Complimentary Wet Patch*

I came home yesterday evening to find a big pool of water on my kitchen floor which was most uncalled for.

After some time spent in sheer perplexity I discovered that the cause of the dampness was situated above the kitchen and on further investigation found the water to have come from the airing cupboard.

After a worried telephone call to British Gas and a worried telephone call to my mother I began clearing up the mess in my kitchen.

It struck me that given there had been water coming through my ceiling it was actually very considerate water which once in the kitchen only landed on things that were waterproof. And I don't mean it happened to fall on waterproof surfaces - I mean it steered away from damageable things and actively sought out things it couldn't harm. I had water in odd places. It even managed to circumvent a loaf of bread.

In other things-going-horribly-wrong-that-turn-out-to-be-not-as-bad-as-expected news, my mp3 player has not died a horrible death at all! Its battery has died a horrible death and a new battery is a lot cheaper than a new mp3 player.


* in hindsight, this is probably not an appropriate phrase to use in polite company over breakfast in a hotel