Twitter, I need your help. I stacked a ceramic bowl into another one while doing dishes and now they are stuck. How do you remove the smaller bowl without breaking both of them?
Why am I so invested? I’ve tried to fix this for 2 days, and I cannot give up now. pic.twitter.com/ONfuw7L9dH
— Chi Nguyễn (@whatchidid) June 6, 2022
Things I've tried so far and no dice:
-warm soapy water
-hot water on outer bowl, cold water + ice on inner bowl
-oil on edges
-microwave
-aggressive shaking
-WD-40Will try next:
-hair dryer
-freezer then running hot waterThank you for being as invested in this as I am.
— Chi Nguyễn (@whatchidid) June 6, 2022
Update: Bowls are currently in the freezer and thanks to the replies, I will not be running hot water on them!
— Chi Nguyễn (@whatchidid) June 6, 2022
Still no dice:
– Freezer, then cold water
– Freezer, then rubber mallet
– Passive-aggressive comments to either/both bowls
– Tap lightly onto the table— Chi Nguyễn (@whatchidid) June 6, 2022
Still very stuck:
– Cards, toothpicks, and straws not getting through to break the seal
– Water submergenceUp next:
– Long game of gravity
– Dishwasher— Chi Nguyễn (@whatchidid) June 6, 2022
Update: Still stuck
– upside down, twisting inner bowl, tapping outer bowl
– upside down, submerged under water, tapping outer bowl with mallet
– hot out of the dishwasher
– googled autoclaveLet us all rest tonight knowing these bowls will still be together tomorrow.
— Chi Nguyễn (@whatchidid) June 7, 2022
In the last 10 hours:
– upside down, soap around the edges, overnight submergence
– made self-deprecating joke about the sunk cost fallacy (not one chuckle)
– thread, paper, knife around the edgesStill stuck.
— Chi Nguyễn (@whatchidid) June 7, 2022
Update:
– electric toothbrush
– mini plunger (no go, circumference is bigger than smaller bowl)
– compassionately, but firmly threw bowls onto pillow
– no easy way to say this: smaller bowl has a chip nowStill stuck. pic.twitter.com/5diGPZvhTy
— Chi Nguyễn (@whatchidid) June 8, 2022
OMG WE DID IT!
Last 20 hours:
– upside down, on a towel, undisturbed
– gave to toddler (clear mandate that bowls must stay together)
– suction cup
– small bowl asks to not give up on it now
– banged on carpetUNSTUCK!!!! pic.twitter.com/zllvidh07H
— Chi Nguyễn (@whatchidid) June 8, 2022