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You get 7 inches of rain in two hours during the middle of the night... finish the scenario.
Bonus points for extra laughs. These supposedly once in a lifetime weather events that seem to happen once every 6-18 months are getting old.
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sorry to hear that, Jennifer.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | July 23, 2011 at 01:02 PM
That's awful.
The real question remains... did the purslane survive?
Posted by: B^4 | July 23, 2011 at 02:48 PM
Aside from the fact that nature has it in for my basement, watching the sheer quantity of water do what it wanted to do was amazing. I never thought I'd see a wave come through my laundry room... or a door nearly blow out due to water pressure.
B^4- I took some purslane photos just yesterday. It's doing funky stuff this year... you know how it's usually a ground cover?? A low-lying creeper? Well this stuff is growing vertically. It's growing up about 10 inches instead of out. It looks pretty odd. Maybe this is normal depending on the area, but I'm used to seeing it grown horizontally.
Posted by: Jennifer | July 23, 2011 at 06:46 PM
That's 30 ways of suck. Did you go out and shake your fist at the heavens?
Posted by: Mandos | July 23, 2011 at 09:19 PM
No. The heavens were a little too liberal with the lightning bolts last night. I didn't want to take any chances.
Posted by: Jennifer | July 23, 2011 at 10:07 PM
Bad news Jennifer. Is the purslane trying to escape, perhaps. I agree, waves in the laundry is bad. We are inline for winter weather overnight too.
Posted by: Another Kiwi | July 23, 2011 at 10:44 PM
I was going to guess the basement flooded.
Darn that lightning!
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Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | July 23, 2011 at 11:10 PM
When life serves you crap make crapade. You know, that advice doesn't seem all that helpful.
Posted by: fish | July 24, 2011 at 08:13 AM
Maybe it's time to upgrade the HelpingFish to 2.0.
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Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | July 24, 2011 at 06:00 PM
fish not being helpful. So, everything is normal on THAT front.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | July 25, 2011 at 01:24 PM
fish can live in your basement.
Posted by: kathleen | July 25, 2011 at 02:00 PM
When life serves you water, make fish stew.
Posted by: Snag | July 25, 2011 at 04:13 PM
Artist's impression (helping Jennifer):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21542477@N08/5975181369
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | July 25, 2011 at 04:26 PM
:)
I like this one better. It made me LAUGH OUT LOUD... which was very helpful.
Posted by: Jennifer | July 25, 2011 at 04:32 PM
K- and why would you think fish living in my basement would be an improvement?? :)
Fish stew might be interesting.
Posted by: Jennifer | July 25, 2011 at 04:45 PM
i can understand how you feel. we had water coming in through one of our landline telephone sockets like it was a little fountain last year and made a mess of our entire living room. had to briefly play the role of hans brinker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Brinker,_or_The_Silver_Skates#Statues_of_the_boy_and_the_dike
Posted by: almostinfamous | July 25, 2011 at 08:22 PM
I like this one better.
That doesn't look like Bad Ronald.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | July 25, 2011 at 08:41 PM
When life serves you water,
Start brewing beer!
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | July 25, 2011 at 08:42 PM
Helping Jennifer with a soundtrack.
I like this one better.
Notice how the label explains that the spectacle was given to Patrick Hughes. What were the circumstances that moved it out of his possession and into a window at the Seven Stars? Enormous unpaid bar tab? Inquiring minds would like to know.
I had been chatting to Hughes the night before, but naturally the question didn't come up. Now I need to send him an e-mail.
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | July 26, 2011 at 04:00 AM
aif- that sounds scary and funny.
hdb- that song would have definitely improved the mood. Also, we'll wait for the back-story on the spectacle.
Posted by: Jennifer | July 26, 2011 at 12:45 PM
K- and why would you think fish living in my basement would be an improvement?? :)
Picture of improved Jennifer's basement.
Posted by: fish | July 27, 2011 at 11:53 AM
First he steals comments... now he steals photos...
Posted by: Jennifer | July 27, 2011 at 12:08 PM
SCARY PICTURE.
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | July 27, 2011 at 03:17 PM
I think you need to have fish live in your basement AND THEN MAKE BEER. crafty microbrews are so now.
Posted by: Kathleen | July 27, 2011 at 04:30 PM
Relevant.
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | July 27, 2011 at 05:17 PM
Unfortunately I am not 21 and cannot enter the site...
Posted by: Jennifer | July 27, 2011 at 05:18 PM
fish can live in your basement.
I think he'd be better living over your garage- like your personal Fonzie.
Posted by: B^4 | July 27, 2011 at 07:43 PM
Unfortunately I am not 21 and cannot enter the site...
No fish-flavoured beer for Jennifer!!
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | July 28, 2011 at 06:45 AM
I think he'd be better living over your garage- like your personal Fonzie.
I am now hearing Depeche Mode singing, "Your own... personal... Fonzie..."
No fish-flavoured beer for Jennifer!!
And this is a bad thing?
Posted by: Jennifer | July 28, 2011 at 08:50 AM