A fountain ~ how lovely, but not in my bathroom

[K'Ehleyr]

I know where my water mains are but 'tis a scary place!

As Mallory stated earlier important stuff should be labelled, be easily accessible and not hidden in scary places. Or in a cupboard (name to be addressed later) which is obviously going to be stuffed full of junk.

Speaking of cupboards, I always have this argument with my continental friend... she says cupboard should not be used for anything apart from where you store your dishes, hence the "cup" at the beginning of the word... I think the term is much looser than that, I sometimes even use it to refer to where I keep my clothes... I very rarely use the word wardrobe. Anyone else have this debate?

Ironically, regarding my drainage mishap event described above, I now keep my Cillit-BANG™ in a cupboard. Away from other cups.

Everyone knows British use of the English language is intentionally confusing anyway.

I keep dishes in a cupboard too, so does that make it a dishboard?

Interesting. I have the solution... In any small room in your house that you store things in, always keep a cup in it and then you cannot be told it is wrong

 

[AstroSmurf]

^ Yep. Most states in the US have codes requiring a main shut off and secondaries for each tap under the cupboard they are installed in. This helps immensely in such emergencies.
...

But still it's quite panic inducing when you're on your own even if the bloody tap is labelled and you're not quite sure which way is off or on. I know which way it is but under pressure I forget ~ hell tell me someone who doesn't

Even when it is just underneath that particular tap? Now an unlabeled electrical panel is another matter!

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Ironically, regarding my drainage mishap event described above, I now keep my Cillit-BANG™ in a cupboard. Away from other cups.

Everyone knows British use of the English language is intentionally confusing anyway.

I keep dishes in a cupboard too, so does that make it a dishboard?

Interesting. I have the solution... In any small room in your house that you store things in, always keep a cup in it and then you cannot be told it is wrong

Then it would have to be a cupandsaucerboard, or a cupshoesandgardeningequipmentboard, or a cupoldboxesholidaysouvenirsandpornboard...

I wonder what you keep in a smörgåsbord?

 

[RoJoHen]

Smorgs. And Asses.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

^ Yep. Most states in the US have codes requiring a main shut off and secondaries for each tap under the cupboard they are installed in. This helps immensely in such emergencies.
...

But still it's quite panic inducing when you're on your own even if the bloody tap is labelled and you're not quite sure which way is off or on. I know which way it is but under pressure I forget ~ hell tell me someone who doesn't

Even when it is just underneath that particular tap? Now an unlabeled electrical panel is another matter!

But it was not under the tap it was in the 'cupboard of doom'. And if the electric went at least I wouldn't have electricity gushing out all over the place.
I do know where my 'electric trip switch board thingy' is though. It's at the back of the last cupboard on the right, behind the surf boards, car cleaning stuff, gardening equipment (I have no garden ~ what's that all about?) and stuff that is probably really important

 

[RoJoHen]

I do know where my 'electric trip switch board thingy' is though.

I believe "fuse box" is the word you're looking for.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

I do know where my 'electric trip switch board thingy' is though.

I believe "fuse box" is the word you're looking for.

That'll be the one, Thanks RJH

In the cupboard/closet debate I'm still going to use cupboard because saying 'Oh it's in the closet' would just result in sniggers. Although closet is in fact a classier description ~ maybe I will try it for a while...

 

[RoJoHen]

Cupboards are for old people.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Cupboards are for old people.

And for poor dogs who need a bone fetched for them.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

Cupboards are for old people.

Right then ~ I will shave 20 years off my age and call them closets. It just doesn't sit right with me.

Cupboards are for old people.

And for poor dogs who need a bone fetched for them.

But my cupboards are not bare ~ in fact they are full of crap *mental note ~ take all crap in cupboards to tip tomorrow and then just call them... little rooms with no windows*
Or call them compact and bijou and rent them out for £100 per week, oh I have 3 ~ compact, bijou and snug! T'is a cunning and viable plan...

 

[RoJoHen]

You could go way overboard and call it The Boiler Room.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

You could go way overboard and call it The Boiler Room.

We had something akin to a boiler room when out hillwalking with the school. It was a large steam room with hot water pipes where we kept our damp socks, boots and clothes after a long hard day's walking the Cairngorms.

I could swear after about a week some new life form had been created among the sweat and mold.

 

[RoJoHen]

You could go way overboard and call it The Boiler Room.

We had something akin to a boiler room when out hillwalking with the school. It was a large steam room with hot water pipes where we kept our damp socks, boots and clothes after a long hard day's walking the Cairngorms.

I could swear after about a week some new life form had been created among the sweat and mold.

Did it escape to the sewer? Because I think we have a thread about that creature...

 

[Zulu Romeo]

You could go way overboard and call it The Boiler Room.

We had something akin to a boiler room when out hillwalking with the school. It was a large steam room with hot water pipes where we kept our damp socks, boots and clothes after a long hard day's walking the Cairngorms.

I could swear after about a week some new life form had been created among the sweat and mold.

Did it escape to the sewer? Because I think we have a thread about that creature...

I think it was mistaken for a vegetarian haggis, hunted down, and "murrd-derrrred".

 

[RoJoHen]

And then proceeded to murder the people who ate it.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

We had something akin to a boiler room when out hillwalking with the school. It was a large steam room with hot water pipes where we kept our damp socks, boots and clothes after a long hard day's walking the Cairngorms.

I could swear after about a week some new life form had been created among the sweat and mold.

Did it escape to the sewer? Because I think we have a thread about that creature...

I think it was mistaken for a vegetarian haggis, hunted down, and "murrd-derrrred".

Loving the accent there Zee
Okay so I have a 'boiler room' now I just need to name the other 2 cupboards ~ sorry closets.
One has got lots of old shoes in ~ so the shoe closet?
And the other lots of old child's toys so the 'toy room'?

They're really boring, I need exciting names for my two rooms that are too small to be called rooms.

Oh oh ~ I could buy those plastic numbers and just say 'yes that's in room G2' Hey I'm liking this idea...
I am soooooooooooooo bored

 

[Plecostomus]

Boilers, pipes, valves and drains oh my. Drive all day to Niagara Falls and see what I miss!

 

[An Officer]

^ You snooze, you loose, man.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

^yeah and trying to insinuate that viagra falls wasn't as awesome as the waterfall in my bathroom

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Boilers, pipes, valves and drains oh my. Drive all day to Niagara Falls and see what I miss!

Man, you go all the way to Niagara Falls and still you come crawling back to us?

No escape.