For a couple weeks we had noticed tiny little flakes in our water when we would use the ice dispenser. After getting to the point of pretty much refusing to use the ice, we finally decided one Friday when we really wanted to make some flake free
Pina Colada's(virgin, of course) to see what the problem was. So, we pulled the ice tray out, and after removing most of the ice, this is what we found.
I was questioning out loud, " How does a fork possibly end up in an
ice maker?" John remembered then that the kids had been making their own "homemade"
popsicles out of
kool-aid, and
protein shakes, even water, whatever they had at the moment. We decided to announce that the
popsicle craze had to stop as it was becoming a
nuisance and making a lot of unnecessary messes. So, as children will do, they looked for a way to hide them. John and I had both pulled a "
popsicle" or two out of the ice, but one of the times, it must have been missing it's "stick".
It's kind of hard to see, but this picture shows where the fork had carved into the plastic, thus the white flecks in the drinks.
Ewwww!
We left this on an otherwise empty counter as a discussion piece for the next day with the kiddo's. They actually were quite taken with how cool they thought the fork looked, so I'm sure the rest of the please-don't-do-this-again-so-we-don't-have-to-replace-the-
ice maker lecture was lost on them.
I was questioning out loud, " How does a fork possibly end up in an ice maker?" John remembered then that the kids had been making their own "homemade" popsicles out of kool-aid, and protein shakes, even water, whatever they had at the moment. We decided to announce that the popsicle craze had to stop as it was becoming a nuisance and making a lot of unnecessary messes. So, as children will do, they looked for a way to hide them. John and I had both pulled a "popsicle" or two out of the ice, but one of the times, it must have been missing it's "stick".
It's kind of hard to see, but this picture shows where the fork had carved into the plastic, thus the white flecks in the drinks. Ewwww!
We left this on an otherwise empty counter as a discussion piece for the next day with the kiddo's. They actually were quite taken with how cool they thought the fork looked, so I'm sure the rest of the please-don't-do-this-again-so-we-don't-have-to-replace-the-ice maker lecture was lost on them. 
WOW! now I'm not cool to have ever owned a self ice maker, so I have yet to learn of what they are really capable of! But I gotta say.. that's impressive.
ReplyDeleteThere really is never a dull moment at your house it there girl?! Hopefully the kids will not try to use the ice maker to sculpt twisted metal... wish you the best of luck!