Aaaaagggggh!
You've just brought back a horrifying memory for me!

A few years back, the bath at my parents house was blocked, and we needed to empty it so it could get fixed. However, not for us the old "fill mug, empty mug" bailing method! No, because I know how to put together a siphon! It would be put together quickly, and then I could get back to my book whilst the siphon did its magic, flowing into a bucket on the floor, instead of bailing water mugful by tedious mugful.

Now, what could I use for the siphon? I know! That short length of old hose that's been sitting in the garage for a while. You can see where this is going, can't you?

I got the hose, stuck one end in the bath, and (because water needs to be in the hose before the other end is put in water in the sink) put the other end to my lips and sucked. There was a weird scrabbling feeling at my lips, which I then felt on my tongue and against the roof of my mouth. I jumped a mile whilst trying to scream, spit and disengage my tongue all at the same time, and watched as a large black spider fell onto the bathroom floor and legged it.

Then I was sick.

I have never made a siphon again.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Fri 24 Jul 2009, 15:00, 1 reply)

Hahahha!
Argh! It's the weirdest feeling isn't it? Stayed with me for a long time that night!!!
( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Fri 24 Jul 2009, 15:28, closed)