Full of hot air

For some reason today I was remembering a conversation that I had with a woman a bit ago. The details are not necessary, however she was explaining to me that there was no way this other woman had hot water, because her gas was not hooked up, and she was just a vicious liar.

I will give some of you a moment on this.

Now, I explained to her that my gas was not hooked up yet either, but because the gas line had not yet made its way to my front door. In order to warm up my hot water heater, I have rigged a device, sort of like a giant gerbil wheel. When this wheel turns, it moves a lever that then rubs sticks together, creating energy, if not fire. I have some concrete blocks under my water heater to hold it up, so that when the fire starts it heats up the bottom of the water heater. I actually have had to hire some local raccoons to do this for me while I am at work, so that by the time I get home I have hot water. I have only been bitten once, which I think is really pretty good considering how many of them little boogers it takes to turn that giant wheel. Now I know this is quite a process, but since the only way to have hot water is to have your gas hooked up, I really don't know what else to do.

I actually said nothing. I was afraid to. I did have to work with this woman on a professional basis. And I just was not up for being the one to tell her of the electric hot water heater invention.