MsBeanCtr
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Alright….here I’ve been waiting with GREAT anticipation for my skimmer. Finally, I see the man in brown trotting down my driveway. I stand at the door with my box knife ready…..I yank the box out of his hands and run with it. Drooling like a dog with a ripe bone, I wield my box knife like a samurai. The joyous task of opening the ‘octopus’ box is finally here!!! Styrofoam peanuts flying everywhere!! The new acrylic plastic smell permeates the room. In a fit of confidence I throw the instructions aside. “Instructions!? I don’t need no stinkin’ instructions!!” On the floor, surrounded my boxes and plastic I begin the laborious task of assembling the skimmer. 30 seconds later it is complete. I bask in its shiny glory. Now it’s time for “Carol the Contortionist” to emerge. Resembling the people on the front of the Twister box, I finally fit the skimmer in the sump.
Now, for you folks that have watched National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation you can get a great visual for the next step (remember when Clark is plugging in the Christmas lights?)……
<Insert Drum Roll Here> With arms stretched over my head I plug in the skimmer. I listen in great anticipation for the gurgling noise. No noise……well, I’m sure it hasn’t had enough time to ……… what??? The tapestry of obscenities begins. :censor:
Needless to say….the skimmer doesn’t work. The pump has a grinding noise so I think it’s a fair assumption to say that it’s la ‘mort.
WWWWWAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!
I want it now now now now now!!!
Now, for you folks that have watched National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation you can get a great visual for the next step (remember when Clark is plugging in the Christmas lights?)……
<Insert Drum Roll Here> With arms stretched over my head I plug in the skimmer. I listen in great anticipation for the gurgling noise. No noise……well, I’m sure it hasn’t had enough time to ……… what??? The tapestry of obscenities begins. :censor:
Needless to say….the skimmer doesn’t work. The pump has a grinding noise so I think it’s a fair assumption to say that it’s la ‘mort.
WWWWWAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!
I want it now now now now now!!!