An open letter to my plumbing

[melcreada]

Dearest Rotting Pipes,

While I know you think it's a HOOT to back water up through the downstairs toilet at the drop of a hat, let me assure you: I am not amused. Sure, it's funny to watch JP and I scream and holler and run for towels and mops and the wrench to loosen the safety valve out front. I can hear the rusty chuckles as JP snakes the sludge-filled pipe out front while we make poo jokes and pour lots of bleach and water everywhere, hoping to God the wild animals that live in the fields across the way don't get a whiff and decide to come calling. Of course, the joy of washing all the towels in the waterlogged bathroom and scrubbing mystery crud off the toilet just capped off the evening, but rest assured: I can and will have you dug up and replaced. Consider this your final warning.

Huh.

Thank God for JP. If I had to snake that drain myself, I would still be under a scalding hot shower right now.

Feeling a little less sick though, so um. Yay?

Comments

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

That icon fills me with such danged giggles. Just saw that ep. at a friend's on Monday. XD

But D: Ohgodplumbing. D: D: You are a stronger person than I, I just have to flee if we've got snaking of our own to do. Seems like it's always a gotta-call-a-plumber problem too, after it all >_< Having flashbacks to the root plug in the main line a couple years back. Trying not to flashback to smells D: Seriously, let's go be renters again, yeah? XD;

Hopefully you have less interesting times this weekend. :x

[joseishijin.livejournal.com]

LOL! One of the best lines in Venture Brothers, and that's saying something!

Well, after the second time, we figured: either knock over a bank to pay for the professionals to come and dig up our plumbing or patch up the problem ourselves while we save money to pay for what I am sure will become a landscaping issue (after they dig up the pipe in the front yard).

The words "root plug" fill my heart with a cold fear...

^_______^

[requiemart.livejournal.com]

Dear lord! You make me really happy I bought the one house we looked at with town sewer. Hope the rest of your weekend is better ^^;

[joseishijin.livejournal.com]

Is it the house that you had linked to in an earlier post? The one with all the potential?

And thank you! So far, so good...