This morning, as I was putting away the dishes from last night, I realized that I was missing the screw-on cap to my beautiful vintage cocktail shaker. After searching the kitchen—it was no where to be found—I came to the conclusion that I must have accidentally thrown it out. My only option was to search in the garbage. Having recently lost a slew of important small items, I was determined to locate the cap.
About the trash: We take out the trash once a week and only once a week. I find this bizarre, but that’s the system roommates have in place; I just moved in and am not in a position to enforce my own system—yet. Therefore, we tend to have old pungent garbage which is usually only exposed when the metal lid is lifted. Also, unfortunately, I had cleaned out the fridge last night. Still, I proceeded to dig through the trash, in search of said item, sifting through un-identifiable garbage, coffee grinds, moldy pureed eggplant, ancient slimy cilantro, old tomato sauce, etc…. And I was victorious! I have safely rescued the cap!
To be honest, it wasn’t anywhere near as gross as I thought it would be. Having accepted the reality that I would be touching disgusting slimy food with my fingers, I rather enjoyed the adventure.
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Comments 1
well thats quite an amazing tale! could have been a regular odyssey of trash if you had to follow the chain a bit further along.
whatever did this so worthy of a cocktail shaker look like?
anything like these?
http://thejazzage.com/items.asp?grp=2&R=1
what is the history of those things anyway?
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