Desperate times, Desperate measures

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This happened last January, and was actually kinda scarey. I needed to take out the trash and as I opened the outer storm door I had to force it a bit because of ice/snow. BRUTALLY cold, snowy, and windy, so I had on my heavy jacket, boots, gloves, and also wrapped a heavy scarf around my head and neck.

Guess I was at the dumpster for a couple minutes, removing snow/ice from top of recycle bin. So I walked back to my back door, and it wouldn’t open. Frozen shut!! Oh, nooooo! :eek:mg1:

I pulled very hard several times, beat on it, tried to pry……..no good. It was getting colder fast. I ran to a couple neighbors but no one was home. Continued to try to pry the door. It (handle) would not budge. Didn’t have my keys so getting in the front door was not an option. My face and hands (even with gloves) were getting dangerously cold. PANIC! For a second I considered running into the street and trying to flag someone down for help.

But then....... I thought of the scene in “Dumb & Dumber” where one of the guys puts his tongue on a pole. Well, I certainly didn’t want to get my tongue stuck! I took a deep breath, cupped my hands over my mouth and breathed warm air onto the handle over and over. When I saw it move a bit I licked it (yeah, I know…eeewww) while blowing my warm breath.

Amazing how creative we can be when options are limited. After my success I breathed a big sigh of relief, rinsed my mouth out, sat down and chuckled. I thought "Did I really just do that?"

Finally, it thawed and I opened the door!! Yay! And, lesson learned: Prop the door open next time if it's sub-zero.

Do you have a Desperate Times/Desperate Measures story?
 

Wow, Apple...that sure shows us why we need to stay calm in a crisis! Very clever. I guess I need to watch Dumb and Dumber
for good measure. :)

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Karen99, I've never seen the whole movie - just clips and that scene where Jeff Daniels' tongue gets stuck. But a lightbulb mement! Little voice said: "...use your tongue, lick it, but warm it up first and melt the ice..."

Tried first with my gloves, no luck. I had to act quickly!
 
I haven't smoked cigarettes for years, but my daughter left her old lighters all over the house. They've come in handy for frozen car locks...just have to do it carefully.
 
Wow Applecruncher, you told that well. I'm trying to think of a desperate times/desperate measures story of my own to tell. I'm pretty tired and it's almost midnight so I woke my husband up and ask him if he could think of one so he said he would try. I just asked him if he was sleeping or thinking and he said "A little bit of both". I'm sure I'll remember one by tomorrow.
 

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