[OT] Somebody, please....

..... commit me to the home for the mentally challenged!!!

As I was washing the cats' new Drinkwell Platinum fountain I had a little
accident. I was using the sprayer hose on my kitchen sink to spray the
inside of the water tank to make sure all the detergent was rinsed away.
The screw-on sprayer nozzle suddenly came off of the hose. The hose started
whipping around like a perturbed snake. Ever 2 seconds, it came around and
sprayed me right in the face (and it stung!). I was standing there,
screaming, trying to catch the hose and put my hand over the hard stream of
water. I finally caught the hose in the middle while the end of it
continued to whip around spraying me and the entire kitchen (including the
fresh baked brownies cooling on the counter). I struggled with the d*mn
thing for at least 15 or 20 seconds, trying to keep my hand over the stream
of water.

Now, one of the guys here, tell me what I should have done as soon as the
nozzle came off? Yep, had I just reached over and *TURNED OFF THE WATER* my
kitchen would not be dripping water from the ceiling, we would have had
brownies for dessert tonight, and I wouldn't be sitting here with a towel on
my head trying to dry my hair!!

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Hugs,

CatNipped

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On 15 Dec, 13:16, "CatNipped" wrote:
Yep, had I just reached over and *TURNED OFF THE WATER* my
kitchen would not be dripping water from the ceiling, we would have had
brownies for dessert tonight,

Hate to tell you we're eating chocolate pecan brownies but it's not I
have turned into a domestic Goddess, I got them from the shop over the
road

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

CatNipped wrote:
.... commit me to the home for the mentally challenged!!!

As I was washing the cats' new Drinkwell Platinum fountain I had a
little accident. I was using the sprayer hose on my kitchen sink to
spray the inside of the water tank to make sure all the detergent was
rinsed away. The screw-on sprayer nozzle suddenly came off of the
hose. The hose started whipping around like a perturbed snake. Ever
2 seconds, it came around and sprayed me right in the face (and it
stung!). I was standing there, screaming, trying to catch the hose
and put my hand over the hard stream of water. I finally caught the
hose in the middle while the end of it continued to whip around
spraying me and the entire kitchen (including the fresh baked
brownies cooling on the counter). I struggled with the d*mn thing
for at least 15 or 20 seconds, trying to keep my hand over the stream
of water.
Now, one of the guys here, tell me what I should have done as soon as
the nozzle came off? Yep, had I just reached over and *TURNED OFF
THE WATER* my kitchen would not be dripping water from the ceiling,
we would have had brownies for dessert tonight, and I wouldn't be
sitting here with a towel on my head trying to dry my hair!!

I don't suppose anyone got a video of that did they? Oh well, I'll just have
to imagine it. ;o)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
.... commit me to the home for the mentally challenged!!!

As I was washing the cats' new Drinkwell Platinum fountain I had a little
accident. I was using the sprayer hose on my kitchen sink to spray the
inside of the water tank to make sure all the detergent was rinsed away.
The screw-on sprayer nozzle suddenly came off of the hose. The hose
started whipping around like a perturbed snake. Ever 2 seconds, it came
around and sprayed me right in the face (and it stung!). I was standing
there, screaming, trying to catch the hose and put my hand over the hard
stream of water. I finally caught the hose in the middle while the end of
it continued to whip around spraying me and the entire kitchen (including
the fresh baked brownies cooling on the counter). I struggled with the
d*mn thing for at least 15 or 20 seconds, trying to keep my hand over the
stream of water.

Now, one of the guys here, tell me what I should have done as soon as the
nozzle came off? Yep, had I just reached over and *TURNED OFF THE WATER*
my kitchen would not be dripping water from the ceiling, we would have had
brownies for dessert tonight, and I wouldn't be sitting here with a towel
on my head trying to dry my hair!!

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/




Reminiscent of an old comedy movie/TV show.... Tree Stooges comes to
mind....



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"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
.... commit me to the home for the mentally challenged!!!

As I was washing the cats' new Drinkwell Platinum fountain I had a little
accident. I was using the sprayer hose on my kitchen sink to spray the
inside of the water tank to make sure all the detergent was rinsed away.
The screw-on sprayer nozzle suddenly came off of the hose. The hose
started whipping around like a perturbed snake. Ever 2 seconds, it came
around and sprayed me right in the face (and it stung!). I was standing
there, screaming, trying to catch the hose and put my hand over the hard
stream of water. I finally caught the hose in the middle while the end of
it continued to whip around spraying me and the entire kitchen (including
the fresh baked brownies cooling on the counter). I struggled with the
d*mn thing for at least 15 or 20 seconds, trying to keep my hand over the
stream of water.

Now, one of the guys here, tell me what I should have done as soon as the
nozzle came off? Yep, had I just reached over and *TURNED OFF THE WATER*
my kitchen would not be dripping water from the ceiling, we would have had
brownies for dessert tonight, and I wouldn't be sitting here with a towel
on my head trying to dry my hair!!

