Pickles by Brian Crane for February 15, 2022

A box of the correct weight on the floor should work. It has to be heavy enough to hold the door closed but light enough that she won’t complain about having to move it. No matter what you do, she’ll complain.

Duct tape is indeed the solution to everything!

Earl must be a fan of the Red Green Show. Duct tape is bought by the case and probably by the truck load.

The handyman’s secret weapon.

If women don’t find You Handsome at least find Handy

WD40 is for things that don’t move but should, & Duct Tape is for things that move, but shouldn’t.

The problem with the DT solution to this issue is that you have to keep replacing it. When our standup freezer failed this way, we gave it to a friend who installed two cam-lock type fasteners (high and low). That was 10 years ago. I believe he is still using it…

(We have a much more efficient one now, a bit smaller on the outside, but nearly as big inside. Modern insulation is awesome!)

I had to use duct tape to keep our motor home fridge door closed on a trip from Texas to home In Washington. It did a fine job and saved having to wait for parts and time and an appointment while trying to enjoy our remaining journey

It’s doing a fine job of keeping the door closed

We had this trouble with our stove. The drawer below the oven wouldn’t close all the way. My wife wanted to send it back, but I checked it and she had placed a pan lid at an angle such that it prevented the drawer from closing.

I’ve heard of people replacing the rubber gasket on the door when this happens. I doubt I could accomplish so simple a task and would be forced to buy a new fridge.

Earl must be a Red Green fan

But it works….

Super-glue works good, too.

Earl try a Bungee Cord next if the Duct Tape becomes a pain ;-)

Too many leftovers in thee in Tupperwear preventing the door from closing!

Put a chair up against it!

I would do that, at least, for awhile – until I could figure out how to fix it with what I have or see if something can be ordered online.

Also, first check to see if it just needs to adjusted with the feet/rollers on the bottom of the fridge. If something there is “broken”, prop it up. Most refrigerators should close by gravity.

Duct tape, WD40 and beer – the complete toolbox.

Duct tape is like The Force: it has a dark side and a light side, and holds the universe together.

Earl is obviously a member of the Possum Lodge and true follower of Red Green’s mantra regarding the virtues of duct tape. Likely has said “Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati” (pseudo-Latin for “When all else fails, play dead”). And likely has uttered the phrase, “If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.”

At least Earl didn’t try a Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor solution!

I housesat for a friend who did this. Getting in and out of her refrigerator was quite an ordeal.

Apparently the one thing that it doesn’t work well on is ductwork, though

I used heavy magnets when I had that problem. Duct taped them to the exterior of door and fridge, worked pretty good.

Quick! Call a Plugger.

And here’s your Redd Panda helpful tip; Have the gasket replaced.

I know it’s a comic strip, but when they get a little wear, the gasket can get funky and won’t work.

Who’d want to tape a duc-t?

This happens on our freezer, located top-side like this one. When the fridge door closes, the freezer would pop open. It’s been doing that since we bought it and was told not to close the fridge door so hard and it won’t happen. But we use the clear 2" packing tape, not silvery duct tape. I can’t stand duct tape residue!

I’ve used velcro to do that.

Works for me

Red Green in action..!!!!!

I don’t see why there was even a question?

I just did this last night! I thought about my years as an Odyssey of the Mind parent, coach and finally, judge. I had folk make gowns and tuxes out of Duck tape. Amazing.

My wife is laughing her head off. I just showed her this cartoon. We’re having the same problem with our fridge and that would have been my solution, … if she’d have let me.

Stop yakking, he may find another thing to keep shut.

[munch munch munch] It was too full! [munch munch munch]

Y’all are scary! Duct tape a door!

The internet is right in front of you!

The handyman’s secret weapon

it works doesnt it??

My son stood so long in front of the refrigerator trying to make up his mind what to eat that he got frostbite and I had to take him to the hospital.

http://www.songlyrics.com/phil-keaggy/duct-tape-universe-lyrics/

Magnets! If duct tape doesn’t work – big magnets!

In the IMAX movie “Mir” about the first space station, the first thing you see, when coming through the airlock, is a roll of duct tape on a wire hook.

No, JB Weld is the solution to everything.

The man is a walking genius………….not!

If duct tape were Earl’s “solution for everything”, Opal’s mouth would be taped shut.

Physicists don’t like to talk about it, but duct tape is the secret behind the strong nuclear force.

Duct tape is good; if it doesn’t work, use hay twine.

I’d use velcro or a hasp and latch. Have you SEEN the price of refrigerators lately?

Unfortunately, that is the view of too many Americans. Replace rather than repair.

How much duct tape is actually used for repairing ducts?

Usually there is something pushing to open the door.

What happened to all of the coupons hiding dents? This is a time for replace – that thing has to be decades old and very inefficient!

Earl lives in the moment. He said he could fix it. He didn’t say for how long.

Yup, that and baling wire. I know because I owned not one, but 2, Chevy Vegas.

Don’t forget the WD-40.

Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side and a Dark Side and binds the Universe together.

…or WD-40®. Depends on the problem.

Love the fancy patterned decorative vduct tape versions so popular today, but doubt that they are apprciatd by the duct tape purists. (My stash is black, white and silver)

I use a bungie cord. One end wrapped around the handle and the other hooked on to a 3D stickie hook on the side of the fridge.

That could be my dad back in the days.

If you can’t fix it with duct tape and/or WD-40 then it’s broke

a hook and eye would have worked too.

The handy man’s secret weapon, duct tape!

Actually a padlock hasp, with a twist latch works just fine!

Earl should duct tape Opal’s mouth!

My husband used duct tape to “repair” some body work on my car.

and don’t forget WD40

The real fix is to raise the front feet

Earl watches Red Green regularly.