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Monday, March 13, 2006

Why does stuff like this never happen to me?!?

Note to self: Try to find apartment above a bar. And why is beer so expensive in Norway? That surprises me.

From the AP.

Woman Gets Beer From Her Kitchen Faucet


It almost seemed like a miracle to Haldis Gundersen when she turned on her kitchen faucet this weekend and found the water had turned into beer.

Two flights down, employees and customers at the Big Tower Bar were horrified when water poured out of the beer taps.

By an improbable feat of clumsy plumbing, someone at the bar in Kristiandsund, western Norway, had accidentally hooked the beer hoses to the water pipes for Gundersen's apartment.

"We had settled down for a cozy Saturday evening, had a nice dinner, and I was just going to clean up a little," Gundersen, 50, told The Associated Press by telephone Monday. "I turned on the kitchen faucet and beer came out."

However, Gundersen said the beer was flat and not tempting, even in a country where a half-liter (pint) can cost about 25 kroner ($3.75) in grocery stores.

Per Egil Myrvang, of the local beer distributor, said he helped bartenders reconnect the pipes by telephone.

"The water and beer pipes do touch each other, but you have to be really creative to connect them together," he told local newspapers.

Gundersen joked about having the pub send up free beer for her next party.

"But maybe it would be easier if they just invited me down for a beer," she said.

6 comment(s):

I think I know where my next apartment should be...

By Blogger one4JC, at 3/13/2006 5:11 PM  

Let's be roomies. But I thought you didn't drink...

By Blogger Laura, at 3/13/2006 5:14 PM  

After today I am tempted....

I don't drink because I have a hard time stopping with one drink...

By Blogger one4JC, at 3/13/2006 5:25 PM  

Well, then, you NEED an apartment with beer coming out of the faucet. Cheaper that way!!!!

By Blogger Laura, at 3/13/2006 5:40 PM  

As long as it is Shiner Bach that comes out. It is the only beer I like. Alas you can only purchase in Texas.

By Blogger one4JC, at 3/13/2006 6:14 PM  

Quaff~To relish or drink copious amounts of....Are the words of the day really random?

By Blogger one4JC, at 3/14/2006 12:10 PM  

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