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Freddie bit his lip to distract himself from the bead of sweat that rolled down his nose. Not only did he not want to shift his concentration, he didn’t have the hands to do so, as they were both occupied with the delicate task before him.

Bit by bit, he maneuvered the cutters into place, and after triple-checking to make sure they were where he wanted them, he forced them closed.

He saw that it wasn’t going to work almost immediately, but the bolt cutters were too heavy for him to risk dropping just to save the jar from falling. Then came the tinkle of breaking glass, and the sink was once again filled with glass shards and brine.

“Goddammit, Freddie,” his wife hollered from the living room, “just give up! You’re never going to open a pickle jar with bolt cutters!”
It's 142 words for FFM, day 7 Dead characters to date: 7

I had a conversation at work today about using the correct tools for the job, and this came out of part of it pertaining to opening pickle jars with bolt cutters :giggle:
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KiriHearts's avatar
I feel like this could be some sort of metaphor, but it's pretty hilarious. I was cackling because I just made pickles. Any one of my family has bolt cutters. Possiblities! :dummy:

(Also I'm late but I'm going to be catching up on stories and so will be commenting sporadically)