I Need a Man, Or…

Posted on June 21, 2015 by fitz
Stymied.

Stymied.

My muscles and telekinesis skills are equally ineffective.

I need to either get married or start building bookcases out of balsa. Or just borrow a husband…again.

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Woodworker, writer, editor, teacher, ailurophile, Shakespearean. Will write for air-dried walnut.
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17 Responses to I Need a Man, Or…

  1. freonguy's avatar freonguy says:
    June 21, 2015 at 5:30 pm

    Oh my!

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  2. Bartee's avatar Bartee says:
    June 21, 2015 at 5:53 pm

    rent don’t own…

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  3. Zach's avatar Zach says:
    June 21, 2015 at 5:56 pm

    Lift it with books – one at a time under alternating ends until you can slide it back…

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  4. David's avatar David says:
    June 21, 2015 at 6:02 pm

    How about a dolly?

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  5. Mike Davis's avatar Mike Davis says:
    June 21, 2015 at 6:48 pm

    I have always worked alone, I learned early on the advantages of leverage, wheels, and the inclined plane. Use your mind for working out a plan, gathering the right tools, and putting every mechanical advantage to work for you. And if all else fails an offering of cold beer works wonders.

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  6. J.C.'s avatar J.C. says:
    June 21, 2015 at 8:04 pm

    That’s all we’re good for? Armchair quarterbacking? C’mon, I’m sure there’s a Rent-A-Hubby outlet near you. They’re good for all sorts of things, yard work, auto repair, bug elimination as well as lifting heavy objects. And if you call now, they’ll throw in a complimentary upgrade to one that cooks too. Backyard barbecue? No problem, call now, operators are standing by…

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  7. toolnut's avatar toolnut says:
    June 22, 2015 at 3:20 am

    We’re overrated.

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  8. richmondp's avatar richmondp says:
    June 22, 2015 at 4:43 am

    You’ve seen that bumper sticker: “I may be just a man, but I can move a refrigerator.” Or some such.

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  9. miathet's avatar miathet says:
    June 22, 2015 at 2:27 pm

    Call it sculpture? Homage to incomplete trees or somesuch….

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  10. wb8nbs's avatar wb8nbs says:
    June 22, 2015 at 2:35 pm

    You could try a couple of bumper jacks.

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  11. wortheffort's avatar wortheffort says:
    June 22, 2015 at 4:07 pm

    Husband would say it’s good where it is.

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  13. John Wolf's avatar John Wolf says:
    June 23, 2015 at 1:17 am

    Helium balloons. That’s how the Egyptians did it.

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  14. SteveM's avatar SteveM says:
    June 24, 2015 at 4:24 pm

    If you don’t care to go looking for some strapping young lads to help you out then build cribbing using 2×4’s or other scrap wood to slowly raise it up to the height needed.

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