A Spark of Ingenuity

A story such as this requires a bit of back story. We moved into our apartment a few weeks ago and what we found was an empty living room with a giant mattress in the middle of it. Apparently the previous tenants decided to just leave it there.

For awhile the mattress was a source of entertainment for us. Late night trampoline jamborees, gymnastic training, tantric yoga, you know, what any normal person would do to an abandoned mattress.

Then we started to think, "this mattress is probably infested with herpes and it'd be best to get rid of it."

The problem of course with our apartment complex is that the dumpsters are located in the corners of the apartment complex and it's quite a trek just to take out the usual trash. We were going to have to lift a king size mattress and drag it to the dumpsters.

Ain't nobody got time for that.

Right, so first we foolishly tried moving it with brute force. We're strong birds, but not that strong. The friction between the ground and the mattress combined with the mattress's weight made the idea dragging the thing allt he way to the dumpster seem awful.

Attempt #1: Sidle out, taco style using raw strength

Taming the beast, which had a mind of its own. A bed full of std's will do that.

Almost at once..we two birds had a moment of GENIUS.

We have two bikes.

We have twine.

BADABOOM  SON.

We stabbed a few holes in the mattress and saddled up our bikes to pull it along.

Not engineering students, too brilliant for that

All harnessed up

One more jump of triumph can't hurt.. the disease exposure was not in vain

Like all good plans, it came with some uh...bumps in the road. NONETHELESS, we successfully made it to the dumpster.  NO SHAME.

A few of our neighbors were surprised by our escapade. One guy even asked us if we needed help. Of course, we didn't need it.

We're too strong for that.