h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Today is International Towel Day. And my morning felt like I had a role in the first pages of The Original Guide

They're replacing the main water line in my street. To that end I got a note a few days ago saying they would have to turn off the water to my house yesterday from 8am to 4pm.
I kept reminding myself to fill a few bottles with water for my morning but of course I forgot
So I had to go to a nearby café for breakfast and muchly needed caffeine. Okay, that was not too bad - but I still needed a bath so went home and waited.
Alas, 4pm came and went and there still was no water ...
I was expected at a party so left the house - and noticed all workers had left the street. Without leaving any e-mails, notes, text messages, smoke signals ...
Late last evening my friends supplied me with a few bottles of water for today's morning . The bottles came in very useful this morning - as the impressing lack of water had grown to grotesque proportions.
When the waterwork's phone opened at 9am I called and was told: "Really? No water? First thing we've heard about it. We'll check and call back".
About 10 to 15 minutes later I had water. And 2 minutes later there was a knock on my front door. I opened and a person looking slightly like a direct male-line descendant of Genghis Khan asked me: - Do you have any water?
- Yes, thank you, I have now.
- Yes, I just turned it on. How long have you been without water?
- Since you turned it off.
- Yesterday morning?
- Yes.
- Sorry about that. One of the lads forgot to turn it on yesterday afternoon when the rest of the street got their water back.
- Really?
- Yes. Why didn't you call us?
- Your note said your telephone is only open from 9am to 4pm.
- Yes, but there is an emergency number.
- It's not mentioned in your note.
- No, but if you ring after hours you are automatically put through to the emergency number.
- And how was I supposed to know that?
- Well - er - you have water now, yes?
- I have. Thanks again. And I shall now take two much needed showers in quick order.
- I see. Good day to you, sir ...

Wow, that is Hitchhiker-esque indeed...

All the instructions were in the basement of the water company building in a locked filing cabinet with 'beware of the leopard' written on it, so why didn't you psyhically know what to do???

Glad you managed, and glad it's all sorted, so hopefully you won't encounter similar scenarios any time soon...

Thanks. No one died. Or deceased in other ways. And all is well that ends well. Unless of course they drown in a wishing well. Or something

[Writes note to self: Remember not to drown in a wishing well]

Perhaps they thought you were telepathic and you were able to know what they were going to do or not do before they did.

Telepathic I'm not.

I'm more of the telepathetic type: I'm miserably inadequate even from a distance

You should have been the manager of an average ebd and breakfast, then. You would have been inn-adequate.

Bed & Breakfast sounds awfully early to me. I'm more of a Lunch & Nap kind of guy

I am, too.

reminds me of a saying we have, water water evertwhere but not a drop to drink, ie in the sea lol

damb keyboards are naff lol

Love post 10! Wish we still had a quote of the day!

I just had lunch, and now I'm going for a nap.