B-Rant

- submitted by b-team on 05/23/2007

If A Pipe Bursts In The Forest ...

Existential Burbia

Burbia Questions...Big, Unanswerable
A water pipe in the basement has burst and is gushing like a waterfall. If we shut the basement door and the door to the den where we're sitting and watching TV, and we no longer can hear the gushing water...is the pipe in fact still gushing?...read more rants

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That's always been my way to

- submitted by masterrepairman on 05/23/2007

That's always been my way to fix plumbing problems. Grab a beer, shut the door, turn on a game, we're fixed!

I'm pretty sure I studied

- submitted by bigquestioner on 05/23/2007

I'm pretty sure I studied this question in grad school. I'm an astronomer. This is 1 of baffling mysteries.

If a pipe bursts in the

- submitted by Anonymous on 05/23/2007

If a pipe bursts in the basement, you can hear it in the forest but not in the TV room.

good question here. out of

- submitted by pipefitter on 05/23/2007

good question here. out of sight out of mind. when the water reaches the 2nd floor then the pipe is gushing. true.

It's only gushing if it

- submitted by Anonymous on 05/24/2007

It's only gushing if it pours into the TV room and you get electrocuted.

My plumber seems to use this

- submitted by madplumber on 05/24/2007

My plumber seems to use this technique. Shut the flooded bathroom door and all is well. Then he leaves and the flood resumes.