Submitted by PandaCake3 t3_zz8ysf in LifeProTips
If you reach for the thing you dropped, it’s possible you won’t get it before it goes down the drain, but if you get to the drain first, the thing you dropped will come to you!
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PandaCake3 OP t1_j2ajxcm wrote
Collateral benefits!
PrisonerV t1_j2ac4vp wrote
No need to panic for most Americans. It ends up in the disposal trap.
PandaCake3 OP t1_j2ak2x1 wrote
True, but that’s considerably more work
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crotch_lake t1_j2a709p wrote
LPT: A p-trap with cleanout is a beautiful thing.
PandaCake3 OP t1_j2a991y wrote
This is true! I also encounter a lot of sinks that are not my own though :)
Curious-Duck t1_j2a63xw wrote
While true, it’s one of those things that you can’t control- your first instinct will be your first instinct.
It’s kind of like when people tell you you SHOULD hit the deer instead of veering away, but most people will instinctually veer around even though they know not to.
FoxAche82 t1_j2afu6n wrote
I learned to juggle in my early twenties and part of that skill is reaching for where the ball will be not where it is, I can't remember the last time something I dropped actually reached the floor.