Seeing as how Senator Obama, emperor elect, has decided to ruin the coal companies and cause electricity prices to "skyrocket" by pursuing an ideologically driven energy policy, I decided to replace the ceiling in my shop/place of business with some really cool, hi-tech foam insulation. (Actually, the foam itself is worth it's own DIY story. It's AWESOME! Should save a fortune.. Everyone should have this stuff! But, I digress.. As this story is about ladders, not insulation.)
Being a galactic pussy who is afraid of heights, I went out and bought a brand new 10' step ladder. It's nice.. I mean this thing is the Cadillac of ladders. It's fiberglass and load rated, color coded.. The whole deal.
This is like a three hundred dollar ladder we're talking about here. Srs biz.
So, anyway.. I'm fumbling about on top of this thing and hurting myself when my better half yells up to me "LOL! You got to come look at this!" I get to the bottom and I am greeted by a sticker I hadn't noticed before.
She's giggling at it and it says something to the effect of (I can't remember exactly) - " Maximum reach based on a man of average height, 5'6" "
I'm like "5'6, what the hell.. It's built for Gary Coleman? Tom Daschle? Who's this thing for anyway?"
She's just outright laughing by now and points me to another sticker that reads "Made in Mexico"