"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
news:L9IWn.84196$Yb4.47167@hurricane...
> notbob wrote:
>
>> I guess the reason why I've eschewed this particular device all these
>> years --there were accomadations for one in my last place and I never
>> even considered installing one-- is that my grandparents always
>> sternly admonished my brother and I to not TOUCH that thingie under
>> the horrible threat of NO DESSERT! or some other heinous retribution.
>> I can't believe that "rule" has remained so deeply ingrained in me,
>> literally all me life! All the more bizarre as I've worked as a
>> resaurant dishwasher a couple times and in the pearl diver fraternity,
>> we live and die by those squirty things. Yet, I unconsciously didn't
>> even consider touching that little do-hickey in my own abode, despite
>> it being just inches away. Jaysus! ...talk about childhood baggage.

> I loved this story. That's funny stuff right there, don't touch the
> sprayer! That's because it's probably the most fun toy in the kitchen
> for a kid.
> nancy

Great story, notbob. Wise comment, Nancy. My small grandson wreaked havoc in
the kitchen one day with my spray.

Felice