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

LOL! Sorry.

I shouldn't laugh. I once did something worse, and it isn't my fault the
result wasn't horribly gruesome. A couple of years after my husband had
died, I was out in the garage, and the door was open. I pushed the button
to close the door, and as it was closing, Skeeter (RB) ran toward the door.
Did I immediately run the two steps to where I could push the button to stop
it closing? I did not. I screamed for my husband (Did I mention he had
been dead for a couple of years?) and tried to catch Skeeter. The door
closed all the way, pinning Skeeter at one side of the door, half in and
half out. *Then* I hit the button and opened the door. Would you believe
she was shaken, but not hurt at all? I think it took me a lot longer to
recover than it did her.

Joy

CatNipped wrote:

.... commit me to the home for the mentally challenged!!!

As I was washing the cats' new Drinkwell Platinum fountain I had a
little accident. I was using the sprayer hose on my kitchen sink to
spray the inside of the water tank to make sure all the detergent was
rinsed away. The screw-on sprayer nozzle suddenly came off of the
hose. The hose started whipping around like a perturbed snake. Ever
2 seconds, it came around and sprayed me right in the face (and it
stung!). I was standing there, screaming, trying to catch the hose
and put my hand over the hard stream of water. I finally caught the
hose in the middle while the end of it continued to whip around
spraying me and the entire kitchen (including the fresh baked
brownies cooling on the counter). I struggled with the d*mn thing
for at least 15 or 20 seconds, trying to keep my hand over the stream
of water.
Now, one of the guys here, tell me what I should have done as soon as
the nozzle came off? Yep, had I just reached over and *TURNED OFF
THE WATER*

You know, those were my exact thoughts while reading the entire story
(which, by the way, should have had a BW!). Only the fact that you had
started it out with "commit me to the home for the mentally challenged",
kept me from wondering.

Also, if you had put your and over the spraying water, well... I guess
you, your kitchen, and anything else in it would not have gotten any
*more* wet, but let's just say you wouldn't have been spared, either.

I wonder where the little brats were while this was going on?

Joyce

Well, that's not so bad. What usually happens here is that we turn the
water on and the sprayer head separates from the hose ... and goes down
under the sink spraying water everywhere under the sink. We don't even
have to have been using the sprayer so sometimes it will take 10-15
seconds to realize what the problem is. A *bunch* of water can spew out
in that time!

Recommendation: Once that sprayer head has come off the end of the
hose, don't try to put it back on (in our experience, it won't stay).
And don't just buy a replacement sprayer head - same problem. Buy the
combo already put together and replace both. It's a b*tch to get to the
connection under the sink, but worth the effort. If you don't have a
basin wrench, now would be a good time for one. Regular wrench: 2
hours to install and a blue-clouded kitchen from my language. Basin
wrench: .5 hour and a much calmer kitchen.

Sam, who's been down all three forks of that road and found the only one
that doesn't involve fixing it again.

Now, one of the guys here, tell me what I should have done as soon as the
nozzle came off? Yep, had I just reached over and *TURNED OFF THE WATER* my
kitchen would not be dripping water from the ceiling, we would have had
brownies for dessert tonight, and I wouldn't be sitting here with a towel on
my head trying to dry my hair!!

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/

You can come over here. I have rum cake. Freshly baked.

Jane
- owned and operated by the Princess Rita

On 15 Dec, 19:42, Jane wrote:


You can come over here. I have rum cake. Freshly baked.

Sounds nice apparently my boss' mum does a great rum cake and she's thinking of asking her for one for Wednesday morning (we have a little Xmas party at work, snacks, pop and a Secret Santa- wonder what I'll get?)

Then again apparently she makes them with Wray and Nephew Overproof
rum so perhaps not a good idea...

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:23:18 -0800, sam wrote:

Well, that's not so bad. What usually happens here is that we turn the
water on and the sprayer head separates from the hose ... and goes down
under the sink spraying water everywhere under the sink. We don't even
have to have been using the sprayer so sometimes it will take 10-15
seconds to realize what the problem is. A *bunch* of water can spew out
in that time!

Recommendation: Once that sprayer head has come off the end of the hose,
don't try to put it back on (in our experience, it won't stay). And don't
just buy a replacement sprayer head - same problem. Buy the combo already
put together and replace both. It's a b*tch to get to the connection
under the sink, but worth the effort. If you don't have a basin wrench,
now would be a good time for one. Regular wrench: 2 hours to install and
a blue-clouded kitchen from my language. Basin wrench: .5 hour and a
much calmer kitchen.

Sam, who's been down all three forks of that road and found the only one
that doesn't involve fixing it again.


What does a basin wrench look like? I have always liked tools although I
never use them. MLB