Arrrrrrgggggggh!

**Biff** · 25th August 2005, 17:07

Ms Biff received a phone call from her mother last night, they haven’t spoken for a while as her mother has been in Hungary for the last few months. They gassed on the phone for over an hour before I heard Ms Biff say, “Must go mum, I’m busting for a pee.”

Ms Biff then left the dining room for a pee, and promptly let out an almighty scream. You see she’d forgotten that before her mother phoned she’d begun running a bath, so the bath had been running for the last hour.

$600 bucks it’s cost so far for the emergencyfloodfixertypeguy to drain my hallway and bedrooms of 200+ litres of water & install industrial sized fans and de-humidifiers.

Wimmin – Can’t live with them and can’t sell them for scientific experiments.

**John** · 25th August 2005, 17:10

Gutted, I did the same thing when I was doing the dishes I got side tracked fitting my new exhaust when I took out the rubbish, came back and the kitchen was a small lake, nothing a bit of quick thinking couldnt solve at the time, pitty I couldnt think quick.

Hope it doesnt set you back a hell of alot more

**DemonWolf** · 25th August 2005, 17:11

doh!... just wait for the power bill from the hotwater? =/

**Jonty** · 25th August 2005, 17:17

Shite!! hope you don't have neighbours downstairs!!! I remember a few years ago in our flat the top story toilet system was leaking and slowly rotted the floor boards. One day when the resident went for a "quick stop" they ended up sending the dunny through into our laundry!! lucky they weren't still sitting on it

**Motu** · 25th August 2005, 17:33

When we were on tank water most houses had a pressure pump - no water in a power cut.Some friends of ours had a motel and lived in a house on site.One day a fuse must of been tripped....the 3 yr old daughter went into the bathroom to wash her hands....no water.So she told her mum,and they went up to clean the units and flip the fuse back on.They came back after cleaning all the units to find the bathroom tap full on and the 5000gal tank emptied through the house.At the time I was working in the hire centre and had a frantic call about the flooded house - I raced up with our industrial wet/dry vacuum and sucked up as much as I could,emptying it over the deck,lucky it was on posts.

When I got back a couple of hours later,but before the boss - he asked me why I hadn't answered the phone when he rang.When I told him what I had done (they were friends of his too) we had a silent staring match,I wasn't backing down on my helping those in need.

**Beemer** · 25th August 2005, 17:38

I can sympathise! My better half used to live in a place that had a Zip water heater in the kitchen. I was filling it one day not long after we met and had the tap on quite hard. As it was nearly full, I turned the tap the wrong way and water shot out the top and went from the proverbial arsehole to breakfast time! I was screaming out for help, thinking I was about to be abused, but all he did was stand there and laugh - then he turned it off and gave me a big hug and said "it's only water!"

He overflowed the kitchen sink in our old place more than once - he'd start doing the dishes and then hear something interesting on tv and wander into the lounge and just 'forget'. Couldn't exactly yell at him after my experience!

**Ixion** · 25th August 2005, 17:48

Originally Posted by John

Gutted, I did the same thing when I was doing the dishes I got side tracked fitting my new exhaust when I took out the rubbish, ..(

As one does.

Originally Posted by Motu

When we were on tank water most houses had a pressure pump

Softy. Water pumps indeed. Dunno wot the cundries cummin too.

Last year we had our water turned off by some workmen digging up pipes. Whilst it was off Mrs Ixion wished to run the tap in the bathroom wash basin. Of course, nothing came out , so she wandered off (as women do) to do other things. Of course, she didn't notice that when the workmen turned the water back on; the basin soon overflowed, and water started its inexorable progress through the house.

By the time she noticed half the house was awash. So she phoned me at werk, her first words " I don't want you to worry , and there's really no need at all for you to come home , but... ". Never heard the end of the conversation, by then I was out the door putting my helmet on as I ran. Ah well, wasn't too bad. Just went round to the hire place, and hired a big industrial wet vac thing and spent the rest of the day sucking away . Some heaters liberally dispersed and all was well. Can't see any sign of it now. Secret is to vacuum it all up QUICKLY before it has a chance to stain. And not have MDF flooring. If you do you're poked.

You can claim this on your house insurance you know.

**Sniper** · 25th August 2005, 17:51

Hell Biff, thats not good

Does that mean you dont have to do as you are told?

**bugjuice** · 25th August 2005, 17:58

lol.. that sucks big time! yeah, just wait until the power bill and water bill comes thru..
dank ü

**Flyingpony** · 25th August 2005, 18:00

Consider your house blessed by the water gods!

Each house I've been in, the washing machine has flooded it's territory exactly once. Each time the cause was a cloth or something in the basin blocking the drain. The washing machine will fill the basin to about half-full and then proceed to leak through some hose connection joint.

My current house has already been blessed by the water god.
Thank goodness we've got lino and not carpet.

Interesting, never have flooded via a sink, but have been close once.

Ah, Zip water heater in the kitchen ... Remember the old days of Boy Scouts when it got over filled as Beemer shared. The more funny days was when it was slightly overfilled and switched on to boil. But instead of whistling, it'll be spitting boiling hot water ...

Horse.

**placidfemme** · 25th August 2005, 18:02

Originally Posted by Biff

Wimmin – Can’t live with them and can’t sell them for scientific experiments.

Not entirley true... I know a guy who has a friend who's fathers girlfriends uncles brother can organise an appointment with a collegues friend's brothers cousin who would be willing to buy her to test the latest make up's... more accurate then using animals...

**WINJA** · 25th August 2005, 18:07

ONE DAY YOULL THINK ITS $600 WELL SPENT, STUFF LIKE THAT MAKES LIFE INTERESTING, MY PARTNER HAS LOTS OF LITTLE WHAT WE CALL "OH OHS",
AND B4 I CAN SAY TO MUCH SHE REMINDS ME THAT IT WAS ME THAT PUT MY 2 WEEK OLD $23,000 BIKE INTO A DITCH

**Biff** · 25th August 2005, 19:53

Originally Posted by WINJA

ONE DAY YOULL THINK ITS $600 WELL SPENT, STUFF LIKE THAT MAKES LIFE INTERESTING, MY PARTNER HAS LOTS OF LITTLE WHAT WE CALL "OH OHS",

So true - in all honesty Ms Biff was shitting herself when she saw me sprint down the hall way to turn the tops off and to pull the plug (while she stood there in a daze). All I heard was , "sorry, so sorry, sorry". When I turned around she saw me pissing myself laughing and then she relaxed.

Hey ho, lifes full of it eh.

Thanks all. Cash donations welcome. Or PF - I'll take $600 for Ms Biff, no less, oh and some samples from the cosmetics company, for my *cough* neighbour you understand.