I broke the toilet at home.

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ifihadahifi
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I broke the toilet at home.

Postby ifihadahifi » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:06 pm

My days as a handy-man are numbered.

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Postby Irock » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:36 pm

The work may be sub-standard, but the price is right!

Short of hitting it with a hammer and actually breaking the porcelin, how the hell do you break a toilet? I mean, in a way that an hour and a trip to Home Depot won't fix?

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Postby ifihadahifi » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:56 pm

When you fasten the tank to the bowl, don't over-tighten the bolts. It can snap porcelein like nobody's business.

I've been charmed lately. Ever since I put in the new floors I've been going around looking for new stuff to do. I'm all motivated and it's getting expensive. Before this latest incident, I was cleaning my son's fish tank when I dropped the tank light right into the dang tank. (yeah, while it was still plugged in.) Fortunately, his fish (and I) survived the initial shock but I'm out $20 for a new light. That was just this past week. Days before that, I had the back door off it's hinges trying to fix the weather stripping and screwed it up.

Oh, and the broken toilet came fifteen minutes after I changed the storm light outside. I didn't realize, while working in the dark, that the light also hosted a wasp's nest. I learned that the hard way but at least that lesson was free.

Has anyone else ever had a bad luck/clumsy streak like I'm having right now?

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Postby Irock » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:24 pm

Don't feel bad. My dad made 100 gallon fish tank one time, but failed to calculate what the weight of 100 gallons of water would do to glass (even quarter-inch thick glass).

...And that's when we bought the wet vac. To an eight year old, 100 gallons of water flowing down the hallway is really impressive.

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Postby monet2u » Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:04 pm

you should buy a TOTO toilet now....with a bum warmer and spray wash

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Postby katie » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:03 pm

my life is one big clumsy streak. i am just about the clumsiest girl on the face of the earth.
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Postby squeezle » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:50 pm

you should try adding more fiber to your diet ;)
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Postby Dutch » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:10 pm

I'm being stalked by bees and racoons.

Nothin cute about it.

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Postby aquaphase » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:55 pm

I'm being stalked by bees and racoons.

Nothin cute about it.
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