Repairer Gifts

Mr. Briggs' Pleasures of Housekeeping, part 3

boy plugging leak in a barrel with his finger

Jack of all trades

'The plumber said he can't come right now, but promised to put us on his 'wading list'. Cute, huh?'

Tool Box

There's no such thing as a triple carburetor bypass!

The Gardener's Calendar: Try to Repair It...

"Remember now, anything is DIY-abe if you just do it yourself."

STRIP Hambone: Fix it yourself

A DIY disaster.

Hardware Store Tools Wrench

'You're using 14' nails on a 2' door? This is definitely a case where bigger is not better.'

"Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!"

"It's just temporary, until I fix the air conditioner."

'It's O.K. Charlie - you can relax. The T.V. repairman said, 'it can be fixed!''

Prepare to meet thy mechanic.

Ernie likes to fix things around the house. Just today he's fixed two sandwiches, three sundaes, and some microwave brownies.

"When it comes to fixing his own computer, I call it his PDDIY project. That stands for please DON'T do it yourself."

'We finished all the repairs in the cafeteria kitchen this morning, but the food still tastes lousy.'

"If I were a surgeon, Mr. Ferguson, which I ain't, and your car was my patient, which it ain't—except that it is, in a funny sort of way; that is, if you want to look at it like that; you know what I mean—and you was her husband, I'd have to say, 'Sir, your wife is going to need a valve job.,"

'Fixed the leg on the telly yet?'

Home De-Po. Things you need for your project. Things you didn't know you needed until you were halfway through your project.

'What's the best kind of glue to fix a TV screen?'

'Rats, I don't think we'll ever get this thing going: It's flooded again...'

'No, don't tell me, your electric garage door is broken.'

The Small Business Advisor: 'The first bit of advice I'd give you for your garage start-up is to tell your dad'

'I think I've found what's been causing my funny buzzing sounds.'

The world's most unemployable family

Fixing the TV.

"Have you tried turning it on and off again..?"

George is pleased with himself. He replaced the toilet seat without calling a plumber.

'So you still can't get a sound engineer then?'

Lazy plumber.

Bob’s Museum

Computer operator welding machine.