At times like this I want to be 12 again, when being a bonehead usually involved a mixture of parental scolding, amusing your mates, and sometimes a little pain thrown in for good measure. The ones where you got hurt were usually the most amusing.

As you get older, though, bonehead moves can get bigger and grander. They start costing your time and your money. As a kid all you have is time, and it’s usually not your money. No matter the age though, you still end up amusing your mates.

Two lessons I learned tonight:

  • When your mom told you not to defrost the fridge with a hammer and screwdriver, she actually had a good reason for it.
  • No matter how pitiful your plight seems when you’re buying a refrigerator at WalMart at midnight, it’s probably better than the guy who pulls into the lot with his engine on fire.