Help! My 1y/o kid just shoved a salad tongs into a carboy, backwards.

Gavin C · Jul 5, 2015

An appropriate lexicon or emoticon has not yet been created to do justice to the level of brilliance and inner joy this thread has resulted in.

Thanks @johnodonovan and of course @mini_johnodonovan for making this happen

Jwin · Jul 5, 2015

Someone start a kickstarter to buy this man a big mouth bubbler

johnodonovan · Jul 5, 2015

BrotherGrim said:
1. Get two lengths of butchers twine and a section of pvc pipe 1".

2. Put slip nooses on the end of each one.

3. Slip nooses over silicone pads (one over each)

4. Fish the loose ends of the twine through the pipe.

5. Slide pipe down into carboy while pulling twine tight.

6. Tongs will close up.

7. Lift pipe and tongs out of carboy.

8. Send check for brilliant idea to BrotherGrim.

Winner! But with steel wire, vacuum cleaner handle and dramatic video in place of check. Also, alCophile pm'd me a similar solution.

marckw · Jul 5, 2015

MrFancyPlants said:
It is always a pain to get it back out after dry-tonging your beer.

Hahahahahahahaha...Dry-tonging... I lost a mouthful of Maharaja on that one.

TrickyDick · Jul 5, 2015

I would've LOVED to see a little more footage on the video of said 1 y/o kid wanders by and puts the tongs back into the carboy!

Congrats on getting them out.

Inkleg · Jul 6, 2015

johnodonovan said:
Here is a badly made time-lapse video of my crusade against the salad tongs:

That was fantastic! Laughed like hell at the end, almost blew coffee out my nose. Only thing missing was Benny Hill music.

normonster · Jul 6, 2015

MrFancyPlants said:
It is always a pain to get it back out after dry-tonging your beer.

Word. It's dry-tonged.

normonster · Jul 6, 2015

Sell it on Craig's list and include the tongs free!!!!!

LabRatBrewer · Jul 6, 2015

Next project?

jtratcliff · Jul 6, 2015

How do I get BeerSmith to calculate dry-tonging? I can't find tongs on any ingredient list

jtratcliff · Jul 6, 2015

LabRatBrewer said:
Next project?

... Sorry, needs more tong.

normonster · Jul 6, 2015

LabRatBrewer said:
Next project?

Clear deficiency of tong.

Kevin79 · Jul 6, 2015

johnodonovan said:
See attached pic, illustrating price paid for poor supervision of brew equipment, and kids.

Any suggestions for removing it without destroying the carboy are welcome!

View attachment 287842

Johnodonovan,

This thread has brought me so much humor and joy. I commend you on taking the time to make a video of your struggle and eventual victory over the tongs. I would like to reward you with gifting you a year long membership to the forum. It may not get you a new carboy, but at least you'll get some free decals out the deal to put in your new one. Brew on my friend

grrickar · Jul 6, 2015

If you dry tong for too long it imparts an iron oxide taste to the beer. Beer very careful when dry tonging.

normonster · Jul 6, 2015

Can you get pregnant from dry-tonging?

BobbyNacho · Jul 6, 2015

What a great thread!

grrickar · Jul 6, 2015

normonster said:
Can you get pregnant from dry-tonging?

Not if you play 'just the tip'. Ya know, just to see how it feels and stuff

grrickar · Jul 6, 2015

In all seriousness, congratulations on a successful tongselectomy. :mug:

hio3791 · Jul 6, 2015

Meh, next time take it back and tell them it came that way.

normonster · Jul 6, 2015

hio3791 said:
Meh, next time take it back and tell them it came that way.

Harbor Freight will take it.

normonster · Jul 6, 2015

grrickar said:
Not if you play 'just the tip'. Ya know, just to see how it feels and stuff

Haha...be the same story too....huh...it just fell in???!?

Jwin · Jul 6, 2015

Someone start a kickstarter for this guy. Everyone pitch in a buck and get him a big mouth bubbler

johnodonovan · Jul 7, 2015

Kevin79 said:
Johnodonovan,

This thread has brought me so much humor and joy. I commend you on taking the time to make a video of your struggle and eventual victory over the tongs. I would like to reward you with gifting you a year long membership to the forum. It may not get you a new carboy, but at least you'll get some free decals out the deal to put in your new one. Brew on my friend

Excellent! I was wondering what those emails were about. Thanks a lot! I'll participate for sure

BrunDog · Jul 10, 2015

Wait, how did the beer get there? Was it also stuck inside?

-BD

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