Higgs Boson wrote:
On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 10:30:49 AM UTC-7, Higgs Boson wrote:
On Monday, May 12, 2014 9:18:57 PM UTC-7, Higgs Boson wrote:

Found a huge cache of dental floss in a bathroom cabinet long unvisited.

I'd always heard it was very strong, so went on-line and found many
sites listing scores of uses from shoelaces to fishing line to
repairing cracks in walls, to slicing cakes, and on & on

This one was clever

Quiet A Dripping Faucet

This little trick might mean the different between you and a good
night's sleep. If your faucet is leaking and it's too late at night to
call a plumber, tie a piece of floss at the spout and let it trail down
into the basin. This way, the water will simply slide down the string,
instead of drip-drip-dripping you awake all night.

Many of the comments were about dental floss blocking the plumbing.
Wouldn't that be because the DF was not properly tied to the faucet?

As to the snide comment about not being able to sleep because of the
dripping, has writer ever heard of the Chinese water torture? Actually,
depending what kind of sleeper you are, a sound like dripping faucet is
PERFECT to keep you awake. For the record, I'm not one, but it sounds
like a valid concept.

I KNEW people would weigh in on Chinese water torture, and I should have
found a better analog to faucet
dripping. Shutter banging? Too loud. Dog barking?
Too irregular. Oh well, there's something out there soft, insistent,
invariable, maddening.


Soft, insistent, invariable, maddening

Women? Well, 3 out 4 isn't bad.