Meet the Neighbors: The Potato Trick

Can I borrow a cup of sugar? Ha ha ha ha ha.... no ladies this is not how I met my neighbors. I didn't go over there and borrow a cup of sugar. I'm not that kind of girl. Sugar implies that I know how to cook which I do not. Plus, sugar sounds like a cook from scratch kind of thing!

You know those TollHouse Cookies that you break apart and bake, that is all the sugar I consume every now and then—I like to eat them with milk.

So, I met my neighbors when I needed a light bulb. I know I had them somewhere. But, I couldn't find them. It was late and I don't have a car so I went next door to ask about a light bulb to borrow. 

After I explained that my lamp fell over and broke the bulb, my neighbor offered to help me fix it. This is something that I knew I needed help with because the bottom of the bulb was still in the lamp. I wasn't sure how I was going to get it out. 

So "Kane" grabbed a potato and came over. He was standing outside of my door because hey he's a stranger! I ran in to grab my lamp. 

"Do you have a knife?" He asked me. A knife? Images of Law and Order: SUV flashed through my head. I think he saw my panic. Because he smiled. 

"I don't cook," I said. So he went back into his apartment and came out with half a potato. 

I was just standing there with my lamp. He gently took it out of my hand and he put the potato over the broken bulb. He push it down hard and turned it a little bit. He pulled the broken light bulb base out of the lamp! 

He told me to wipe it down with some dry paper towels. Then, he disappeared into his apartment. 

I was standing there feeling like I was missing something. Then I remembered and I knocked on his door. Honestly, I felt dumb standing there with the lamp in my hand. 

He opened the door with a paper towel in one hand and a light bulb in the other. "I figured you'd be back," he took the lamp out if my hand wiped it down and replaced the bulb. 

I thanked him and smiled. I learned something today. If you ever break a bulb in the lamp base use a potato to take it out! Plus, my neighbor is a cutie.

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