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My dad called me and my sister multiple times cuz he couldn't find his pasta strainer at his vacation house (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by SovietBeerTruckOperator@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net
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Both me and my sister stayed there recently, and I guess he assumes we lost it. But I barely cooked when I was down there and my sister and her husband say they didn't have pasta while they were there.

This was a cheap ass pasta strainer mind you. He even admitted he didn't like it that much and got a new one at the dollar store for under $5 bucks. Mind you I'm pretty sure this man is technically a millionaire at this point (hence why he has a nice place near the beach I like to go to).

Jesus this man needs a hobby.

Edit: HE FOUND THE STRAINER!!!

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[–] ANarcoSnowPlow@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm a dad of teenagers.

It. Drives. Me. Insane. How often things just "disappear."

I don't mind them using tools, or paints, or eating whatever they wanna eat frankly, but not putting stuff back where it was or putting an empty box back in the fridge or cabinet, holy shit.

It makes me feel insane, like "I know that I have a pizza peel, where the hell is it?" Tearing the kitchen apart....

That said, if it were a pasta strainer in my second house and my kids were adults staying with their spouse(s)? I mean... C'mon. I know I raised them to be considerate, so if it's missing at that point, it's on me.

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

I showed this to my sibling and they said our dad had accused them of taking a pizza pan and called them multiple times over it a couple months ago, he eventually found the pizza pan behind some other pans.

[–] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

He could have just drain it with the lid pressed half on. Good thing he found it eventually - could have starved.

[–] mendiCAN@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

aaaaah fyi it's called a colander yo.

[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

He could not, in fact, cooka da pasta

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Mind you I'm pretty sure this man is technically a millionaire at this point

Now you know why. It takes special kind of people to become/stay millionaires

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

meanwhile i would spend 2 minutes more with a fork and a pot to remove water, so that i can avoid washing 1 additional thingy, lazy mindset would have prevented this

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I regularly just use the spatula and carefully strain the water because cleaning the colander sucks, especially when noodles get stuck in the holes and you gotta rub them off.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

the advanced move i discovered is to use cheese grater (but i rarely make them with cheese, so missing on all that potential laziness), cause it helps a lot to pre-clean it catgirl-happy

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This is something my dad would do, have a vivid memory from high school of some misplaced toenail clippers that he was freaking out over.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like me, I lose things all the time. I imagine if I had kids I'd be ranting about losing the item

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This guy has TWO strainers now?
Living large.

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

He needed a new screen for his bong

[–] Civility@hexbear.net 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Edit: HE FOUND THE STRAINER!!!

party-blob

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

Its great to have a happy ending in trying times like these

[–] lurker_supreme@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago

Pasta point of no return... A man strained to his limit.

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

Parents…

[–] miz@hexbear.net 37 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Edit: HE FOUND THE STRAINER!!!

where was it?

I hope you told him that this has strained your relationship

[–] SovietBeerTruckOperator@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was behind his instapot.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago

where was it?

Exactly where the dumbass left it last time he used it.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

should be against the law to have any price other than $1 at the dollar store

[–] prole@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

the dollar(s) store

[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

:kelly: