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Saturday, November 1, 2003

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There are a surprising number of sentences that start with Now that I have an electric sander…

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  1. … I can finally rhyme with “eclectic stander.”
    … I think I also need an electric broom.
    … the bathtub looks a lot more ‘interesting.’
    … I just have to figure out a way to connect it to the Internet.

    Any of those close?

    Comment by Lex — Saturday, November 1, 2003 @ 7:50 pm

  2. …my wife will be asking for a custom basinet.
    …I can build that deck I’ve always wanted.
    …I can feel like Bob the Builder.

    Comment by Anonymous — Saturday, November 1, 2003 @ 9:10 pm

  3. http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Now+that+I+have+an+electric+sander%22&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

    Lies.

    Comment by kami — Saturday, November 1, 2003 @ 10:52 pm

  4. The only one I can think of is “…I can stick it in a cupboard, secure in the knowledge that if one day I have something to sand, it’ll be there.”

    Maybe I’m insufficiently domesticated.

    Comment by Charles Miller — Saturday, November 1, 2003 @ 10:57 pm

  5. You can get ready for the Spring belt sander races?

    Comment by ffej — Saturday, November 1, 2003 @ 11:15 pm

  6. … I have something else to blog about.

    Comment by Luke Hutteman — Saturday, November 1, 2003 @ 11:22 pm

  7. …now not every problem looks like a nail!

    Comment by TjL — Saturday, November 1, 2003 @ 11:59 pm

  8. …I can take all that annoying hair off my face.
    …I can put cool rock-star rips in my jeans.
    …I can make my own slicks for street racing.

    and best of all,

    …I can round off all the corners on my navigation tabs.

    Comment by Fred — Sunday, November 2, 2003 @ 12:39 am

  9. , what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

    Comment by Anonymous — Sunday, November 2, 2003 @ 2:47 am

  10. … I can easily change an enemy’s gender.

    Comment by Stefan Tilkov — Sunday, November 2, 2003 @ 9:01 am

  11. Now I can remove that troublesome facial hair in an instant.

    Comment by Don — Sunday, November 2, 2003 @ 10:29 am

  12. … I can read Doug Bowman’s sliding doors and actually get those rounded tabs
    … my wife has free pedicures
    … I can safely throw out my CD back-ups of my hard drive
    … there is no more ironing
    … we no longer have burnt toast
    … I don’t have to diet to lose those love handles
    … we no longer have sharp edges or corners and our house if finally baby proof
    … I have company-free business cards with out silly logos to get in the way
    … my grandmother can put on and remove her rouge easily
    … we don’t have to buy a food mill for the baby

    Comment by vanderwal — Sunday, November 2, 2003 @ 11:31 am

  13. The end of the sentence depends on whether it’s orbital or belt, obviously.

    Comment by Cory — Sunday, November 2, 2003 @ 3:28 pm

  14. … I can finally sand the floor, nude.

    Comment by driverdave — Sunday, November 2, 2003 @ 8:06 pm

  15. ..the sensuality has disappeared from my relationship with wood.

    Comment by Dan Isaacs — Sunday, November 2, 2003 @ 9:52 pm

  16. ….I can fix my dented car fender.
    ….for the holidays it’ll have to be my wife who I pander.
    ….I can start work on my very own moon lander.
    ….from the cat I can finally remove *all* the dander.

    Comment by Michael A. Strieb — Monday, November 3, 2003 @ 8:57 am

  17. …I’m one skull short of a Mouseketeer reunion.

    </bender>

    Comment by Ethan — Monday, November 3, 2003 @ 9:52 am

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