REALLY old water cooler
Just thought mom would like to see this (yx thought I was mad to take a photo). It's a really nice, rustic-looking water cooler in Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago. Antique-looking eh? Mom would have ripped it out of the wall and lugged it back, I think.
Anyway, something almost-disastrous happened. The cooler is operated by this turn-tap thing on the right-hand side near the bottom, which is visible in the photo. I didn't know that the more you turn, the higher the jet of water becomes. Now, there was this couple sitting right next to it, and the first time I used the water cooler, I very happily twisted the tap and shoooop ... the water flew to the height of yx's head in the photo. Any higher and it'd have landed right on top of the couple!
Anyway, something almost-disastrous happened. The cooler is operated by this turn-tap thing on the right-hand side near the bottom, which is visible in the photo. I didn't know that the more you turn, the higher the jet of water becomes. Now, there was this couple sitting right next to it, and the first time I used the water cooler, I very happily twisted the tap and shoooop ... the water flew to the height of yx's head in the photo. Any higher and it'd have landed right on top of the couple!
posted by R. @ 9:26 PM
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