Silly Tuesday: It Sucks!

Posted by MadScientist (Düsseldorf, Germany) on 23 June 2009 in Miscellaneous.

Man, this machine is the thing! It dries walls in an instant!
Uh-huh.
No extra power necessary, just plug it in!
I see.
(Machine starts)
Now listen to this: the sound of freedom!
What?
THE SOUND OF FREEDOM. IT'S VERY QUIET, IT'S SILENCED!
Huh?
SILENCED!!!
Okay, okay, I'll take it.
(Machine goes off)
GREAT!!! - Sorry: great! Where do you plan to use it?
In my living-room.

No kidding, we had this and another one for several weeks in our living-room after a little 'incident' with a water pipe. Two weeks after we moved into our new flat. Oh my.

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Comments (9)

JoeB from Brampton, Canada

Not good, didn't that machine have a small role in the original Aliens?

23 Jun 2009 2:57pm

@JoeB: Now that you mention it... It was quite harmless and after several days our wall and floor were dry again...

Mike from North West, United Kingdom

I saw one of these in the Red Light district in Amsterdam..... :-0

23 Jun 2009 7:30pm

@Mike: And I was believing you were only interested in culture travels! ;-)

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

We have a lot of people trying to dry out their basement here with the major rainfall we got last Friday night. Luckily my basement was spared.

23 Jun 2009 8:14pm

@Steven: In our story it was a sloppily fitted tube. Soon water poured into the wall, the floor - everything was soaked with water!

dkc from Xanthi, Greece

hehe...funny story! Hope your flat is all dry again!

23 Jun 2009 8:49pm

@dkc: Thanks for your concern, fortunately this happened two years ago! :-)

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

Never seen such machinary! Very interesting

23 Jun 2009 10:46pm

@Jen: Be glad! You don't want to have such a device at home.

PD from Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Sorry for your troubles, but that machine is funny looking !!

24 Jun 2009 3:06am

@PD: With a distance of two years I'm able to fully agree to this! :-)

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Looks like you have sort of a Two Cent conversation going here.

24 Jun 2009 11:01pm

@Twelvebit: Pure mischievousness! :-)

dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States

oh my indeed!! hope it is all fixed and better now!!

26 Jun 2009 5:12am

@dj.tigersprout: This one is fixed, but we've found many other defects in the meantime. :-#

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Oh NOOOOOO! I hope you got it all cleared up and dried out. Ugh! Not fun!

26 Jun 2009 12:33pm

@Laurie: Don't worry, we're dry again! :-) This happened two years ago, when a small puddle emerged out of the floor and my only thought was: "Oh sh...!!!" :-D

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