Argh!

We were having a thunderstorm earlier--it stopped much sooner than expected. This is a good thing, and really has nothing to do with that. The bad thing? Dad heard water running in the bathroom, despite nothing being turned on. Under the sink to be exact.

Now, on a rare occasion it's dripped under there, so he thought it was that, and went down there to check the little pan he has down under there.

He checked, and before he could do anything to turn the valve or whatever it was, the pipe under the sink apparently blew up. Water spraying everywhere, all over him. And the carpet of the bathroom is covered. Before it reached the hallway, Dad managed to run outside and turn off the water, but we have every single towel down. We filled a couple buckets before the water was turned off, so we've just dumped it in the bathtub to get rid of it.

We're trying to find an emergency plumber right now.

ETA: Okay, so we're also pulling up the carpet, since it went under there.

ETA 2: In between calling for the plumber, Mom called Kathy (used bookstore owner). Her question? "Why didn't you use the cut-off valve?" "The valve broke." "Oh, you're in it deep now." Dad says thanks for that, he wasn't sure until now.

Argh!

We were having a thunderstorm earlier--it stopped much sooner than expected. This is a good thing, and really has nothing to do with that. The bad thing? Dad heard water running in the bathroom, despite nothing being turned on. Under the sink to be exact.

Now, on a rare occasion it's dripped under there, so he thought it was that, and went down there to check the little pan he has down under there.

He checked, and before he could do anything to turn the valve or whatever it was, the pipe under the sink apparently blew up. Water spraying everywhere, all over him. And the carpet of the bathroom is covered. Before it reached the hallway, Dad managed to run outside and turn off the water, but we have every single towel down. We filled a couple buckets before the water was turned off, so we've just dumped it in the bathtub to get rid of it.

We're trying to find an emergency plumber right now.

ETA: Okay, so we're also pulling up the carpet, since it went under there.

ETA 2: In between calling for the plumber, Mom called Kathy (used bookstore owner). Her question? "Why didn't you use the cut-off valve?" "The valve broke." "Oh, you're in it deep now." Dad says thanks for that, he wasn't sure until now.

Fannish Items, Plus A Sink Update

There’s a new video in the I’m A Marvel, I’m A DC series. Iron Man, Batman, and pretty much everyone other hero that ItsJustSomeRandomGuy has used for his movie parodies—all singing about how Marvel movies have better continuity. It’s funny.

More news on the Being Human American remake can be found here. George is now named Josh, and Mitchell is now a Jewish vampire. Blood isn't kosher, is it? Syfy wants to make the show funnier than the original version. I don’t see this ending well at all.

The Amityville House is up for sale.

Four new clips from the next episode of Doctor Who have been released.

Tesla coils are used to do a lightning filled recreation of the Doctor Who theme song. The guy doing it kind of looks like a Power Rangers villain to me.

And on the bathroom sink exploding front: I do believe we got the fastest plumbers on the planet. Within 30 minutes of Dad phoning and begging for some help, they were here. It only took them a little over an hour. Part of that hour was them heading out to buy a new shut off valve, and figuring out how to get it just right. While they were here, they also fixed the kitchen sink—nothing extra for that, since it turned out to be only a couple screws loose rather than anything big. That’s fixed—all we need to do now is air out the carpet, or get new carpet in there, depending on how bad it is.

Mom’s currently wringing out and washing every towel and rag in the house. Since we used everything.

Fannish Items, Plus A Sink Update

There’s a new video in the I’m A Marvel, I’m A DC series. Iron Man, Batman, and pretty much everyone other hero that ItsJustSomeRandomGuy has used for his movie parodies—all singing about how Marvel movies have better continuity. It’s funny.

More news on the Being Human American remake can be found here. George is now named Josh, and Mitchell is now a Jewish vampire. Blood isn't kosher, is it? Syfy wants to make the show funnier than the original version. I don’t see this ending well at all.

The Amityville House is up for sale.

Four new clips from the next episode of Doctor Who have been released.

Tesla coils are used to do a lightning filled recreation of the Doctor Who theme song. The guy doing it kind of looks like a Power Rangers villain to me.

And on the bathroom sink exploding front: I do believe we got the fastest plumbers on the planet. Within 30 minutes of Dad phoning and begging for some help, they were here. It only took them a little over an hour. Part of that hour was them heading out to buy a new shut off valve, and figuring out how to get it just right. While they were here, they also fixed the kitchen sink—nothing extra for that, since it turned out to be only a couple screws loose rather than anything big. That’s fixed—all we need to do now is air out the carpet, or get new carpet in there, depending on how bad it is.

Mom’s currently wringing out and washing every towel and rag in the house. Since we used everything.