Most people never even bother checking theirs, so you're ahead of the game.

Guessing his garage still smells like a Yankee Candle threw up in there every time it gets warm. Man, that's the thing about "premium" gear, sometimes you're just paying for fancy packaging and a weird scent. Bet his bike chain felt silky smooth though, so at least the upgrade paid off somewhere.

That sprinkler leak shifting the whole slab is wild... I mean, an inch overnight? That's not a small crack, that's the ground actually moving under you. I've seen mud settle before but never enough to throw a whole pour off like that. Grinding out 200 bricks by hand is brutal, my back hurts just thinking about it.

Honestly, I hit 200 puns on our family whiteboard once and my husband taped a "do not disturb" sign over it. The kicker was when I tried to tell the one about the broken pencil at dinner and my kid just put their hands over their ears. What worked for me was switching up the delivery, like hiding them in lunch notes or taping one to the bathroom mirror. That way they still get the joke but it feels less like a performance. They still groan, but at least they read them now.

Went through something similar last month with a perm on a client who’d been using a fancy protein treatment at home, hair felt like straw afterwards. @parker_campbell hit on a good point about buildup, I spent a full afternoon just trying to get the products out before even touching a rod again. Switched to a gentle protein filler and they still hold perm pretty decent after a week so it worked out okay.