contraptionization

i have made an ingenious a redneck contraption.

and this is it.



allow me to backtrack. i was washing clothes one night. mounds and mounds of laundry. the washer had worked fine the whole day, until that night. i went to put a load into the dryer and opened up the washer lid to find my washing machine filled with water and my clothes unspun. my washer had quit in the middle of the cycle and wouldn't spin. you know the switch (when you close the lid) that has to be down when it's in the spin cycle? come on, admit it. we've all stuck a pencil or something in the switch so that we could watch the clothes spin.

what? that was just me?? uhh...

anyway, well the switch broke and wouldn't spin a few months ago and then before ben got a chance to fix it, it started working again. when it first broke i could stick a pen or a toothbrush in the tiny little hole to trigger the switch and then take it out. and then that night it finally bit the dust. almost.

until my contraptionization instincts took over. i stuck the toothbrush in the hole and maneuvered it around until the washer started.

now how am i going to make the toothbrush stay at this angle?



ah hah!! the vinegar bottle! i'll just prop that up against the toothbrush...



but then how will i get the vinegar to stay? maybe if i lean it up against the lid. erg! the switch depressor on the lid is in the way and now there's a little gap so it won't stay...



hmmm... let's see if ben's paint bucket can prop the lid open. ugh! the bucket is sliding because it's too light. oh! i got it! i'll use the other paint bucket full of dirty brushes to keep the lid-propping-bucket in place.



voile! perfect!




hey, whatever it takes to be able to cook and clean read blogs or play online games instead of standing there for the entire cycle holding a toothbrush at just the right angle...

have you ever contraptionized?!