Transcript

So that you may benefit from my misfortunes, I am transcribing for you the more interesting parts of the conversation currently being had by the two plumbers who have come to fix our ceiling. We noticed a few days ago that there was water damage on our ceiling, and called our landlady, who promptly did nothing. We called again, and she said our plumber is out of town. Today it got worse, we called again, and she finally agreed to call an in-town plumber.

Incidentally, I think I may have bad karma, because something similar happened in my last apartment.

The below are things that you never really want to hear, especially in quick succession.

Looks like the whole ceiling's falling in.

Oh, geez.

OK, which is the biggest rip?

Heads up!

"Whole thing's gonna come down on us." "I know it."

It's under the upstairs toilet.

Oh, &%*$!

Oh, there's a flood!

It's definitely from flushing the toilet.

Hope nobody [needs to poop].

"Come out like crazy, didn't it?" "Yeah, it's a nasty leak."

We have to go get some more parts. Somebody's going to have to replace the whole ceiling, but for now we'll just stop the leak.

And, for dramatic effect:

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