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Here I am sitting at the head of my table while outside next to, above, under, behind, in front of, so to speak, the heat is breeding in all three dimensions around the fluttering butterflies, but no one has yet told us what they are breeding, only that it is sweltering heat which is also one of the reasons why dogs have to be kept on a leash at this time of year. Another reason is that we are wheelchair users. After all, it is breeding and breeding season.

It also happened in the last few days that in the middle of the renovation phase of the house, fate was particularly humorous with us, so after the water was turned on again after the new shower was installed, I heard a clear drip in the area of ​​the water meter , after a short period of concentration and an equally short period of careful listening, I was able to rule out a direct connection with my visit to the toilet, which was taking place at the same time, and so I looked in the direction from which, in my opinion, the noise seemed to come from and was actually there in the corner in the immediate vicinity of the water meter With each “drip” there is a slightly larger area of ​​water. What to do said Zeus, water meter and umzu are taboo even for the most resourceful do-it-yourselfer, because all water suppliers have one thing in common with the gas and electricity suppliers, the not unjustified fear of manipulation of their previously calibrated device, so I decided to call the relevant one The supplier and lo and behold, he offered to appear immediately, I declined, it wasn't that urgent, after all we had long since recorded the meter reading on a piece of paper. He said goodbye into the night, but not without first announcing the arrival of a special company with appropriately trained specialists for the following morning and that's what happened.

Relieving

The next morning, almost before the first butterflies could fly, the boiler suit of terror, the specially trained specialist from the specialist company, appeared and inspected the damage:

“Yeah, there’s water dripping.”

Well, I wasn't blind or deaf, a wave of relief went through me, at my age anything is possible.

“So, I’ll call the supplier then.”

I could almost have bet that the two of them had already spoken to each other on the phone shortly before he appeared at the gate of my house; after all, the person responsible for the announced call must have first informed the specialist about the special order I had in stock.

“Look, it’s interesting here, it’s not that easy, would you please come over?”

Not easy? Wow, that's going to be expensive, I saw myself selling my poetry for a few thalers in the pedestrian zone as a street smartie.

“The colleague is coming soon.”

It would be enough for me if he appeared, but I won't be asked.

“The problem is, the house is from the 70s, and larger pipes were laid back then. The tap that was installed at the time had a fabric seal that has hardened. Due to the higher water pressure these days, the tap now has a hairline crack and spare parts are no longer available. We will probably have to lay a completely new line, but that will be up to our colleague to decide.”

If I just saw myself in the pedestrian zone, my inner perception shifted further and further towards medicine, one kidney is enough ...

“Welding and soldering are also canceled.”

The sadist probably enjoyed watching me suffer.

The announced colleague appeared and said the words

“Hi, we spoke on the phone last night.”

He confirmed my suspicion that he had appointed the specialist to me.

The two retreated to the water clock.

“Marble marble 70s marble marble hardened marble doesn’t work marble marble sealing marble marble Monday marble.”

"Marblemurmelif you have to, marblemurmelholds it then marblemurmelPROVISORIUM? marblemurmelok."

I felt uncomfortably reminded of a scene from classic literature in which witches bend over a cauldron and whisper eerie incantations into the bubbling soup.

The two turned back to me and informed me about the plan. Since it was already Friday, the specialist should seal the hairline crack for the weekend and on Monday a new one should be pushed through the old supply line from the street, at this point I would specifically like to do that point out that both men responded to the comparison with a garden hose with an indignant “PLASTIC PIPE!”, almost in sync. The whole undertaking wouldn't really take long. It should never...

However, they made my heart sing and sent another wave of relief through me as they answered my shy question almost in unison

“Who pays for all of this.”

with

“It’s not their management, it’s ours, i.e. us.”

answered.

The specialist started work immediately. To do this, he had to close the pipe on the street in order to reduce the pressure and be able to tinker with the tap. Finally, he turned back to me

"I've got it closed again now, just leave the tap either fully open or fully closed, not somewhere in between."

All right, we should be able to do that.

