Two wrongs sometimes make a right

MEMBER COLUMN

Jon Michaels

LW contributor

I can be a little lazy about cleaning the kitchen. Plus, sometimes when I’m on the computer, I can get a little distracted. Well, recently, I noticed that the stovetop in the kitchen was getting pretty grody.

There were a number of stains, and small amounts of hardened food stuck to it.

And I thought, “I really should clean this one of these days.” But first, I decided to make some spaghetti. Priorities! So I poured some water into a pot, and started heating it up on a burner. Then, I sat down and got on my computer. I got so involved with what I was doing that I forgot about the boiling water.

All of a sudden, I heard some splashing and sizzling sounds, and was alerted to the overflowing pot of boiling water! I hurried into the kitchen area.

What did I find? Lo and behold, the overflowed boiling water had completely cleaned the stove top!

All I needed now was a small towel to quickly mop it up. And it was clean as a whistle.

Which made me think, hey, I’d been lazy for not cleaning the stovetop, and I’d been irresponsible for not keeping an eye on the boiling water—and I was promptly rewarded.

So the next time someone patronizingly says to me, “Remember, two wrongs don’t make a right,” I will reply, “Ehhhh, I’m not so sure about that.”