Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Defenestration of Physics

I come back to what seems to be turning into my favorite conversation piece - the state of water supply, and pipes, at Basecamp Rooftop. Today, be prepared to be baffled and to have all those hard-learned concepts of Physics go flying out the window.

Why? Because only at Basecamp Rooftop can you open the hotwater tap, and have scalding water come jetting out of the adjecent cold water outlet. On Tuesdays and Thursdays. The rest of the week the hot water actually flows out of the designated tap.

I kid you not! It all depends on the mood swings of the geyser, see ; it switches outlet pipes faster than most women switch footwear, or boyfriends. So folks who've been wondering about those splatter shaped burn-marks on my hand, know that they come from playing a losing game of Russian Roulette with a capricous set of pipes and taps.

I should seriously consider bathing in sand. Or milk. Or driving through a car-wash in a convertible.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I say, it is the geysers prerogative who it wants to burn or freeze!
Blame it on Rio

Vidya said...

Hmmm.... this is very distressing. Does this mean u tried to take a bath only on Tuesdays and Thursdays? Eat chocolate. That's the only solution! It's the only answer! (To life, the universe and everything!)

Anonymous said...

What, immersion heaters have been banned in India?

Taz Snow said...

Folks! Where's the symapthy?! A little less logic, if you please! Sheesh!