At 16:29 07-01-01 +0100, you wrote:
>"k.camplate" wrote:
>
> > (I also came into my house today after being away for ten days and
> found about
> > 15 cm of water in my basement. It looks like it was twice as deep from the
> > water stains. And I can't see where the water came from. Oh well the
> joys of
> > home ownership.)
>
>Two weeks back we returned home from a party at 4 AM Sunday morning. And
>when we
>stepped out of the elevator there was water all over the place. Some
>joker
>decided that opening the fire hose was a good idea and that left us with
>app. 10
>cm of water at the 9th floor. Nice surprise. Comment of the emergency
>service,
>you can call for this kind of calamities, "can't it wait 'till Monday
>?". A few
>minutes after I finally dozed off they called us back. This time they
>wanted to
>know if there was a wall socket somewhere excessible to them. Groan. It
>wasn't
>funny at the time. But we had a few good laughs since. Especially "can't
>it wait
>'till Monday ?" is becoming a much used saying around our house now a
>days. :o)
>
>Sonja
Had the water been a little deeper, you could have told them, "Yes, it's
accessible . . . if you bring your SCUBA gear."
(P.S. -- FWIW, I wouldn't have thought of that comeback at 4 AM, either.)
-- Ronn! :)
