the episode years ago on “Everybody Loves Raymond” when the luggage on their stairs was full and neither of them would acknowledge it for ages, — until it began to stink!
February 20th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Have you seen that Boost Mobile commercial with the couple riding the tandem bike and the girl has the really long armpit hair just flowing in the wind? Ohh it gets me every time.
February 20th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Hmmm…this sounds like our house.
GL: It started to stink because Raymond put a wedge of cheese in the luggage to rot so his wife would pick it up!
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February 20th, 2009 at 11:46 am
So that’s where my favorite pot is!
La,la,la
February 20th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Bridget, I haven’t seen that ad but I’m going to look for it now! It sounds hilarious!
Kerrie, that’s right! He put cheese in! That show was so TRUE….
Hubs, wait a minute, HUBS?? Reading the old blog, eh? We are TOO alike at times. La,la,la….
February 20th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
DUTCH!! DUTCH!!
(OOOH you SO insulted me!
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February 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I don’t know much about these new-fangled French Dutch ovens, but let’s just hope that whatever’s inside it doesn’t build up enough pressure to explode. Explosions are bad, especially stinky ones right outside your house.
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February 22nd, 2009 at 7:28 am
You want to know what’s weird? I haven’t watched “Raymond” in a really long time, but on Friday, I was upstairs folding laundry, so I flipped on the TV. “Raymond” was on TBS and that luggage-cheese episode was on! Strange.
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February 22nd, 2009 at 5:35 pm
That’s SO funny that episode was on. Comedy gold!
May 21st, 2009 at 9:17 am
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