Vaguely reminiscent of when Dilbert created a list of what he had that someone else didn’t. As Dogbert pointed out, “so far, you have remorse, envy, and the list itself”
“Why does life keep interfering with life?” is brilliant.
“The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one’s ‘own’, or ‘real’ life. The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one’s real life." – C. S. Lewis
One time while I was walking through the main office to the mail room, I found a few screws on the floor. Picking them up I observed that one could always use a few extra screws. A nearby secretary, a rather observant religious woman, looked at me with a beet red face and asked if I wasn’t getting enough at home. She later told me, “Embarrassing? Yes. But I couldn’t resist that open line.”
Every do it yourself project requires at least three trips to Home Depot. One to get the wrong part, one to exchange the wrong part for the right part, and one to get the part you forgot the first time.
Am I the rare male who likes to shop? Everything from Saks to local thrift stores. I don’t go nuts, I just enjoy shopping. There are times I will run in for one or two items and actually buy only those items! Being retired helps. Plenty of time.
Reminds me of the days of paper gift certificates. You get a $50 gift certificate for Home Depot. But you don’t want anything from Home Depot, so you buy a three cent screw and get $49.97 in change. Then you go to the customer service desk and return the screw for three cents. Stores caught on to this and have started to issue gift debit cards instead.
Have you ever tried to find just the right screw at Home Deposit? They have about 30 or 40 feet of screws in bins about 6 feet high and they never have exactly the screws I want in the quantity I want. OTOH, if I go to my friendly (yes, they are) local hardware store, they have half as much shelf space and 5 times as many different screws. At a slightly highre price… if you could have found a box of #6 star-drive pan-head machine screws 5/8 inch long at HD in the first place.
Bottom line: Big box stores sell relatively few items and have a lot of each of them for sale whereas my local hardware store sells a lot of items and has only relatively few of each of them for sale.
I love Pig, the optimistic dreamer; but always colliding with the pessimistic realist Rat. I suppose Pig and Rat are in each of our minds and although I relate more to Pig, I always encounter Rat.(sigh). Let me go back under the blanket of happiness.
BE THIS GUY about 5 years ago
Life can SCREW you in so many different ways.
gocomics about 5 years ago
Vaguely reminiscent of when Dilbert created a list of what he had that someone else didn’t. As Dogbert pointed out, “so far, you have remorse, envy, and the list itself”
jvn about 5 years ago
Screwed again.
DennisinSeattle Premium Member about 5 years ago
“DREAM” of getting the right screw next time.
“HOPE” it does the job.
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
how complicating
Bilan about 5 years ago
As they say, life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.
jackhammer165 about 5 years ago
That sort of day is a little too familiar!
SonicFan91 about 5 years ago
Home Depot is from Timmy Failure Steve
Yontrop about 5 years ago
Next time, write down what kind of screw you need instead of making lists that don’t seem to help you.
When I make a “to-do list”, I often forget to look at it. Putting “look at to-do list” on the list doesn’t seem to help.
Ksandler4570 about 5 years ago
The True Pearls fan knows this is a rerun.
Breadboard about 5 years ago
Plan your work …. Work your plan … Croc Power !
Troglodyte about 5 years ago
Any which way, you’re screwed, Pig!
uniquename about 5 years ago
Pig, you screwed up again, but that’s what happens when you have a screw loose.
Ignatz Premium Member about 5 years ago
“Why does life keep interfering with life?” is brilliant.
“The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one’s ‘own’, or ‘real’ life. The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one’s real life." – C. S. Lewis
vics_machine Premium Member about 5 years ago
Life is life… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pATX-lV0VFk
phoenix about 5 years ago
Plumbing. Plumbing always takes six trips to the DIY store.
BiathlonNut about 5 years ago
One time while I was walking through the main office to the mail room, I found a few screws on the floor. Picking them up I observed that one could always use a few extra screws. A nearby secretary, a rather observant religious woman, looked at me with a beet red face and asked if I wasn’t getting enough at home. She later told me, “Embarrassing? Yes. But I couldn’t resist that open line.”
Tentoes about 5 years ago
That’s how it goes!
Nuke Road Warrior about 5 years ago
Every do it yourself project requires at least three trips to Home Depot. One to get the wrong part, one to exchange the wrong part for the right part, and one to get the part you forgot the first time.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 5 years ago
Am I the rare male who likes to shop? Everything from Saks to local thrift stores. I don’t go nuts, I just enjoy shopping. There are times I will run in for one or two items and actually buy only those items! Being retired helps. Plenty of time.
TheWildSow about 5 years ago
I’m suddenly getting a bunch of Home Depot ads!
COL Crash about 5 years ago
So it isn’t so easy that we don’t have to work on it constantly.
Dis-play name about 5 years ago
Measure twice, cut once, say “Oh F**k!” three times and go back to the Home Depot.
Rotary12 Premium Member about 5 years ago
That was my life yesterday, but it was plumbing, not screws.
DCBakerEsq about 5 years ago
I have a screw loose.
Ermine Notyours about 5 years ago
Reminds me of the days of paper gift certificates. You get a $50 gift certificate for Home Depot. But you don’t want anything from Home Depot, so you buy a three cent screw and get $49.97 in change. Then you go to the customer service desk and return the screw for three cents. Stores caught on to this and have started to issue gift debit cards instead.
Gent about 5 years ago
Life, the screwdriver.
rgcviper about 5 years ago
“We’re all damaged in our own way. Nobody’s perfect. I think we are all somewhat screwy, every single one of us.”
— Johnny Depp
Cornelius Noodleman about 5 years ago
I have done the exact same thing, gone to Home Depot, bought the wrong screw, and had to go back!
Concretionist about 5 years ago
Have you ever tried to find just the right screw at Home Deposit? They have about 30 or 40 feet of screws in bins about 6 feet high and they never have exactly the screws I want in the quantity I want. OTOH, if I go to my friendly (yes, they are) local hardware store, they have half as much shelf space and 5 times as many different screws. At a slightly highre price… if you could have found a box of #6 star-drive pan-head machine screws 5/8 inch long at HD in the first place.
Bottom line: Big box stores sell relatively few items and have a lot of each of them for sale whereas my local hardware store sells a lot of items and has only relatively few of each of them for sale.
Sisyphos about 5 years ago
Pig seizes Life. Life seizes Pig. Pig is screwed, Rat chirps.
That’s Life in the PBS lane, folks!
lenrph about 5 years ago
I love Pig, the optimistic dreamer; but always colliding with the pessimistic realist Rat. I suppose Pig and Rat are in each of our minds and although I relate more to Pig, I always encounter Rat.(sigh). Let me go back under the blanket of happiness.