Yes, really.

[wordinista]

I could have gone my WHOLE LIFE without having water shot at me by the toilet I was attempting to fix.


...

MY WHOLE LIFE.

...

I need to go wash up. Right now.


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ETA: Figured I should explain how I got into this mess. And I can do that now that I've had a nice little wash-up.

Basically, the toilet wasn't flushing correctly. Knowing that one cause of this can be a too-low water level in the tank, I lifted the lid off the tank and looked on in.

TANK: [water line is low]

BUNNEH: Ah-ha! It is as I hypothesized! Now, how to fix...

TANK PUMP: [has WEE LITTLE TUBE attached]

WEE LITTLE TUBE: [appears loose]

BUNNEH: Hmm, that appears to be the culprit. [BUNNEH proceeds to adjust WEE LITTLE TUBE].

WEE LITTLE TUBE: [is adjusted]

BUNNEH: [attempts a test flush]

TOILET: [flushes!]

WEE LITTLE TUBE: [pops off!]

WATER: [shoots everywhere!]

BUNNEH: [is soaked!]

WATER: [appears not to be slowing down, even as TANK is reaching the full mark. also, soaking the floor, walls, and fixtures. because, hey, why not?]

BUNNEH: Shit! Shit! Shit! [runs for towels! tries to shove WEE LITTLE TUBE back in place, to no avail. finally, turns off main water valve]

WATER: [stops!]

BUNNEH: [celebrates! then adjusts WEE LITTLE TUBE again, making sure that sucker's on nice and tight.]

WEE LITTLE TUBE: [is on, nice and tight.]

BUNNEH: [attempts another test flush. upon discovering herself victorious, goes and changes her shirt omg.]


And that is my first, last, and only foray into the wild world of plumbing.

Comments

[everstar3.livejournal.com]

*passes you all the anti-bacterial soap you could want, for realz*

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

You know, intellectually I understood that the water that was shooting out at me was clean. It's technically the same water that comes out of the shower head and the faucet. And this is just coming out of a pump, pumping into the tank, so... it's just water.

AND YET.

I have told Mom and George about my adventures, and both of them fell into fits of hysterical laughter.

WATER. EVERYWHERE.




ps: i miss yoooooooooooou.