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MaW Started conversation Nov 9, 1999
Does anybody know a trick for getting rid of crumbs on your worktop left over from preparing food ie bread? Other than using a dustbuster, that is
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Waza Wasabi Posted Nov 10, 1999
There are numerous ways to clean up crumbs (not including said Dustbuster).
1. Dog -- this only works, however, if you indeed have a dog. Also consider the area the crumbs are located on, if it happens to not enjoy pooch saliva, avoid this solution. Keep in mind that using a dog to clean up your crumbs will only eventually transfer the mess elsewhere, in a less attractive form.
2. Air-In-A-Can -- you can use these useful items (which are multi-purpose, really.. I've invented new ways to use these myself), and just blow the crumbs away. A cheap alternative is your mother-in-law.
3. Those rather nifty restaurant metal scraper things that you see your waiter use to clean up your mess when you nervously shred your baguette to bits on a bad date -- especially useful on white tablecloths.
4. Maid -- maid service is always a wonderful thing. Just beware that calling her up in the morning at 4:30AM to remove crumbs from your worktop is probably not a good idea if you wish her service to be continued.
5. Your Own Hands! Yes, this is a very reliable way to clean up crumbs, especially when used in conjunction with a small broom or brush. You even have two of them, so one can be used to hold the crumbs until you reach the wastebasket. Novel!
I hope my crumb experience helps.
--WW
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MaW Posted Nov 11, 1999
Air-in-a-can also transfers the mess to another place, although if it's on the floor you can use an ordinary vacuum cleaner, instead of the forbidden Dustbuster.
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The Harassed Designer Posted Nov 12, 1999
If you are miles from the nearest 'air-in-a-can' retailer, presumably you could use a drinking straw to propel the crumbs floorwards. More 'air-in-a-person' really, crude but effective. Inhalation, rather than exhalation could, I suppose, result in a choking hazard if the crumbs were particularly small.
On another tack, does anyone know whether the peculiar 'always falling butter side down' law of gravity applies to toast crumbs?
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Taipan - Jack of Hearts Posted Nov 12, 1999
'always falling butter side down'
This law only applies over a given height. As most tabletops are designed for humans of roughly the same height, you won't discover the possible variation in this law in most environments. Of course, the possiblity of ending 'butter side down' is also inversely proportional to the amount of butter you put on in the first place.
If most humans were even half a foot taller, and therefore most tabletops were placed at a higher level to accomodate this, then the law would actually be the exception.
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MaW Posted Nov 12, 1999
Young humans are taller... tables need to be redesigned. Well, doorways do at least. And no, I don't think I'll try the drinking straw idea. Hyperventilation is not my idea of a good way to clear up crumbs. And what do you do with the crumbs once you've cleared them up? Do birds eat crumbs?
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Lupa Mirabilis, Serious Inquisitor Posted Nov 13, 1999
Don't you mean directly proportional? The more butter, the greater the probability, right?
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Waza Wasabi Posted Nov 15, 1999
I think I would prefer the crumbs to the mess birds would make.
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MaW Posted Nov 15, 1999
Hey hey hey! If the birds shit on the lawn, it's better than your carpet, isn't it? Or are you worried about your windows and cars?
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- 1: MaW (Nov 9, 1999)
- 2: Waza Wasabi (Nov 10, 1999)
- 3: MaW (Nov 11, 1999)
- 4: The Harassed Designer (Nov 12, 1999)
- 5: Taipan - Jack of Hearts (Nov 12, 1999)
- 6: MaW (Nov 12, 1999)
- 7: Lupa Mirabilis, Serious Inquisitor (Nov 13, 1999)
- 8: Lupa Mirabilis, Serious Inquisitor (Nov 13, 1999)
- 9: Waza Wasabi (Nov 15, 1999)
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- 11: MaW (Nov 15, 1999)
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