Thursday, August 5, 2010

Plumber what?! Plumber un-huh.

Being coherent is becoming less and less important within modern society, if you don't believe me, get on a train, go somewhere in the southern US outside of any metro areas like Savannah, and ask anyone a question.  It could be simple, like, "Do you know a good plumber?"  Count how many people before you understand what any of them said.

I tried this once (I most certainly did not) all I needed was a plumber for my brother's house that I was baby-sitting.  I say "baby-sitting" because babies normally wet themselves, but in this particular instance, my brother's house did. (I'm actually making this all up)  When I first noticed it was raining I thought, "Oh, it never rains in Las Vegas." and then when I first noticed it was raining inside I thought, "Oh, it never rains inside in Las Vegas."

As the plumber later pointed out, the fact that it was raining inside and outside at the same time was just a coincidence.  In this instance, the plumber assured me, there was no correlation except coincidence.  If you're a plumber and you've ever talked to a person who was not a plumber, you'll know that the average person has no clue how water actually gets in or out of their house.  I always assumed it just came out of the faucet, but turns out it's much more complicated than that.  At one point I asked the plumber how the water got there and listened right up until it started to seem educational at which point I left and let the plumber plumb. 

Don't worry.  My uncle is a plumber. 

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