So yay! The new refrigerator is here. I wasn’t the one home when it was delivered and hooked up, so I didn’t get a good look at things until later. Here’s what I found this morning.
It looks so sad in there. Trapped. Forever.
Whatever it is, it’s wedged behind the crisper drawer. I was hoping it would drop into the drawer underneath. It will not.
Like the Ice Man of Switzerland, I do not know how it got there, or where it was going, but it will be preserved forever in its frosty grave. We have a narrow kitchen, and the fridge nestled against a wall. It is physically impossible to open the door wide enough to pull the drawer out without moving the refrigerator into the living room. And I’m not gonna.
So here’s hoping that this mystery item isn’t actually important. Husband hasn’t noticed it yet. I guess I’ll find out in a few hours if he actually reads my blog.
rejoicefortheday
July 11, 2012 at 9:08 am
We have something like that in our fridge and if I am seeing it right, I think it is the hose for the water dispenser that some fridge’s have. I think that is what it may be…?
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:34 pm
Is it connected to anything? It doesn’t look like it.
Gilly
July 11, 2012 at 9:08 am
Totally not important! Looks like a nice frosty river tube for a wee gnome.
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:35 pm
I have a story about a river tube.
Kathy McClure
July 11, 2012 at 9:14 am
It’s the warp core — as long as it doesn’t overload, you’ll be fine.
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Is my refrigerator a Tardis?
Kathy McClure
July 12, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Is it bigger on the inside?
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 3:03 pm
I think it might be.
Animalcouriers
July 11, 2012 at 9:29 am
What a relief! And you now have an excuse not to clean your fridge
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:35 pm
I can live with that!
Transitioning Mom
July 11, 2012 at 10:28 am
Alien ring. Just like the ones left in large cornfields. Only different.
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:36 pm
Oooooh! Should I freak out and call the tabloids?
El Guapo
July 11, 2012 at 10:45 am
You should replace the refrigerator door with glass doors, then have wine and cheese parties in front of it while you speculate on its purpose…
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:36 pm
That sounds high class. I’m going for it!
sj
July 11, 2012 at 10:45 am
Hee, it won’t fall – I can see the zip tie from here! I’d like to come up with something witty, but I’m pretty sure rejoicefortheday is right. Unless she’s wrong, and it’s poisoning everything in your fridge before you can even use it. O.o
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:37 pm
It’s probably something that is going to sneak out and strangle me in my sleep.
apronheadlilly
July 11, 2012 at 11:39 am
If it was made in China, your guess is as good as mine.
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:37 pm
I’m pretty sure they took it out of the shipping crate and put it in a box that said “Made in the USA.”
speaker7
July 11, 2012 at 12:35 pm
It’s likely a plastic donut. And who wants a plastic donut?
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:38 pm
A plastic policeman?
The Waiting
July 11, 2012 at 2:03 pm
If only it were a wheel of cheese.
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Maybe it’s a wheel of string cheese?
The Byronic Man
July 11, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Whoever can remove it will be the one, true king or queen of the kitchen.
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Then I’m not touching it. Unlike other realms, queen of the kitchen implies lots of cleaning and serving others.
muddledmom
July 11, 2012 at 2:40 pm
I cannot tell you how much that would drive me insane. If I didn’t pull the fridge out into the living room, my husband would.
midwestheaven
July 12, 2012 at 1:16 am
Ha! I was thinking the same thing! I don’t care if it isn’t important, or really is supposed to be there…I’d obsess about it until I took it apart to find out what it was! What if it really is just a hemorrhoid pillow!
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:40 pm
there are times in my life when a cold hemorrhoid pillow would be a welcome surprise!
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:41 pm
I figured my husband would, but his response this morning was “I think it’s gone…” Yeah, not so much.
Go Jules Go
July 11, 2012 at 3:23 pm
LOL As someone who constantly throws out mysterious parts and pieces, I can assure you it’s not important.
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:42 pm
Oh, good! I was really hoping to not have to drag it out into the living room!
squirrel circus
July 11, 2012 at 3:50 pm
I’m thinking water dispenser, as well…or part of an ice maker (same theory). Opening the drawer the whole way is overrated. Every time I do that, I end up letting the big door shut on it anyway, and it makes the equivalent sound to plastic crying. Not worth the drama.
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:43 pm
I can open the drawer all the way just not far enough to take it out. Which I think I can live with.
squirrel circus
July 12, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Perfect! I’m sure the snakes are happy to have their cooler back.
becomingcliche
July 13, 2012 at 7:16 am
And we remembered why we gave it to Severus in the first place. It doesn’t have a plug on the end, so it leaks.
squirrel circus
July 14, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Good for snakes, bad for picnics.
Snoring Dog Studio
July 11, 2012 at 8:13 pm
Someone lost their hemorrhoid pillow. What a shame. I misplace things all the time, too. However, it could have been intentional. I bet a nice cold hemorrhoid pillow feels kind of good on the pink, swollen part. Eww.
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:43 pm
I wonder if the guys who delivered it are saying “Now where did I put that donut…?”
Elyse
July 11, 2012 at 9:22 pm
It’s the Circle of Life. Leave it be or suffer Mufasa’s fate.
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 2:44 pm
That’s what I’m thinking, too. Let sleeping accessories lie.
shortcutting
July 12, 2012 at 5:34 am
Speaking as a kitchen appliances wildlife enthusiast, I would identify this object as a lesser-spotted fridge snake, coiled up defensively, no doubt scared and disorientated by its recent change of habitat. Give it a few weeks and it’ll start slithering around like it owns the place.
becomingcliche
July 12, 2012 at 7:12 am
That is the best answer yet! A fridge snake!
shortcutting
July 12, 2012 at 8:16 am
Thanks, glad I could put my expertise to good use!
2browndawgs
July 16, 2012 at 1:48 pm
It is the little mysteries that make life interesting.