OH MAN! Am I EVER on the Missus' Sh-t List!
 

The return line from the sump to the display needed a good cleaning. I had the brilliant idea of bringing an air compressor from the work shop to blow the algae and crud out of the line.
I disconnected the return at the DT and at the ball valve to the pump. (The sump is on the other side of the wall from the DT). I told the wife to open the ball valve when I yelled "OK".
I went around to the tank and connected the compressor to the return line. I turned the compressor on for a few seconds, (I wanted the pressure to build and really blow the stuff out) and then yelled for Joan to open the ball valve. I turned the compressor off and went around to see how it had worked.
Joan was covered in greenish-brown goo! It was in her hair, and all over her face and clothes! (When she opened the ball valve the crud just exploded out of the line). After I got over the shock of it, I of course, started to laugh. I ran to get the camera, but she knew what I was up to because she ran and locked herself in the bathroom. (I guess she didn't want her picture on Can-Reef.)
I was still laughing when she came down from her shower, but by this time she even thought it was pretty funny. We had a good laugh about it, but I don't think she'll be helping with tank maintenance any time soon. :mrgreen:

LMAO... I can just imagine what that would look like...

:lol:

It never happened without pics. JK Good to hear she got over it quickly!!!!

HA HA HA...now that is funny! Made me laugh out loud....hey I got a couple of tanks that I should do this to, think she would come to be the splatter guard!?:lol:

:lol:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! Thanks, I needed a good laugh :lol:

Your very lucky she has a good sense of humour but i would watch your back in case she's heard the motto "don't get mad, get even" :mrgreen:

She still talks to you.....man thats love

That's hilarious you don't even need a picture for me to imagine how awful that would be

J

That should be right up there on the gift list.

Tom R

CHALOUPA: Somehow, I don't think it will happen.:wink:


MARIE: I have kinda been looking over my shoulder all day.


IAN: Yeah, she's a keeper.


TOM R: Oh yeah, I owe big time!

Now THAT was funny! Had me laughing out loud... hope I didn't wake the kids. :)

LOL, definitely hold onto this one haha. I would sleep with one eye open tonight though hahaha.

That sounds like something that Steve would do to me, at least now (if he asks) I'll know to shield myself :razz:

Kinda one of those things that seemed like a good idea at the time eh? At least it worked. :lol:

I'd worry about payback, my mom once got her revenge (I don't remember what my dad did) by rubbing a wad of well chewed gum into my dad enormous mustache while was was out like a light, she thought it was hilarious but he didn't :lol: he spent the better part of the morning trying to get it out with butter!:mrgreen:

that was tooo funny. i would have paid to see a picture..

Yeah, I thought it was a brilliant idea. And it DID work, it just worked TOO well.:redface:

Ooooh, that's nasty!

Well, atleast its clean. By the time it needs it again, she will have completely forgot about it.. :wink:

omg that was so funny it made me hurt, literally! i have some sort of bronchial infection so the hard laughing brought so much pain! But it was oh so good pain lol. I'm sharing this one at the store :)

Yeah, I laughed so hard I damn near peed my pants!
Hey, take care of that infection OK.

(Muck, this one is for you).
I got her again! :redface: (And almost a year to the day).
Not as bad as the first time, but plenty messy enough just the same. I noticed the return line needed a good cleaning again, so after some lengthy negotiating I convinced her that it would work better this time. I disconnected the return line from the pump and had her hold the ball valve in her left hand, facing away from her. When I yelled "OK" she was to open the valve with her right hand and the crap would blow out away from her. I turned on the compressor, waited a second and yelled OK. I heard a shriek and ran around the corner to see what had happened. Sure enough, she was covered in crud again! "You are an A$$Hole, and I Hate You!" she yells at me as she runs to the shower.:bad-word:
The pressure had broken the glue seal and blown the flex hose right out of the ball valve. So she's standing there with a ball valve in her hand while the flex hose is spraying goop all over the place. Needless to say, she doesn't think it was very funny this time. Now I have some major sucking-up to do. This might cost me big time: a trip, or at least some jewelry; I don't think flowers will do it. :sorry:


P.S. For those of you who don't know WTH I'm talking about, see the beginning of this thread.

That's some funny ****. As soon as I read clean return line and air compressor in the first post I started laughing. Then to see you did it again a year later took the cake. Thanks for the laugh.

Never mind the mess, what about the smell???? Did the shower even help?

I was wondering why this thread had got bumped.... LMAO That's hilarious... maybe year from now she'll be 3rd time lucky? :mrgreen:

that story is amazing.. just amazing.. i read from start to finish, and i cant believe you even involved her again.. i guess cleaning isnt for her at all! bring her to maui. check out there amazing aquarium, at least you win again !

I hope for your sake you didn't laugh.


If you laughed?....well, nice knowing ya :razz:

I might just have ****ed myself thanks for that! If you EVER convince her to do it a third time (fat chance) have a webcam running in secret!

I don't know; she won't come anywhere near me.

Ummmmmmm, not very likely.

I did laugh actually.


(It was nice knowing you Marie; I'll send you a postcard from Hell. :evil:)

OMG...cant stop laughing.....my ribs hurt.....LOLOLOL


Yah...your in deep now....lolol.....true love or what.....gets covered a second time.


Too funny. :lol:

BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHA.... Can't stop laughing... :lol::lol::lol:



I take my hat off to your wife Lance... she must be quite the woman to put up with you and your crazy ideas.

I think a nice trip to Vegas is in order now. :wink:

LOL!! hopefully next year, she'll think about working the compressor and you can hold the line :wink:

Best grow some eyes in the back of your head....I would need to.

:rofl2: OMG that just made my day!! Twice thats just that much better :lol:

I'm with you Christy - next time let her run the compressor!

Tooooooo funny.

LOLOLOLOL can't stop the tears and laughing.... Sounds like something I would do. The only this my wife has MS and can't remember much on a short term so I could get away with doing this weekly....lolololol.....for a while anyways.... This is going to cost you flowers, Jewelry, a trip and maybe a second house about the size of a dog condo....LOLOLOLOL.....


good luck.

So, she just read this thread on our other computer and has informed me that if she is ever to put a smile on my face again, I must take her on an exotic, tropical holiday this winter. (Sounds like about $10 grand to me). I, of course informed her that I can exist on self-love just fine.


.............After thinking about it for awhile I decided we should go on a holiday this winter. :wink:


So, my question is: where can we go where she will be happy and I can find some salty fun? I've never dived but have snorkeled many times. So I need a place that has a shallow reef, or take some quick dive lessons. We've done the southern cruise thing, and been to Mexico and Hawaii enough times. Any suggestions? Cuba, Dominican Republic, South America?

oh man...hahaha.... it's like an anniversity thing.... lol. it's gonna be an expensive gift

Lance, that is just toooooo awesome. Wow, if I ever did that to Irene, she'd make me tear down the tank, especially the second time.

You are one lucky man. When I do a water change or any tank maintenance, Irene leaves the house.

Anthony