Today I had one of those moments I call my “Lucy Moments”.
The bathroom drain was clogged and I told Shane, “Oh, I can fix it.” because let’s face it, I’m awesome and can handle a clog. So I first plunged it. Over and over with goop flying out – to no avail – still clogged.
Hmmmmm. Okay, bleach. I poured some bleach in there and it fizzed and bubbled and spit up a bunch of nasty krud. Still didn’t drain.
Okay!, she thinks… get a coat hanger and snake the drain! And that’s when it began. I poked a hole through the damned pipe. Black nasty water trickled out.
I sat bewildered – staring at the drain. Oh… what’s that I see? There’s some greenish bumpy stuff on the other pipe… hmmmm I wonder what that is! Let’s touch it and scrape it with my nail, I think to myself.
As I’m doing that, my pinger POKES through the pipe and like hell spitting up an unwanted soul – chunks of bleach soaked nasty bits of-God-knows-how-many-years-worth of clog – literall SPEWED out at me! Have you ever seen a child with projectile vomiting? It was a lot like that.
Calling our friend the plumber.
And… ruined a good towel.
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sheila Reply:
April 18th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
@Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell,
hahahaha! LOL, I know!
oooo, what if I write a book about plumbing! LOL
I swear we’re sisters! I have done this too – and what’s more, actually solved the problem, lucky awesome me!
But another time when I poked something doubtfully – it turned out to be a snake. Yikes. I was ten years old, so I guess I could be forgiven
Imagine my surprised shock when I saw it rapidly moving. Away, thank God. Coincidentally, there was a snake charmer in the area who came into our compound and lured it into his basket. I’d say that was one scary moment!
sheila Reply:
April 19th, 2012 at 6:56 am
@Vidya Sury,
Oh my gosh, I would have fainted dead on if I accidently poked a snake! lol. hahahaha. *shudder* lol!