Penny dreadful, part 1: perilously out of plumb
Mrs. Scatter only reports in short e-mail bursts these days. Her long-winded farcical spiels have been reduced to quick knock-off observations. This morning she prepared to leave for the office …
She coiffed her hair in a perfect rumple, slipped on a pair of polished pumps, picked up her overlarge and overweight laptop case, kissed Mr. Scatter (whose bristly whiskers poked her in the forehead), waved and said, “I’m off to drive around my toilets.”
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To be continued …
– Laura Grimes
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Photo: More plumbing problems at Chez Scatter. (OK, we’re lying. Actually, it’s a seatless, or “squat,” outhouse near a tourist hut in Poland.) Tomasz Kuran, 2005, Wikimedia Commons.
December 1st, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Out of plumb. In our house, it has to be seriously out of plumb. Rule of thumb is four plumbing problems equals call the plumber. As long as there is one toilet, we can wait to make certain the plumbing surcharge is covered by our work. So, we have one faucet that is out of order. I miss our handyman - had no surcharge, spoke the King’s English and knew what he was doing. Alas, he went back to a “real” job.
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:19 am
Actually, LaValle, we have a rule of thumb in our house, too: When the water in the tub gets higher than a ruler because it won’t drain, it’s time to call a plumber.
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:07 am
What an interesting juxtaposition of posts–the outhouse over the theater lobbies–anyone who has been subjected to the ladies room line at the Keller auditorium–put those outhouses right in the lobby and I’ll be a happy girl!