Sunday, November 20, 2011

Beauty And The Beast....

Behold the fair maiden...

She looks happy now, but in her castle lurks a deep dark secret.  There is a beast living down there, feeding off her wallet good will and treacherously guarding some precious secretive square footage territory.  But, never fear, this maiden has a plan. 

First, she must locate a handsome knight, minus the amour...



Next, she must convince him that defeating the beast will guarantee him rule of the new territory, bat her eyelashes, and promise to leave him in forvever indebted to her graces for years to come.  Once she has conned him into he has agreed to his quest, he must locate the beast, deep in the bowels of the fortress...

Then, whilst the Beast lays sleeping and unsuspecting it's demise, he donns his crappiest best sweats amour he wields his mighty saws-all sword. He frees it's claws from the walls it was feeding off for over 75 years.  With a mighty shove from his bulging biceps and thankfully not throwing out his back he banishes it to the deepest darkest part of her dungeon, for months on end hoping Beauty forgets all about it.   Broken from weeks of solitary confinement, the beast surrenders and Beauty is left to drain it's blood, drip by drip.  She let the blood steep, releasing all it's poisons and hazardous aromas into the air, until she can convince her neighbor she needs 45 gallons of heating oil, prepare the body.  There the Beast sits, an empty carcass of what it once was.

Working in pairs, the ancient ritual begins.  Similar to cow tipping Beauty pushes the body over and her Knight breaks off it's legs with one swift turn of the wrench move....



Now smaller and able to fit through the basement dungeon door, they argue over work together to determine the quickest way to vacate him from the premises.  He They decide on brute force, and push and shove the broken carcass out into the fresh air.  The sunlight and weather exposure start decaying the body almost immediately.  Left sitting in the lesser traveled parts of the forest, it is time to disembowel the Beast and see what's left inside. Already dead and no longer a threat to explode into flames her, Beauty wields the saws-all sword and with three additional backup swords, the Beast is cut....


Leaving it's insides exposed...

The dismembering process screeches to a halt as the sword begins to smoke from the heat of the still not quite dead Beast.  Two days pass as she waits for it's oil sludge guts to settle.  Just before dark, she finises the cut, removes the top and reveals the entrails of the Beast that robbed her of so much money every winter.  She begins to scrape out it's insides, packaging it neatly for disposal.  She tucks it away for the hazardous waste day special transit out of her kingdom. She knows, there is only one thing left to do.

They get the sticks...

They get the matches...


Weenie anyone?

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  1. I loved reading this. Made me laugh. Great imagination and writing!!! Hope all is well in your world! Hugs.

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  2. Wow. Most people just call a removal person. So much more fun your way. ;)

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  3. The truth will out, as we can see in your post. I have plenty of work around my house for you and the knight.

    Love,
    Lola

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  4. What an under-taking!
    Like...I'm telling you. ;0)

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  5. Love it! Awesome end to the money-sucking beast. Well done, Queen of Kick-Ass (and your Knight too.)

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  6. Great story. And I swear the best grilled meats always come from contraptions like that. My husband made one and the hamburgers were so dang good. I miss it. heehee

    Cute ics!

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  7. Thanks Barb. :)

    Ami - I tried that, they wanted $600-$800 to remove and dispose of the empty tank AND this did not include the cost of permits and inspection. For that money, waiting until HW day for the 5 gallon bucket of sludge and GIVING away 45 gallons of clean, filtered oil was the way to go.

    Lola - The knight and I are tired. Maybe next week ;)

    Female - It was a very LONG process. :)

    ADoC - I switched to propane in 07. In 06 my total bill for the year was $2,600. In 07 it was $1700. We moved a heat vent and from there on it's been about $1200 a year. :)

    Skippy - I KNOW! We haven't cooked on it yet, we've been trying to burn off all the toxic stuff first. But I swear it ate my scrap wood pile in an hour flat. I have a friend who makes firepits from old washing machine drums. At night the holes on the outside light up. It's actually beautiful.

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  8. Built a couple grills that way. Ate lots of BBQ off them.

    Enjoy

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  9. Meant to tell you...the both of you look Marvelous!

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  10. What a great story! :) I loved the approach to telling the tale...way to slay the beast! :)

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  11. Suthern - Yummy. :)

    Female and Jewels - Thanks! Who whould have thought that I'd have a picture of Tony dressed as a knight? Oh wait. Everyone. I also have a picture of him in chain mail, modeling in a subway station, wearing a pirate hat, screaming like a little girl on a rollercoaster, dressed as a gangster, catching the jumping water at disney world in his mouth...

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  12. Best fairy tale ever! Move over Hans Christian Anderson!

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  13. Hey now you have a ready made fire pit! Ingenious!

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  14. Fair maiden, thow duth tell a most excellent tale.

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  15. You go girl!

    I almost spit out my coffee onto the computer, laughing!

    Thanks for the giggle....I'll take a wienie! Lots of mustard!

    Glad you found your Prince!

    Am I next? Hope so!

    Lisa
    xoxo

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  16. Love that the princess was so helpful to the prince. That doesn't really look like a fun project but at least it is done!

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  17. the beast...what a fun read :)

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  18. That was a very exciting way to describe a very tedious chore. I look forward to the next chapter in your epic struggles at the castle.

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  19. Genius and hilarious all at the same time. Well done, you.

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  20. Happy Thanksgiving dear friend! And BTW, I haven't had the Cadbury Egg yet...sharing it with Peanut on Saturday. Yes, I'm crazy.
    :)

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  21. I LOVE this post. You wrote it so well. Plus, that picture of you is gorgeous!

    I had to come over to your blog since it's Thursday. My favorite thing about Thursday is your blog. And today I'll get turkey too boot--I love turkey :0)

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