| It feels great to be on holidays. I love the fact that I can stay up all night with the knowledge that I won't have to rise until around eleven the next day. Utter bliss? Yes. Yes it is. However, my house, which of course wishes to kill me, doesn't acknowledge the importance of my holiday hibernation period. I became aware of this yesterday when I awoke to a house devoid of water. After a long and annoying phone call to the water board, a nice man came around with a 1.25L bottle of water, along with the news that the main had broken. Wow...a whole bottle of water for four people for a whole day! I was impressed by the sheer dedication of this man...who I hoped I would never have to see again. My house, had other plans of course. It all went pear-shaped when I had a brown shower last night. Now I know that there are several one-handed typists out there who think that I am referring to an act involving a web cam and possibly someone wearing lederhosen...sorry, but your Google-crawling has gone horribly awry in this case...better luck next time. It didn't feel right having a shower in muddy water. Living near the Hunter River for a large portion of my childhood, I have encountered dirty water from various acts of God. But by-crickey, this is the city and I demand mud-free water! I had to give Mr 1.25L another call. Arriving promptly at 5:30pm, Mr 1.25L flushed the pipes back to an almost normal state. Instead of a brown hue, the water is now a rather unattractive yellow/cloudy white (!) at the best of times. "Give it a few days to settle," Mr 1.25L assured as he handed me a tube of suspicious looking white powder. Assuming it was something to ease the pain, I looked at the tube's crudely typed label and felt a twang of disappointment: STAIN REMOVER DIRECTIONS: Add 2 tablespoons to 9 litres of cold water. Soak clothing for 24-48 hours and rinse well. Do not use on coloured materials. CAUTION: ODOUROUS Use only in a well ventilated area. Now, if you'll please excuse me, I am off to take a yellow shower (more snickers from Googlers with too much time on their hand[s]) and put on my clean blue and brown-striped pyjamas...
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