Thursday, April 01, 2004

Happy April Fools' Day

I've already been hit by one (and it almost got me, as I'd forgotten the date due to my rude awakening this morning, more on that in a moment) and there's sure to be more. Unlike last year, we're close to a Full Moon this time, and my theory is that the jokes will be better. Witness the fact that I've decided not to pull any today - that automatically brings up today's average. In any case, for the rest of the year, you shouldn't believe 99% of what you read on the internet. For today only, that goes up to 100%. You don't even have to believe my anecdote about how I woke up this morning if you don't want to.

So, on to rude awakenings. I dreamed I heard a "thup-thup-thup!" coming from the bathroom. A loud chugging sound. Only a moment later I realized it wasn't a dream and sprang from bed to find out what new horror Frankenhaus had unleashed on me. I ran into the bathroom expecting to see the toilet overflowing onto the floor... but it looked fine, it was just yelling "thup! thup! thup!" at me. I lifted the lid, and there was no water in the bowl. I could hear water somewhere down the line, but there was none in the bowl. I closed the lid in case the toilet decided to throw up when/if the water returned, and ran to the other bathroom to see if it was having the same adventure. Yup. And I could hear it in the kitchen sink, too. Crud. What's happening!? I looked at the clock, 8 am. Then I heard it just under the noise of the pipes similtaneous chugging: there was a truck outside. I found a window to look from, and saw that it was a city truck. After a few moments I realized they were doing something with the drains outside our house. Huh. After a few minutes of torturing me, they stopped and moved on. The chugging stopped. I slowly ceased to panic. I checked the toilet bowls... both have water, but well below their normal levels. No bathroom geyser today, thank goodness. I must say, that worked better than the alarm clock I forgot to set last night...

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