January 27th, Saturday, which was yesterday is remembered for a few things. Googling up ‘this day in history‘ i found some out some stuff that may or may not interest people stuck on a desert island in the pacific:
1880 – Thomas Edison patented the lightbulb. If not for him, we’d still be blogging with a kerosene lamp and / or candlelight.
1910 – The man who invented and developed the flush toilet mechanism that most of us use today, Thomas Crapper, died. That’s probably where were get the term ‘crap‘. And ‘holy crap‘. And ‘crappola‘.
1984 – Michael Jackson’s hair caught on fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in Los Angeles. He has since changed to Coke, and later Jesus juice.
Incidentally, my blog was 2 years old yesterday. Yes, I started blogging on January 27, 2005. Since then, i’ve migrated it once, started a few more blogs, and joined a few more group blogs. And made lots of friends along the way.
On another note, my wife’s trying to unclog the bathroom sink with a plunger. The sound it’s making is reminiscent of someone regurgitating. We’ve tried everything, it isn’t working. Don’t like all those “drop in card” plumbers. Any ideas anyone? I’m not going to google “how to unclog your pipes”. Might come up with some p0rn0 searches, for all i know.
8 Comments
lilian
Eh, go buy that metal thingie. Wait I go google my own blog. (soli too many posts can’t remember which or else can show you a pic)
lilian
Chey…forget to wish you Happy Bloggiversari pulak. So, are we going to see some Terrible Two tantrums, huh?
Ken
Hahaha… Thanks for cracking me up man! I can have a reason to smile again! (cos tomorrow class starts again)
thatJames
Happy Anniversary. For the bathroom sink, try opening the pipe right below the sink. A lot of gunk usually gets stuck in that curve pipe. Alternatively, you can buy a drain cleaner at the hardware store – it’s some kind of caustic fluid which is supposed dissolve all kinds of crap.
But try opening the pipe first.
simon
the pipe is open. it’s the part that’s in the wall that’s clogged.
i’ll drop by the hardware shop today.
zyrin
Happy Bloggiversary, Simon!
That acidic fluid thingy works well, but it’s useless if the gunk clogging up your pipes is made of, primarily, of hair.
mott
I quote Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Love in the time of cholera”, “It must not be a man who created the toilet…”
Hahahah..this was becoz one of the characters also kena scolding fm his missus for pissing on the lid…
Ahhhh…..
Pat
Happy anniversary mate!