Is That A Carburetor in My Kitchen Sink?

Lets talk for a moment, ladies, about that lovely fixture in our kitchens. The sink. A place to wash dishes, help in the preparation of all those fabulous dinners, a bathtub for those little babies, and the gentle washing machine for our finest lingere. The Kitchen Sink. Why then, you may ask, have I titled this entry in such a manner? I shall tell you.

Most of us have a man in our lives and in our homes. And most of those men pride themselves on being able to fix a car, truck, motorcycle, lawn mower, chain saw, or anything else that has a motor, oil, grease and a noxious smell. How does the sink play into all this? Let's venture forward.

Your loving partner tries his best to help save money by fixing your vehicle. So off you go, driving his, to the grocery, to pay bills, pick up the dry cleaning, running the children to their various activities, and after all this you decide to be a gracious lady and pick up dinner. Upon your arrival home, you come into your kitchen, (yes, this is labeled your domain) and find some greasy, oily stinky car part in your sink, soaking in only goodness knows what. No sense in making a big deal out of it. It does not do any good. Here is the rub. This greasy, oily, stinky car part could be soaking in a bucket in the garage or workshop just as effectively. Why the sink? I think, after much study and personal research, I have the answer. The kitchen has great lighting (to see all the problems that the part has.) That big bright overhead light in the garage is just too bright. There is a seemingly endless supply of wiping off material available in the kitchen (Usually the best brand of papertowels we will allow ourselves to buy, and those lovely kitchen towels that get the dishes so dry, those shop towels we buy by the box just don't do the job as well). There is plenty of cold drinks available in the fridge (that small shop fridge just doesn't seem to keep a 24 pack as cold). Our darling men get so tired of running in and out to keep up with the football game (the big TV in the living room is so much more veiwable than that little black and white one set up in the garage right on the shelf near the working area.). Now we would not want our Master Mechanic to get all pooped out changing the oil or fixing that carburetor for us, would we? Light, towels (paper and cloth), Cold drinks, and TV. This is why those parts end up in that fabulous, shiny sink. It is perfectly acceptable to them to use it. It is there and it serves the purpose very well, in their minds.

So when you see this happen to you, just think, oh how much money you have saved by not sending the car to the shop! That money should just about cover the plumber that has to come out and remove all the gunk from all the parts that have now clogged your kitchen drain.