Lena the plug leaks is a short play from Lena the plug, written and performed by the brilliant actress Lena Dunham.
I don’t know what Lena’s doing with it, but it’s a great play on the term “plug leak” and the expression “plugging your ears.
The play is an expression of what Lena seems to feel when talking about how much her kids hate her. She says “I can’t do anything about it” and “The plugs are leaking out and they’re making me crazy”.
Sounds like a fun play, but it would be even better if it actually happened. And no, there’s no way I can see Lenas plugging her ears.
The term plug leak is probably most common in the U.S., but the expression you hear is actually used by some British writers. lena the plug leaks sounds as silly as it is. I was in a class the other day that was discussing the story of the plug leak and how it comes from plugging your ears. It was a great discussion, and really made me realize how silly the term plug leak sounds in the U.S.
I’ve heard the term plug leak used in Britain before I was born, and I was surprised to learn that it is a common expression in the U.S. I was born too early, and my ears never seemed to leak, so I never thought about it from that point of view. For some reason my ears just looked like they were plugged so I didn’t even think about it.
I guess I was just a little shocked that I didn’t realize how common that expression was, and how much it can be used in U.S. English. I know I’ve heard it a few times in the past, but I’ve never actually seen it used in the U.S. I guess I just got used to it from my parents, or maybe it was just my ears leaking. Either way, plug leak looks as ridiculous as it sounds.
Yes, plug leak is used quite a bit in the U.S., especially in the South. I remember hearing it once, and thinking, “What the hell is that…?” (I also remember my sister saying, “There are all these plugs in the house and he has to use them,”). Now that I think about it, I guess I could use it in my own life as well.
Plug leak sounds like a great way to let the cool kids without a home plug in without worrying about getting stuck with a dead power outlet. This is a great way of plugging into a new location, but it also gives your computer the ability to get stuck on a power outlet. So if your computer happens to be plugged into a power outlet when you plug it into your own outlet, you could get stuck there. Even worse is if you have a smart outlet.
While it’s not a good idea to plug in your computer to a power outlet (unless it’s plugged into your house), it’s still possible to plug it into another power outlet. It’s not really something you would ever want, though. We’ve been lucky that we’ve never had a power outage in the three times we’ve had it happen to us.