Monday, September 12, 2005

The thingy that goes up and down

My wife, whilst not technologically ignorant, is somewhat terminologically challenged. Thus today we were discussing a problem with out toilet. The water doesn't stop flowing once the cistern has refilled because the float sticks. My wife said she'd worked out what to do to fix it; all we have to do is go over to Home Depot and buy the parts. I asked what parts we needed and she said, 'Oh, we need a new one of those thingys that goes up and down'.

I've been joking about it with her for the last half hour. Then I leaned back in my chair, which is badly in need of lubrication and said 'while we're over there we need to get some of that squeaky stopper stuff for my chair'.

Much laughter!

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