I hope you get a kick out this! It's a good story. It happened awhile ago, but I figured you would appreciate hearing it.
The night Brock and I arrived home from our honeymoon (road tripping from Arizona to Arkansas), we were exhausted. We didn't have a TV or we might have ended up in front of it. Instead we decided to go to the cheap theater and watch a movie. We also decided that we would put in a load of laundry before we left since we had been gone for several weeks. So we put a load in our brand new washer and dryer, made sure it was running smoothly and left for the movies.
BIG MISTAKE!
Allow me to show you. This is what our washer and dryer SHOULD look like:
This is what we came home to:
So, you see, we were a little disturbed. The first thing Brock did (before he took the video) was grab the broom and search the house for intruders. I didn't think that was the problem, but after he didn't come back for a few minutes, I got a little scared. But then he came back. No one in the house.
There was water all over the floor so we had to clean that up... we didn't have many towels at the time, so that was an adventure in and of itself. Paper towels, a small carpet, you get the idea. We put everything back where it goes and went to bed.
The next day, we put in our second load and Brock sat across from the washer and watched it. I laughed. When it got to the spin cycle, it started shaking out of control, and pushing the dryer against the wall where we found it the night before.
Now before I go any further... I told Brock that night that it was the spin cycle and it was just shaking too hard. I don't think he quite believed me.
Ok, back to the story. So Brock calls his dad while he is rereading the instruction manual where he finds in the VERY BEGINNING... "Before your first use, remove the shipping bolts..."
"Hey, Dad. Did we remove the shipping bolts?"
He fumbles around the washer.
Nope. Did not take off the shipping bolts. Problem solved.
Let this be a lesson to all: Read all of the instructions, even if you think you know! And take off the shipping bolts! Oh, and don't leave your house the first time you use a brand new, large appliance... Just in case. Learn from our mistakes, Arizona!
Much love,
Arkansas
So I'm curious. What exactly was Brock going to do with the broom? I mean, really. I understand that the man is a black belt... Is the broom really going to make him that much tougher than he already is?
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