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[phosfate]

Water in the basement again last night. To no one's surprise, the roots grew back, as roots are wont to do. Had the plumbers in today, with their rotor thing. They seemed to enjoy themselves, if the singing was anything to go by. The machine made an odd sound, as though mice had installed a tiny duplicate of the Chicago El inside the house. I hope my Jake and Elwood toys finally felt at home, if only for a moment.

Plumber 1 likes Steinbeck, and kept asking Plumber 2 if he could pet the rabbits. Plumber 2, called Paul, grew up down the block near John the Comic Shop Guy. Plumber John Paul II also said that I could stop the roots growing back with a regular infusion of livestock salt. I asked where one might obtain livestock salt, since I haven't been outside the city limits, except via Northwest or United, in years. He named several cow-related merchants, none of which were familiar, so I asked Deb about it when I got back to work (her family all live out of town). Apparently one must go out to Toys R Us, but not take the right into TRU and instead keep a-drivin'. There one will find new and open vistas, including a fine view of the Cracker Barrell, and a store that, it is said, sells bovine acoutrements. I can't wait!

Besides, I haven't been to TRU in like a month.

ETA: Paragraph 2 run through the English-to-AOL translater.

PLUMBR!!111!!! WTF 1 LIEKS STAINBK AND K3PT ASKNG PLUMBR 2 IF HE CUD P3T DA RABITS!!!1!!1! WTF LOL PLUMBR 2 CALED PAUL GR3W UP DOWN TEH BLOK N3AR JON TEH COMIC SHOP GUY!1111!!1! WTF LOL PLUMBR JON PAUL I ALSO SADE TAHT I CUD S2P TEH ROTS GROWNG BAK WIT A RAGULAR INFUSION OF LIEVS2K SALT!!!!!1! LOL I ASKED WHER3 ONE MIGHT OBTANE LIEVS2K SALT SINC3 I HAEVNT B3N OUTSIED DA CITY LIMITS EXCAPT VIA NORTHW3ST OR UNIETD IN YEARS!!!111!1 OMG HE NM3D SEVARAL COW-RELAETD M3RCHANTS NON3 OF WHICH WER3 FMILIAR SO I ASKED D3B ABOUT IT WHEN I GOT BAK 2 WORK (HER FMILEY AL LIEV OUT OF 2WN)!!!!! LOL APAERNTLEY ONE MUST GO OUT 2 2YS R US BUT NOT TAEK TEH RIGHT IN2 TRU AND INST3AD KEP A-DRIVIN!!!!!1!! THEIR ONE WIL FIND NU AND OPEN VISTAS INCLUDNG A FIEN VEIW OF DA CRAKAR BAREL AND A S2RE TAHT IT SI SADE S3LS BOVIEN ACOUTR3MENTS!!!!!!1! OMG WTF I CANT WATE

Comments

[finabair.livejournal.com]

The machine made an odd sound, as though mice had installed a tiny duplicate of the Chicago El inside the house.

Was one of them running a teeny little shell game on it?!?

[thistlethorn.livejournal.com]

Re: AIM translation: Ow. My head hurts.

[maajaml.livejournal.com]

Somehow in a weird way, I could understand the PLUMBR!!111!!!

*cries*

[tikistitch.livejournal.com]

Hrm. But what if the salt leaks out into your back yard and causes a biblical plague? Deuteronomy dude.

[cannellfan.livejournal.com]

"...The machine made an odd sound, as though mice had installed a tiny duplicate of the Chicago El inside the house. I hope my Jake and Elwood toys finally felt at home, if only for a moment..."

In high-pitched, squeaky voices: "It's 106 feet to the sewer line, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses." "Hit it"

P.S.: Mightn't Tractor Supply Company, at 56th and Cornhusker have the salt of the cows? Or maybe not...

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

I ended up at someplace that was, indeed, in the unholy triangle at 56th and Cornhusker. It wasn't called Tractor Supply Company, but it did have rabbits and overalls.