Last night my junk/tool drawer became stuck. The hammer inside the drawer had become imperfectly perfectly wedged under the lip, blocking the drawer. I couldn't see into it. There was maaayyyyybe a quarter of an inch gap between the outside of the drawer and just under the countertop. I legit started to panic.
Me in the kitchen - "No no no no no no no no no."
Me still in the kitchen after using the pliers (the only tool OUTSIDE the junk/tool drawer) to disarticulate a small metal clip that I use on bags for dry goods thinking I could bend it over the lip and shove whatever was jamming up the works back in time - "Huh, who even knew I could... DAMMIT! Too short!"
Me sweating in my kitchen, stomach gurgling, full on internal dialogue of - "Is this an allegory or a metaphor about having tools? Irony? The tools are in the drawer that is needing tools to be opened."
Panic increasing, Cassandra Mode rearing to take over ( will I or won't I poop my pants?)
While trying to stop the images of hordes of germy maintenance men invading my living space and sledgehammering my countertop to get to my drawer, I went into my bathroom to search for something, anything that might fit the bill as a tool.
Flash to me brandishing my plastic drain snake. No joke, this was a gift from my Bosom Friend. It was never intended to unblock a Junk Drawer and yet, here I am, telling you of its powers. It was ideal for this job. I shoved that sucker up and over the lip of the drawer and once it found the edge of WHATEVER MALARKEY was going on inside there, it snaked the shit out of it.
I am not so secretly proud of myself for fixing this on my own.
I have the saying from Poltergeist (altered to fit my situation) playing in my head "This drawer, is clear."
Hot tip - get a plastic drain snake. They work on drains too.