So let's craft

We turned back to the shower project, it had a tendency to drip the evening before, but for a moment it stopped dripping, the friend and gifted handyman who had appeared in the meantime had also arrived and was about to celebrate the work he had done when we decided to just give it a go Letting water come out of the shower head, but... phew... well... well... how should I put it... that didn't happen.

He quickly rushed to the weekend-ready rooster, cursed, complained, complained, and appeared back

“He doesn’t move.”

“After tight comes loose and after loose comes completely off, I’ll call the supplier, he should take care of it, that’s his department.”

No sooner said than done, second appearance provider.

He immediately disappeared in the direction of the water meter with a tap suitable for the weekend, cursed, complained, complained, and appeared back

"He's not moving, I'll call the specialist. Should he take care of it, that's his department."

No sooner said than done, second appearance specialist from the special company.

Naaaa? Exactly, he also disappeared towards the water meter and the tap he supplied for the weekend. Curious, I crept closer on the tips of the rollers.

He turned the faucet wheel briskly and persistently to the left.. niiiiek niiiek niiiek niiiek... got up, reached over to the tap... nothing... he went back to the cock, this time to the right, just as persistently... niiiiek niiiiek niiiek niiiiek… raise, faucet aaaand…. nothing, nada, niente... followed by wide eyes on his part, something began to work behind the specialist's clouded forehead and slowly dawned, he whispered the fateful words quietly but quite audibly to himself

“Then I’ll probably have to put a new clamp on the front…”

Turning to me, he continued louder

“Everything is fine here, it stays that way, fully open or closed..”

He rejected my objection with an iron face

“That doesn’t really make a difference at the moment.”

to ignore

“We just have to fix something up front.”

With these words he left the house, to my great happiness because I wouldn't have been able to withstand the attack on my humor center for much longer. Of course, the specialist is ultimately “just” an expert and craftsman like any other and is therefore fallible. I am particularly amused by the discovery in-house

“We could have done THAT too.”

But we wouldn't have, because we could have shot everything here in the house ourselves, but the "bell at the front" would have remained out of reach for us, which is exactly what you need a specialist for.

There were a few cars outside and a scooter with private clothing, some of them were probably already there on the weekend, at some point the clamp was on, we were also able to seal the shower for weekend use, why only suitable for weekend use?

Well, because on Monday, due to the smaller diameter of the garden hose. plastic pipe, there was of course a higher pressure on the pipe and after a while the shower connection was convinced that it wanted to loosen the connection, of course only after the friend had given his blessing The handyman had left the house and just as naturally I was alone in the house for a short time, luckily there are more friends and one of them lives not far from my house, so he rushed over and closed the tap, which had replaced the one that had been repaired for the weekend.

Today everything is uplifting and we can laugh even louder about the incident, but it really messed something up, because I actually just wanted to use this little anecdote to lead into a new post about the new territory of social networks, but that's how it looks It became a little more than just a short transition, so at this point I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone involved, because without you my life would be deprived of a truly amusing anecdote. Don't be angry with me for laughing, believe me, there was an awful lot Self-irony included, because actually nothing more could have happened, we would have actually finished the shower on that Friday and then fate sent us a dripping tap, along with the accompanying vicarious agents, into the house just to challenge us to a humor duel, but let's be honest laughed, dear fate, that was really funny 🙂

Actually, I wanted something completely different

But let's come to the thought that has already been announced from the new territory, as you know, you don't forget anything, nothing at all and so it happens that in addition to some stories about Ute Christoff, the eternally young virus distributor from the WhatsApp warnings, there are now a number of new names It is assumed that the 50€ note appears behind the windshield wiper again and again, only to be relegated to the realm of fable again and again by us ZDDKers based on facts. It's particularly painful when semi-serious TV shows spread this crap out into the world and leave the corresponding warning video available online several days AFTER a tip from Mimikama. Of course, the notice was issued with appropriate clarification and explained the facts again, which is why the delay is all the more annoying for everyone who sets out to keep this nonsense off the internet and out of the world. I'd like to bet that this stupid article will go on the next round with a reference to that same station and the show, in order to cling to reality, but that doesn't make it any more true, but it's still annoying that stations still support something like that, even if unintentionally .

