Its also not grown-up sized. I don't know if Americans were between 13 and 18 inches shorter 100 years ago, but a race of mini-Chicagoans occupying the Lakeview neighborhood when my building was raised would really be the only legitimate reason for the minute size of my fridge/freezer combo.
 | |
| Surprisingly, this is the "after" shot. |
In my fridge things spoil or freeze, in my freezer the ice wall creeps around and engulfs all of my food items and, yet, some how ice cream still melts and meat spoils. Usually I just get around this by buying very little food and eating it quickly before the ancient fridge beast has time to claim it as a victim. Or I buy no food and eat Subway twice a day.
Sometimes the massive encroaching iceberg in my freezer makes me flip my grid and get a little crazy. On that special day, once a year, I calmly walk over to my tool box, carefully remove the hammer from its hammer-shaped slot, and return to the kitchen. I open the freezer door, and like a coked up Edward Scissorhands I swing the back of my hammer at the ice wall over and over again with all my might. As ice chips and chunks fly at my face, body and kitchen walls, I break a sweat and begin to see the edges of what might be a bag of frozen corn or a bottle of Jagermeister.
Eventually, my bare feet are covered in an inch of ice on my kitchen floor, and the freezer looks more like a storage space for food and less like the ice-cave of a Yeti.
It most likely still won't freeze food, but at least I feel better about it.
1 comment:
Thank you for the afternoon bout of laughter. My colleagues now think I'm a little nutty for cracking up at my desk, but that's fine.
I'm sorry my laughter had to come at your (your food's?) expense! Perhaps one day you'll hear a knock on your door and a mysterious delivery person will tell you that your landlord has splurged and they've come to give you a new fridge. I hope this day comes soon.
Cheers, Jean!
Post a Comment