Today, our hot water tank got replaced because all our hot water had been smelling old and musty for a month now. There was a dead seagull in the tank. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, when going to fill up the kettle, I noticed a bad smell and pieces of something coming out of the tap. Turns out there was a dead snake in my water supply. FML
Today, I discovered that the rancid stench in my bathroom was a decaying carcass of a mouse in my toilet tank. FML
Today, at the beach, a seagull conveyed its opinion of my cigarette by taking a dump on it, putting it out. Seems they have anti-tobacco sniper seagulls now. FML
Today, it was a little colder than it should be for this time of year, and as a result I was using the heater in my car. Apparently within the last four months, a mouse managed to make his way into my heater vent and die. I can not get the smell of death out of my car. FML
Today, I discovered the source of the vile stench in my room. My daughter had "saved" a bird from our cat and put it in a box under my bed, hoping to nurse it back to health. She forgot about it, leaving the corpse rotting in there for who knows how long. FML
Today, I was out riding and a seagull pissed on me. It got in my mouth. FML
Today, my friends and I ran through a flock of resting seagulls. The birds took to the skies and chased after us, covering us in shit. FML
Today, after a stressful series of events, I went to the beach to unwind. I sat on the sand, breathed in deeply and closed my eyes, trying to find some sort of inner peace. Then a seagull shat on me. FML
Today, I noticed my shower drain wasn't draining well. I cleaned it out, thinking it was just a rat's nest of hair. Wrong. It was an actual dead rat. FML
Today, I popped into the shower hoping to come out all warm and clean. Something was very wrong with the pipes, and I came out smelling like sewage instead. FML
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LAUGHINGKOMODO 25
I'm not sure how a bird can get into a tank like that, but what is more interesting is that you still were able to tell what kind of bird was in there after a month of boiling it.
engineerosaurus 26
How does that... happen?!
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Comments (18)
tonyfan00 38
How the ****...?
tonyfan00 38
I have when that happens!
ARISKomuniszt 24
We had a dead bird stuck in the chimney once, so I can relate somewhat...
chantelle9294 19
I can see how it could get in there, because indoor hot water heaters have to have a floo to let the gases escape, and the cover might have come off and allowed the bird entry. However, I'm fairly certain that a dead, boiling bird would concoct some much richer aromas than musty, and that after a month of it boiling near constantly, you would not be able to tell what bird it is or that it's a bird at all without a degree in anthropology or ornithology
Chazzster 32
At least in the USA this would be absolutely impossible to happen. The only water connections to a hot water heater are two small water pipes. No bird could ever get inside the water tank under any circumstances. Gas water heaters have a flue (exhaust pipe) but it’s only about 3” in diameter and it only connects to the burning chamber - there is no connection to the water which is separated from the burning chamber. Sea gulls are large birds and could not even fit in the flu. I suspect this is from some place where they collect rainwater in a cistern or storage tank. That could be open and you can get critters in a cistern. But the cistern is not a water heater and people do not generally use cistern water for consumption for just these reasons. It would typically be used for flushing toilets and possibly washing clothes. OP - I think you misunderstood what the plumber told you or you misstated the problem.
smbridges 15
They are most likely from the UK. They have different plumbing than in the US