My husband tried to 'fix' the dishwasher with a leaf blower.

By @karalately · Family

He was so confident it would work. Now the kitchen is full of soap and the dishwasher is definitely still broken.

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I don't even know where to start. The dishwasher wasn't draining. I told him I'd call a guy in the morning. they said no, he's got it. An hour later I hear a noise like a jet engine starting in the kitchen. I walk in and he's got the big orange leaf blower from the garage. The front of the dishwasher is off and he's just blasting air into it. they said he was trying to 'blow out the clog'. Which makes zero sense, but he had this look of total concentration on his face. Of course, there was still some water and soap in the bottom. So the leaf blower just turned that into a foam cannon. Suds went everywhere. On the cabinets, the ceiling, the dog. The dog was terrified. He finally gives up, looking defeated. The kitchen is a disaster. It smells like 'fresh rain' dish soap. And the clog? Still there. Water is still sitting in the bottom, only now it's got little bits of leaf in it from the blower. I asked him what the plan was now. He just looked at me and said, 'well, it's not clogged with leaves anymore.' I'm not mad, it's just so stupid I can't even process it. I love him but sometimes I wonder how he has survived this long.

How people voted

Bad Move — 22% (10 votes)
Needs Context — 44% (20 votes)
Reasonable — 33% (15 votes)

Readers say “Needs Context” (44%) — 45 votes and 5 comments so far.

What people are saying

@zanelol — a real man knows when to call a professional.
@cam — cooked.
@ava — my dad once tried to use a shop-vac to 'suck the stain' out of a carpet and it just made a giant wet spot lol
@weslol — this is a future that liberals want.
@jules — lmfao

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