November 5, 2012

Good Idea, Bad Idea: Milk

Hello friends of blog, greetings from upper chamber of the Green-Walled Tower, where I’ve been busy with Nano for the last few days. It’s been going well and I just passed 12,000 words. Hopefully I can keep that momentum going and keep the story flowing.

Now, as Monty Python said, for something completely different:
Did you ever watch Animaniacs? It was a Warner Brothers cartoon in the 90’s that had a segment called Good Idea, Bad Idea. If you’ve never seen it, or want to watch it again, here’s the complete compilation of all of them.

Here a Good Idea, Bad Idea from my own life.

Buying milk: good idea

Putting milk in the trunk: okay idea

Forgetting about milk: bad idea

Leaving milk in trunk for several months: very bad idea

Discovering milk when it finally eats through its plastic container and then eats through the metal of the trunk and drips on the ground: very very bad idea

Yes, that actually happened. Early in our marriage, my wife and I went grocery shopping at night. We got home and said, “Didn’t we buy milk? Oh well, I guess not.” Literally months later, I noticed something white dripping on the ground. I opened to trunk to find the milk jug mostly empty, a hole in the bottom of it, and a hole in the bottom of the trunk. I guess we hadn’t opened our trunk much, since I’m sure we would have noticed the smell. So there you have it: in case you were wondering, milk can eat through a trunk.

(By the way, if you’re anywhere applicable, Happy Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes Night. Go burn something for me.)

About David Stewart

I am a writer of anything quirky and weird. I love most genres of fiction and in each there are stories that I would consider "my kind of story". View all posts by David Stewart

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6 responses to “Good Idea, Bad Idea: Milk”

Sharmishtha Basu
November 5th, 2012 at 9:27 pm

thanks for the information david. i did not knew, could not have guessed that milk can do that much damage!

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carolynpageabc
November 5th, 2012 at 10:08 pm

Well, that’s something I won’t be doing… 😉

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- David Stewart
  November 5th, 2012 at 10:31 pm
  
  Yeah, really. We didn’t mean to either. 🙂
  
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  - carolynpageabc
    November 5th, 2012 at 10:32 pm
    
    😉
    
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Kim
November 5th, 2012 at 11:37 pm

Wow David….I did not think milk could do something like that………it makes you wonder………scary stuff……:) I am happy that my posts continue to encourage, edify and inspire you……that encourages, edifies and inspires me to continue writing…….God bless you!……KIm

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- David Stewart
  November 6th, 2012 at 9:14 am
  
  Thanks, Kim. You’re great~
  
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