C, because if I leave it on the floor, I will inevitably trip on it, either before or after it melts.
C, but if I’m not fast enough, E.
D, and I rent. But it’s mainly because I have a VERY bad back. (Slipped a disc while I was pregnant. By the time she was out and I could have had surgery, it was already half healed in an awkward position, but jjuuuusssstt good enough so that the insurance co. could refuse to cover it.)
Caring for a toddler requires a large amount of bending and lifting, and very little else ranks as important enough for me to add to the daily strain.
Seriously folks, be nice to your back. You’d be amazed at how many things you need it for!
It happens to me all the time. I pick it up, toss it *at *the sink, where it hits the rim, toilet-seats around an arc of 270 degrees, and flies back out, generally landing under the dining room table or some other inaccessible location.
Then, I get down on all fours, attempt to retrieve it (I own, and have hardwood floors), bang my head on the bottom of the table, scream like a banshee, and run to the bathroom to look in the mirror to see if I’m bleeding. At that point, the flowchart diverges into the “bleeding” and “not bleeding” branches, and it gets too complicated to relate.
In the end, the ice cube usually stays on the floor until it becomes one with the atmosphere…TRM
Heh. This happened to me last night while I was making a drink.
I kicked it under the fridge
I rent.
ETA: I’ve got a very bad back and tend to dodge bending to pick up things unless I really have to as I’ve thrown my back out several times doing it.
I go for the sink toss – usually a turn-around set shot.
Now that trash cans always seem to have lids on them in this germo-phobic era, it’s my only chance to make a shot indoors.
This, but change cats to dogs. I rarely put ice in my drinks anyway. Hurts my teeth.
Almost out of ice - I rinse it of and use the ice.
Lots of ice - I toss it in the sink or cats water dish.
Can’t find were it went - I stop looking and let it melt where ever it went, because it’s just water.
50% of the time D, 50% of the time C. I own the house.
We have tile floors so D or just leave it lying there - if I am getting happy I am liable to actually kick rather than just nudge, and have it bounce back somewhere.
Oh yeah, and we own, but renting or owning I have never treated a house differently in terms of cleaning.
Usually D. Unless the cat beats me to it, in which case I just leave it.
C. Although we have tiled floors atop concrete, so D wouldn’t be a problem (there’s more water there every time the floor gets washed!) – but it’s a safety hazard while frozen, and just icky to step in when melted but not yet dry.
This my answer as well, except that I have two dogs, and they are females.
I live on a boat. I just toss it overboard.
I’ll answer D, even tho I usually just kick it out of the way. I live in a desert, so it’s going to be gone in a short time. I just make sure the little puddle isn’t in a traffic area, so I don’t slip or track crap thru the house.
Oh and since someone asked, I rent. But if I owned I’d do the same thing. Like I said, I live in a desert. Too much standing water isn’t really a concern here.
I leave them for the cat which is ultimately the same as D. He gets too excited with his batting it around until under the fridge it goes and fun time is over. I rent, but the floor is linoleum so it’s not hurting anything.
The 5 Second rule applies.
Definitely C. Hardwood floors, so D is out, and the front of the fridge is where the stuff that the broom didn’t quite get seems to accumulate. Back when we had cats, there was nothing in life grosser than discovering a wadge of cat hair in your ice water…
Word for word what I was going to write.
None of these. The dog will reach it before I can do anything and he plays hockey with it. He’ll grab it and toss it in the air; when it lands I kick it, he retrieves it and drops it at my feet. Rinse and repeat until it’s gone. Good times.