#652 Using any item within reach to help grab the remote control so you don’t have to move

remote controlDusty sunbeams streak through the window while you lay on the couch in a blissful half-asleep cocoon. Sometimes during this hazy daze a little voice in your brain politely asks that the TV be turned down or shut right off.

In moments like this there’s something satisfying about keeping as much of your body completely relaxed and perfectly still as possible while awkwardly grabbing the remote with your foot, a rolled up newspaper, or another remote that just happens to be closer.

After you stab at it and coax it across the carpet, you do the deed and let a little smile curl on your face as you fade deeper and deeper into your comfy afternoon nap.

AWESOME!

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10 thoughts to “#652 Using any item within reach to help grab the remote control so you don’t have to move”

  1. My dad used to make me get up to change the channel before the days of the remote control. Now I make my kids get up to pass me the remote. What are my kids going to do, make their kids press the buttons?

  2. I was not allowed to bend over for a while after last year’s hip surgery, so I had to use grabbers to pick things up…you know, those long-handled tools with pincher claws at one end. Actually, I had several so in case I dropped a grabber, I’d use another grabber to pick up the grabber…LOL! I kinda forgot about them, but I’m thinking I should get one out for just such occasions.

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