Sticker shock

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When was the last time you saw a man voluntarily shopping for picture frames?

So this is Aries28’s fault? (Why is she a guest, anyway?)

Seems like you have some leverage, my friend. I would suggest holding onto this until one of the 2am feedings, when’s she’s nudging you that it’s your turn to get up.

She never re-upped when the board went pay-to-play.

With the Tiniest Minion, I took the 2 a.m. feedings, because it was hard for Aries28 to fall back asleep once she woke up. Should I not have done that? Have I given away all my leverage?

No, I think you earned brownie points with Tiniest Minion. However, she did buy the picture frames with the price stickers on the glass, so you should be able to trade that for something.

Ain’t married life great?

Dish soap. I bought some cheap gaudy stemware for my Thanksgiving dinner. Every last one of them had a helpful sticker (“GLAS HOLIDAY STEM WARE MADE IN CHINA”) superglued to the damn base. Smear a gob of dish soap, straight from the squeeze bottle, and leave it for an hour or two. The sticker will come off under running water later, and as an added bonus, your lovely, talented, charming, pregnant wife can’t use it to set your favorite body part on fire! :smiley:

3M Citrus Base Adhesive remover.
Magic stuff that. Spray on, wipe sticker off.
Smells like orange rind.

Hello?? Baby shower present? What kind of husband are you? Pfft, as if scraping Jaws of Death[sup]TM[/sup] glue off frames and dodging knives around your sensitive parts show your commitment.

What?! You don’t have a razor blade?? One zip and no more sticky, no more tag. That is of course, unless you use a bunch of useless solvents first.
Huh, men.
To your wife :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: Good work!

Don’t get me wrong, I keep a bottle of Goo Gone around myself, but I had to snicker at the “Citrus Power” thing on the bottom. Sounds like a subtle reminder of orange genetic superiority. Heil Citrus!

May I recommend a wonderful little adhesive remover called Naptha. We used it to remove vinyl adhesive when I worked at a sign company, but man that stuff is great for price stickers as well.

Razor blade!? Did you miss the part where Aries28 is fond of sharp instruments?

Oh come on, she’s preggers, you can out run her.

That’s exactly what I’m afraid of. Sure, I can outrun her, but I have to sleep sometime. And I like my sticky/tag right where it is, thank you.

BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed: The Dope as a baby-shower gift. Hmmm. That has possibilities.

Yeah, like she’d have time to post. :stuck_out_tongue:

Naphtha = lighter fluid (the squeeze bottle kind for wick lighters, not the pressurized cans; that’s butane, which plays a role in a fun party trick, but is pretty well useless at cleaning anything.)

Great story, congrats on the pending tot.

I’ll second any citrus cleaner, lighter fluid, or naphthalene-based residue remover. Good Gone and Goof Off are my favourites in that department, though I always keep lighter fluid around . They work wonders. I’ve never tried WD-40, but that gives me a great alternative cleaner for when I can’t use any of the aforementioned. (Those cleaners are great for untreated surfaces, but they eat the hell out of inked and painted surfaces. WD-40 should be great for those.)

Another vote for goo-gone with the handy sprayer top. And don’t worry about buying a big bottle and having it set around. The shelf life is measured in revolutions of the galaxy.

Hang on, I’m adding to the notes … naphtha, lighter fluid, citrus-based cleaner …

Man, now I’m almost hoping there’s a complication during childbirth. “Step back, doc, I got this breach situation under control!”

(Just kidding, dear! Put the butcher knife back in the holster!)

I know it sounds like stuck stickers and stuck babies are very similar, but I think stuck babies have more in common with jar lids than stickers. Skip the WD-40. First try a rubber grabby thing. If that doesn’t work, run her under some hot water. Baby still doesn’t pop, whack it a few times with a butterknife.

Strap wrench. Tighten 'er up, give it a little torque, pops open every time, even on the toughest and crustiest of babies.