Today, my water pipes froze and burst and I now have to take snow from my back yard and boil it down into water in order to flush my toilet. FML
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Hey, I'm the OP. My pipes burst at about 2:00 AM so I couldn't take water from neighbours or call a friend. We figured out they froze at like five PM and we were all trying to unfreeze them. At that point it was just the hot water that didn't work. It actually happened to us once already, and we fixed it so we didn't think it was a big deal until they burst. We called the plumber the next day and we had water by the time I woke up. It was just my little sister and I who were melting the snow, because we were the only ones who had to pee. We made a really big mess and my sister kept flushing the toilet before we actually had enough water, making us have to start all over again. It was a horrible experience and my older brother refused to help. But now, it's just a really funny story to tell.
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fuckyourlifeOP 25
It could be worse, you could have to boil down yellow snow to take a shower.
stardustjunkie 12
For the sake of one pee, I would've just peed in to something and tipped it outside somewhere (in to soil, grass or something down the back of the garden). But then I've been on plenty of far from luxury hikes and camping trips.. It's not pleasant but needs must! Glad you got it all sorted.
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morella_xx 29
In my old house we had an electric water pump, so every time a blizzard caused a blackout we had to do this. We kept bottled water for drinking/cooking but for anything that didn't need to be consumed, we used snow. It's the winter version of turning lemons into lemonade.
ladydemoon 8
Be grateful op-At least you have snow.... We keep getting cold freezing temps but no snow.... This really sucks when it happens here
beaverteaser 16
if it's yellow let it mellow, if its brown flush it down
darshanbidkar 11
that solves the problem of drinking. What about bathing ?
xbaumann 8
I'm going through the same thing. You're not alone.
DanielleinDC 33
Must...not...type...next...line...of...anthem.... And yes, I live in the U.S., but I've been to enough hockey games to know "O Canada".
Chris93Jones 20
only in Canada.
FrankHotpants 31
This is why you leave your faucets dripping.
TimeDisposalEngi 14
Yeah we've been hit with an extremely frigid arctic wind this week.
Mike09220 14
Oh Canada you so silly.