there's ~1 functional adult in this household, not counting the cats. exact number varies.

[alexseanchai]

alexseanchai: *forgets to turn on burner under pot of frozen orange sauce when putting breaded chicken from same package in oven*
azurelunatic: *wanders through kitchen, turns on burner*
silveradept: *wanders through kitchen, observes wrong burner is on*

anyway we have kinda decided this one card someone sent one of us at some point is getting framed and hung in the kitchen. it is red with big white capital letters:

YOU DID
YOUR BEST
& NO ONE
WE CARE
ABOUT DIED
and dinner only got a little scorched

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[malkingrey]

Or, as a crazy Navy SEAL of Himself's acquaintance used to say, "Am I going to die? Are you going to die? Is anybody we care about going to die? Is anybody going to lose a leg? If not, then why are we worried?"

(He was a very laid-back guy, to be sure. Possibly because of a calm serenity born of the awareness that he was almost certainly the most dangerous person in any room.)

[alexseanchai]

the house did not burn down!

[malkingrey]

Exactly!

[niqaeli]

Well, probably also from the fact that in the Navy at pretty much any level you pretty well just have to make peace with the fact that the ocean may kill you even if you are smart and careful and do everything right.

I mean dealing with that reality can go a couple of ways but one of them is serene calm in the face everything that’s not likely to kill you simply because it was your unlucky day...

[malkingrey]

To quote Himself, this time: "A storm at sea is a great deal of fun, providing you aren't actively sinking at the time."

(This included, I found out some time later, the storm off the Virginia Capes that took out the ship's radio and knocked a hole in the deck of the ship big enough to flood the Forward Officers' Quarters.)

[azurelunatic]

Sounds about right

[senmut]

Sounds like our household, some days.

[alexseanchai]

heh yeah

[bladespark]

I feel that. Though I'm more functional in the kitchen than I used to be. I haven't ruined a pot in years! (I did have a close call that involved suddenly jumping out of bed and sprinting out of the bedroom shouting "Fuck! Potatoes!" recently, though.)

[alexseanchai]

I mean

(interesting bit starts at 12:45)

[alatefeline]

I love everyone in this bar kitchen...

Seriously y'all are awesome.

(PS also: Thank you for the recent offer of a quiet visit possible on short notice. I feel very honored and welcomed and also like I want to *plan* to come see y'all sometime because my brain does not Spontaneous except for Spontaneous Meltdown.)

*goes to check stove in case any burners have spontaneously turned themselves on*

[alexseanchai]

💗

[malkingrey]

*goes to check stove in case any burners have spontaneously turned themselves on*

I kill teakettles, myself. I've long since given up buying fancy ones, because then I just feel bad when I inevitably forget and leave one on a hot burner.

[azurelunatic]

💙

[azurelunatic]

🍲🔥

[cynthia1960]

Words to live by.

[notreallystars]

This is a very familiar scenario XD

[redsixwing]

I had a boss whose heuristic was "nobody is bleeding and nothing is on fire."

It's a good one.

[cornerofmadness]

This sounds much like my kitchen only there's just me messing up constantly (love the sign though)

[inoru_no_hoshi]

Fffff lmao this could be labeled as "a comedy of executive dysfunction" subtitle "one person per household has the brain at any given time and you never know who til the exact moment you need it".

[alexseanchai]

lol accurate