lesson learned #436

Another lesson was learned this morning after noticing my handiwork from last night. I had run out of cleaning supplies for the bathroom, and assumed that if I put some anti-bacterial Listerine (orange flavored) in a spray bottle, that it would serve as a substitute. Even now it doesn’t sound like a bad idea to me. In reality though, it was. I used this makeshift cleaner to clean the toilet, sink, shower, and kitchen sink. This morning I woke up and went into the bathroom. My first endeavor was to clip my toenails. So I sat down on the edge of the tub and clipped away. It was when I got up that I noticed the edge of the tub had clung to my boxers. Getting up felt like pulling off the wrapper of a candy role up. Apparently while Listerine was fighting gingivitis in my tub, it was also leaving a sticky residue for me to clean up this morning. Yeah, that sticky residue was everywhere. Imagine what my shock would have been if I had discovered this on the toilet! So I guess I’ll add that to some of the other lessons I have learned over the years like: Don’t dry pants in the oven, or don’t mess around when on scaffolding, or my personal favorite…don’t take model rockets apart and then light the gun powder in your basement. My left eyebrow never was the same after that.