I’m domestically challenged. I’ve admitted this before and although I’m not proud, the fact remains.
Sometimes my friends forget the extent of my, um, disability. They’ll ask me to help with “little” things in the kitchen. With my limitations, nothing is little. The beauty is that I’m always only asked once.
One of my most memorable blunders occurred when I was asked to slice tomatoes. For the average person, this might sound relatively easy. However, for me there’s a lot to consider. A tomato is round with no obvious up or down side. Therefore, when slicing a tomato, it’s not clear where to start.
Well, I sliced the tomato wrong. The person who asked me to complete this task, with full knowledge of my incompetence, couldn’t understand how I could mess up something so simple.
I’ll tell you how. There were no instructions. In the kitchen instructions are rarely detailed enough for me. That’s why I should never be asked to assist with cooking or food preparation of any kind.
Although today’s blunder isn’t technically a cliché, the sentiment still applies.
Fractured Phrase: Beefcake Tomato
Fractured Phrase: Beefsteak Tomato
May the farce be with you!
Your IFF,
Pam
Beefcake Tomato