DIY SOS
When I was a lad, my dad was a DIY god - could fix anything, build anything, could even put things back together and not have bits left over. But everyone has an off day...

A few hours after he'd done some minor rewiring in our house, I wandered downstairs and heard a strange noise. Investigating, I found water dripping from the ceiling, under the point he'd been working. Electricity and water don't play well together, so I thought I'd better alert him.

He lifted a floorboard, and gave it to me to hold. Peering into the space, he announced that he could see the problem - a nail in the next board had clipped a pipe. So he started to lift that board as well.

As soon as the nail came out of the pipe, the full pressure of the water was released, and a powerful jet hit him full in the face. The suddenness made me jump, and I lost my grip on the board I was holding - which toppled over, and hit him square on the head. It even managed to have a nail in exactly the right place.

So there he was, sprawled on the floor, soaking wet, bruised, punctured, and mildly electrocuted. But clearly the thing that hurt the most was me and mum pissing ourselves laughing.

Comedy Gold!
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 17:33, 2 replies)

Hahaha!
Wonderful! *click*
(MrNorm, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 9:26, closed)

Definately over eager wasn't he
All he had to do was turn the water off before he took the nail out, however water in the face is a slapstick classic and deserves a click.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 10:43, closed)