WINKLER, MB
It was absolute mayhem in the Third Mennonite Church basement in Winkler this week after the trusty old Dymo label maker finally kicked the bucket.
“Slowly but surely the labels had been falling off the cupboards,” said Mrs. Doris Pankratz, head of the church hospitality committee. “And it was time for an update, but, lo and behold, the label maker goes on the fritz. Jauma!”
With the label maker out of commission, church ladies had to scramble to figure out what went where.
“Mrs. Doerksen was putting the cheese grater in with the creamers and Mrs. Plett was getting the stir sticks and toothpicks all mixed up,” explained Pankratz. “Ladies were opening and closing doors like there was no tomorrow. It was a sight to see!”
Cleanup after the Barkman funeral took at extra three hours, all on account of a broken label maker.
“I’m not even sure we’ll be able to get the raisin buns baked next time,” said Pankratz. “Without those red embossed cupboard label, there’s no way of telling the difference between a Sunkist raisin and chocolate chip.”
It reportedly took a full afternoon and part of a morning for the men from the weekly Bible study to find the sugar cubes.
(photo credit: The Joneses/CC)
