So my smoke alarms starting chipring tonight. Chirping may not be the best word, as it was more like blaring for 3 seconds at a time. Of course I don’t have any 9-volt batteries on hand so, at 9:35 p.m. I found myself getting dressed and going to CVS to buy some. I came home, put in the new batteries et voila! No more chirps.
Why is this remarkable? It’s not. But my ex-husband fucking BROKE a smoke detector — yes, broke it beyond all repair — just trying to change the damn battery at our old house.
I think that was the day I realized I could not live with that man for the rest of my life.
I can forgive a lot. So he wasn’t handy for shit, whatever.
But a smoke detector? Come on! If I was one day deeper into PMS, I would have left him a VM of the chirping noises, then silence, taunting him. “This is why I took the power tools when I left, ass!”
Ah, the healing power of ridicule!
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OMG…I’m still giggling.
Comment by Izzy - May 16, 2006 10:28 pm
You make it sound so damn easy… granted the 9 volt change is easy… but sometimes those manufacturer’s PURPOSELY make those plastic brackets IMPOSSIBLE to detach the thing from… otherwise you wouldn’t need another one for years!
Comment by New York City's Watchdog - May 16, 2006 11:36 pm
Smoke detectors are the bane of my existence!
Well, them and Dick Van Patten.
BTW, if you really liked the last audio post, check out tomorrow’s LOL
Comment by Mr. Fabulous - May 17, 2006 9:51 pm
In the words of the great comic Mitch Hedberg…”I don’t have smoke alarms…I’ve just got 9v battery drainers.”
Comment by Adam - May 22, 2006 9:57 pm