November 14, 2007
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Evil Inventions
There are some inventions, meant to be good, but they're evil. I wrote about one a long time ago, and that's cling wrap, plastic wrap, whatever you want to call the cursed stuff that will cling to a bowl so tightly the first time when my Hunni puts it on, but it will not cling to anything but itself when I gt in the bowl and try to put it back. It's evil I tell you!
Or maybe it's one of those things invented by a woman just to frustrate a man! What do you think?
Another one of those inventions is the anti-fog shower mirror. It's a highly polished piece of metal that won't fog up under normal conditions and that's great. However, droplets of water make it hard to see my reflection. Okay, I shower AND shave in the shower. I shave first and then wash. Anyway, I spray water down the mirror and it is a great reflection of my face (even though my face isn't that much to look at but that's another story). After a few seconds, the water splits like the Red Sea with Moses right down the middle, leaving the little droplets that make seeing a clear reflection impossible. Another spray of water on it and it's reflecting great; right up until I'm make a second stroke with my razor down my face. Then the water splits, the droplets make multifaceted images, and I can't see to shave. Spay the blasted mirror again, try to get in a quick couple of strokes, and I cut myself from hurrying.
By this time, I've again declared it an evil invention. Then I wonder if that's another one of those things that women invent to frustrate men. Okay, you can argue that point, but since it was a gift, I began to wonder.
I remember from Chemistry that water has a couple of properties, cohesion and adhesion. Cohesion means that it will stick to itself, such as when water droplets gather and run down a glass. Adhesion means it sticks to other things, like the glass. Water also has surface tension which will help it to stay together in a horizontal plane. So why does this stuff work for a little while in the vertical plane and then quit right when I'm trying to shave? The answer is gravity.
But then I did an experiment and sprayed water on the anti-fog shower mirror. I watched it stay a very smooth reflective surface for 5 minutes. Then I picked up my razor to shave. I made sure Moses wasn't standing in the bathroom raising his rod and making the water split, because it split, formed the little droplets in the middle, and frustrated the "stuffing" out of me. If I only cussed...that mirror would have got an ear full...but it doesn't have ears, so what the heck!
So, now I'm in the habit of spraying the mirror with the hand-held shower head while it's in my left hand and the razor in my right and trying to shave. Of course, I've already lathered up my face. I have a couple of strokes, then spray the mirror, shave some more, argh, it's ridiculous. Especially since when I'm not shaving it stays nice and smooth without the droplets.
Oh, and on top of that, yesterday that blasted mirror decided to let go of the side of the shower while I wasn't looking. When it hit the bottom, it scared me so bad that I jumped in the already wet and slick shower, and almost fell through the glass shower doors. I'm glad I didn't have a club in the shower for I might have destroyed it all.
Ninja Buck
I saw him again, but he was too far to shoot at with my bow and arrow. He had decided not to test me again. However, I'll be leaving this weekend to test him again Monday morning.
The FogWalker ponders the mysterious inventions of life....then sits down to take a nap....
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