One thing we have in common is that sooner or later we all develop what I like to call a “we've had that before” memory, where we store images, formulations or layouts and retrieve them when an old one appears on the timeline Report appears, then the trigger of “we've done that before” takes effect and we are driven to the archive where we immediately look for the article, or often the article that has already been published, and place it under the article on the timeline.

Yes, I really enjoy doing it and am happy about almost every reaction, although there are also reactions where a veteran cynic's jaw drops, which results in his toenails raising. There is a physiognomic connection between the jaw and toenails, which is why Tourists always wear trekking sandals while they tuck into the local cuisine of their chosen holiday destination with their mouths wide open, as if they were trying to smooth out their toenails with the internal pressure this creates.

I think the readership is longing for an example, well then be it, let's look at an example, just imaginary ones, I describe it, you imagine the picture I describe, don't imagine yourself as a person, that just delays you unnecessarily , write it underneath, but now be careful, better than nine and use the gift of your imagination.

Years ago, a picture made its way through the more or less social networks, in which you can see, attention now comes the description, arm your imagination, of a few rows of stacked transparent plastic cans, the contents of which were visible thanks to the transparency of the plastic can and the resourceful developer It was, it's hard to believe or even believe, about PEELED ORANGES. So the natural outer packaging of the orange was removed and then repackaged in a plastic container and placed in the refrigerator shelves. At first glance it may have been a great idea, after all, there are enough people for whom peeling an orange poses unexpected problems, not everyone has the strength or coordination to peel an orange, but filling entire shelves is something Cannons on sparrows... I also keep remembering the old joke:

“Doctor, the strength medication you prescribed for me.”

"Yes what's up with it?"

“I can’t open the package.”

At the time, the image included a text that asked the company “WTF?”

No matter how or why, the company quickly recognized their faux pas and the oranges were offered for sale again in the packaging that was originally supplied.

Mimikama explains this with edifying regularity because, like the many other virtual boomerangs, it pops up from time to time, and we don't like to do anything bad at all.

Often when it comes up on our timelines, we just put the Mimikama article underneath it, as already described, and the topic is over, in most cases it disappears from the scene.

But then comes the jaw-dropping toenail moment, I'm announcing this as a precaution so that you are prepared and can secure both accordingly, so that you don't punch holes in your expensive socks.

Busy German sites with a penchant for sensationalism and a good deal of boredom find the picture, put a lurid text underneath it and, presto, it's doing its rounds again - a typical case for Mimikama, one would think, but not this time not on my timeline and I I don't fear many others either.

One of the posts just described is shared without a word, I diligently look for the Mimikama article and put it under it with the note “It's quite old and doesn't exist anymore” and actually in three cases, in words THREE, I get the answer “I use it as a symbolic photo for the prevailing packaging madness”.

Please what? Post an entire article wordlessly as a symbolic photo for packaging madness?

Guys, you're not serious, it just can't be.

First of all, a linguistic reprimand, symbolic photo, then you should have removed the picture from the article and not distributed the article, secondly, the picture shows oranges, which in turn are part of the rich palette of dishes in dishes, but it doesn't say so more of a symbolic photo, but a serving suggestion, yes I know packaging madness can't eat, so it could possibly pass as a symbolic photo.

Thirdly, and this is the final trigger, you, those with the symbolic photo argument, run around the vetches every day with your smartphone, sharing everything and everyone, children (even if it's actually a delicate matter, but they are shared), your vacation, that Dog, the cat, even now and then with growing enthusiasm your damned food, but you are not able to get the shitty thing out of your bag and banish the source of your anger on the virtual celluloid during your visits to the supermarket of your choice and share it directly with the note “Look at this crap – individually wrapped peas”? You may have even shared the article that was later declared “Symbolic Photo” via the smartphone app.

Yes, you're right, the packaging craze is crazy, but it's just as crazy to keep bringing up old items that have long since belonged in the virtual mothball box as symbolic photos, but constantly lugging your smartphone around with you - denounces current things, goes out and finds the madness it's in the shelves, but let the old camels rest, through such nonsense, those who dig them up earn a golden nose. Your clicks on their site put the advertising dollars into their pockets, neither the environment nor you have anything to do with it.


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