I just had my grandfather ask me why I have the computer speakers up so loud right now. You’re sitting right in front of the computer, can’t you hear your music just fine brat? Why yes, I can hear my music just fine. However I can also hear your television, from down the hall no less, and I also hear the continuous drip drip coming from the kitchen sink. I have to do something to drown out the excess noise!

Of course he completely ignored the comment about his television being to loud and went on at great length about how he can’t understand why the kitchen sink (and bathroom sink don’t forget that one!) leak so much when we don’t have that problem with the tub and shower faucets.

Um yes, well if you recall correctly you replaced the tub fixtures when they hooked us up to the city water system, which makes those less than a few years old at most. The bathroom sink faucet is older than me, the kitchen sink one is a little over half my age. So if I’m twenty-three that makes the kitchen faucet about thirteen years old if I’m not mistaken. It’s definately time to replace them, but alas, despite not having a drop of Scottish blood my grandfather can be tight with money. There are quite a few places though that offer some quality faucets at great prices though. I wonder what it’ll take to convince him they need replacing.

Maybe if I swear that the only way to drown out the sound of the dripping faucet is to blare some Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie, whom he hates, at top volume for twenty-four hours? Would that get the desire result you think?