I cannot get to my prawns. I am hoping to make some paella and wanted to get the prawns out to defrost. One of the freezer's drawers has frozen shut. I grab the handle and pull the drawer with all my considerable strength. It doesn't budge. The other drawers move nicely in and out but Sod's law states that this must be the one I want to open that is frozen shut. I chip away at the ice on the bottom. I pull it again. No movement. Ah well, I turn the freezer off and decide to try again in a couple of hours. I can always defrost the prawns in the microwave.

Squelch! My socks are wet and cold. Ah yes, the defrosting freezer, I have walked through a puddle of defrosted water on my way to getting a cup of tea. I give the drawer another try. I brace myself and pull. It doesn't move. Ah well, patience is a virtue, they say. I will come back and try again later. The kettle boils. Hoping to catch the fridge off guard I make another snap attempt at opening the drawer. But the freezer is too quick for me as it tightens its frosty grip on the drawer.

Squelch! Damn it, I had forgotten that the floor was wet and I have to change into the third pair of socks today, I should've gone barefoot. I stretch my traps, lats, delts and triceps and tighten my weightlifting belt. I chalk my hands, brace my feet either side of the freezer, take a firm grip of the drawer and heave. I look like Geoff Capes trying to pull a car with his teeth during the World's strongest man competition. There's no movement. Looks like I'm going to have to 'force' myself to go to the chippy. I will have another go after some fish and chips.

Squelch! Another pair of socks temporarily ruined. I remove all the other drawers from the freezer and pull. Predictably, once I don't actually have to or want to open the drawer, it opens. I collapse to the ground and I sit there in a euphoric daze. Man vs Machine and Man won. I raise my hands above my head acknowledging the imaginary applause. I catch my breath and look down at the empty drawer which had been my nemesis all day.

Empty?!?! DO'H!!!! I used the prawns in a jambalaya three weeks ago.