Saturday, April 9, 2011

Legends from Looney Lane.





It was 8:00 on a peaceful Saturday evening, we were sitting around with a family from Spokane, the Kerrs. The adults were drinking tea, and talking while the rest of us hung out enjoying the evening. All of a sudden the calm was shattered by their nine-year-old's cry. "Dad, I can't get the bathroom door open!" The statement was punctuated by the rattling of a 100 year old doorknob. Well, Abagail is now stuck in a 4' by 4' bathroom or as her dad put it, 'A closet with a toilet and sink.'
Instantly, her dad and Aidan are at the door and discover that Abagail is indeed stuck. Mr. Kerr's first method is to ask Abagail, "What did you do?"
"I locked it." To which he responded, "Unlock it." "Dad, I can't turn it." "Turn it the other way."
At this point Claire appears, "I have a key." she announces and proceeds to produce an ancient, rusted key. After jiggling the key in the door we discovered that it doesn't work.
Abagail's little brother, Aidan is pacing around frantically, "Please tell me Sissy's going to be okay." he said dramatically.
My dad enters the office, "Wow, you really did it to yourself this time." He announces, then leaves
"How about an axe?"
"You might want to remember that we are only renting this house."
"Hey, Roland do you have any tools?"
"Ooh, sorry, they're all packed away."
"Oh, no."
"Hey," Mrs. Kerr whips out a purple Swiss Army Knife, "Maybe this would work."
"Give it to me, hurry."
Meanwhile helpful comments are floating in...
"Well, at least she has a toilet in there, so she'll be able to "go" whenever she needs to."
"But what about food?"
"Well, we'll only be able to slide flat food under the door."
"Yeah, like pancakes, tortillas, and ham slices."
Using the flat-head screw driver (in case you ever get locked in a bathroom) Mr. Kerr disables the doorknob and takes it off. Abagail is freed from the bathroom and everything ends happily!
To his credit, Mr. Kerr managed to complete the whole operation in the small office with a giant air mattress taking up most of the room. I do have to say that Abagail was very brave and there was no drama on her part.
The first picture is of Mr. Kerr taking off the doorknob, while the second is of him putting it back on from inside the bathroom.
Well, as the old saying says 'All's well that ends well' :)
As we all sit around the living room discussing the events I conclude with,
"You do know this is going on my blog, right..."

2 comments:

  1. Love to read your stories, Kailyn!! :-)

    Aunt Mindy

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  2. What a fun story with a great ending. Keep them coming Kailyn and let us know on facebook whenever you post a new one so we can check it out.

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