Kid Tales: the complexities of hygeine

[smibbo]

Showertime. Second son goes downstairs to take his shower. He comes back up, upset.
Son Number Two: Mom! You gotta help me!
Me: what's wrong?
SNT: The water's too hot!
Me: Oh come on son, you know how to turn on the shower.
SNT: No! You gotta help me! I cant' get the shower from the too hot!
Me: [sigh] alright...

In the bathroom.

Me: Now look, here's the faucets. Son!
SNT: huh?
Me: Look, you see this one? It has an "H" on it? That's the hot. See the other one? It has a "C" on it? That's the cold and-
SNT: [obviously distraught] but WHERE'S THE WARM?!?

Comments

[aussie-nyc.livejournal.com]

Awww.

[juuro.livejournal.com]

That's actually something I have difficulty to understand. Almost everywhere in this country, the shower utility is a simple affair: move this to adjust the quantity, move that to adjust the temperature. Most often the adjustments are combined in a single lever with two axes of motion. Very comprehensible for the adult and the child alike, and rather safe, as well.

[adric]

What planet are you from, and do you export plumbing fixtures? ;)

Stateside you get either two knobs (one for hot and one for cold) and a valve which switches the output from tub spigot to showerhead OR (part. in hotels and newer buildings) one knob whose pivot varies both temp and intensity and the same time.

I'm with the kid.