There was a knot in my shoe lace...

[EnviroBat]

Have you ever become so frustrated with a knot in your shoe lace that you take a pair of scissors, and just cut the damn thing? And now your shoe is permanently untied...? Most likely this shoe is not going to be tied again until the shoe-lace is replaced. I'm sure that my shoe is going to come flying off now as I'm walking around on campus. Man, I will look really stupid. That knot was Herculean to say the least. I only started messing around with the knot because the damn shoe had become partially untied in the first place! I need to learn to be more patient. Maybe I'll staple the shoe to my foot for the time being...

[elana i am]

1. wire it with insulated copper wire

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. First day in Germany. Frankfurt. We had flown in the night before and...

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...after a couple hours of Army paperwork and indoctrination, we had at LEAST a full
day before they shipped us out by bus to our final duty stations.
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Lemme see what all the fuss is about that "German beer".
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My.
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OH MY!!!
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Staggered across the parking lot in the afternoon and passed out on a couch in the
Enlisted Men's (EM) Club.
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Woke up sometime later, INSISTENTLY reminded by my body that I had drunk a
bathtubful or two or beer. Stood up BOOM!!!!!!!! Fell fast and hard to the floor.
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Some joker had tied my combat boots to a heavy floor-model ashtray. A real Gordian
Knot. Struggling with it and hopping around like an idiot, I finally remembered the
Gordian Knot solution and cut myself free. Hobbled (FAST) across the parking lot,
carrying my boots in hand.
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Made me decide not to drink alcohol for my first 3-4 months in country -- at least
not 'til I had adjusted to my surroundings and situation more comfortably.
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[logosoco]

3. Anyone who has been a parent to a toddler knows

it is perfectly acceptable to get a knot out of a shoelace with your teeth!

But I would not be able to do that with my own shoes!