Speaking of safety, I just risked my life

[Shifter]

Doing something stupid, of course. Not sure if I had a buddy over would have prevented it, though.

Story goes:

We have a powder room right next to the kitchen. A couple weeks ago, the handle breaks on the toilet. No big deal, new handle, all done.

Nope. From replacing the handle, it was enough to disturb the flap seal, and now the toilet leaks, and the water runs. Mansfield, so not your typical flapper style.

Okay, hit the go button on the parts cannon. I just ordered a whole rebuild kit for the toilet. Less than 50 bucks, including shipping, from the manufacturer.

It shows up today, so I decide to go ahead and fix it. Simple project, drain the tank on the toilet, remove tank, and replace all the bits with new bits. Reinstall tank.

I drain the tank, sop out the last of the water and remove the tank. I start cleaning the silt and eroded rubber from the bottom of the tank, when a Brilliant Idea strikes me. Here I am, wiping the inside of the tank, when I have a huge sink in the room right next to me with running water.

So, as any reasonable male would do, I took the tank to the sink and started washing it out.

While I was busy rinsing the tank, I did not detect my wife wandering into the kitchen.

At that point I was informed that my Brilliant Idea, was not indeed, a Brilliant Idea but something quite the opposite, and very positively Not Acceptable.

Chastised, I quickly reassembled said toilet, made sure it didn't leak and scrambled out of there.

How did I risk my life?

Well, had my wife wandered into the kitchen just a few minutes later, she would have caught me loading the tank into the dishwasher after I finished rinsing it in the sink.

[herr_oberst]

Bullet dodged.

[A930Rocket]

Whoa!

The good news is, you didn’t wash the bowl in the sink.

[dad911]

Tell her to chill, tank water is clean.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by dad911

Tell her to chill, tank water is clean.

"And I don't have to pee in the kitchen sink anymore"

[masraum]

ROFLMAO.

For your next trick, you need to put some greasy engine parts in the dishwasher, and some front hubs in the oven!

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by masraum

ROFLMAO.

For your next trick, you need to put some greasy engine parts in the dishwasher, and some front hubs in the oven!

I actually did that with some MC parts. She was pizzed but we weren't married.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by masraum

ROFLMAO.

For your next trick, you need to put some greasy engine parts in the dishwasher, and some front hubs in the oven!

No aluminum please...

[chrismorse]

High school, prepping my MGA for the upcomming school car show, i ran the su carburetors through the dishwasher at home for a final wash.My sweet, sainted mother was PIZZED - she used words that i had never heard her say - Chastened, i reasssembled and took first in the sports car class.
Tread lightly around the dish washer - particularly if SHE might come home before the final dry cycle.

YMMV
chris

[Aurel]

Many people including my wife think the flush tank is very gross, while in reality there is only clean water in it. It is a psychoneurotical reflex I guess…or double decker ptsd maybe.

[911 Rod]

Originally Posted by Aurel

Many people including my wife think the flush tank is very gross, while in reality there is only clean water in it. It is a psychoneurotical reflex I guess…or double decker ptsd maybe.

It does get a bit of "friendly fire". lol

[vash]

Originally Posted by Aurel

Many people including my wife think the flush tank is very gross, while in reality there is only clean water in it. It is a psychoneurotical reflex I guess…or double decker ptsd maybe.

Upper Decker? Now i cannot remember. i am NOT googling it.

[gacook]

Originally Posted by vash

Upper Decker? Now i cannot remember. i am NOT googling it.

When someone takes a dump in the clean water tank.

[vash]

Originally Posted by gacook

When someone takes a dump in the clean water tank.

i know this. hahah..still funny.

Aurel called it a Double decker. wasnt sure anymore of the correct nomeclature.

haha..still funny

[gacook]

Originally Posted by vash

i know this. hahah..still funny.

Aurel called it a Double decker. wasnt sure anymore of the correct nomeclature.

haha..still funny

oooohhh...didn't catch that! And you're right.

[Scott Douglas]

When my brother an I were kids and he was fooling around with porting on his Komet kart engine, we'd heat the cylinder up in Mom's oven so we could press the liner out.
To get it back in we'd freeze the liner and heat just the cylinder, then quickly slide them together making sure they were aligned properly.
Mom was very understanding of her sons and our desire to do stuff like that. My brother once built his 283 SBC in the family room because it was too cold out in the garage. That was one clean engine. Painted with Rustoleum on the inside so the oil would drain better too.
We never did any washing of parts in the dishwasher though.

[Aurel]

Originally Posted by vash

i know this. hahah..still funny.

Aurel called it a Double decker. wasnt sure anymore of the correct nomeclature.

haha..still funny

Yeah, excuse my american, second language and all .

[stomachmonkey]

My wife left me alone one day to clean the grout on our ground floor which was 60% tile.

She came home to find me inside the house with a pressure washer and wet vac.

In my defense, it was working.

[Robert Coats]

Originally Posted by Shifter

How did I risk my life?

Well, had my wife wandered into the kitchen just a few minutes later, she would have caught me loading the tank into the dishwasher after I finished rinsing it in the sink.

Okay, that's the funniest thing I've read all day.

[vash]

Originally Posted by Aurel

Yeah, excuse my american, second language and all .

No No no..you did awesome. super funny nevertheless even thinking about it.

i for one have never seen it happen or hear of it happening. for reals.