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Life has its moments, and many of them are funny. We would like to share these laughs with you.
We want you to visit this page often, so we will try to update it often to keep you smiling.
On July 21, 2011, Brad was driving through Fulshear.
Those of you who know the area are aware of the speed limits. Brad got pulled over. He was driving 5 miles under the limit,
but you know how it is: your mind starts racing, "What did I do wrong?" The officer smiled, "I just wanted
to tell you, sir, that we have noticed how every time you drive through our town you drive safely. You respect the lights,
the stop signs, and the speed limits. I wanted you to know, we've noticed." --LOL-- Ok, that was fun!
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In the office there isn't much to laugh at [except the office cats and neighbor dogs], so it's really enjoyable
when the guys come in and tell about the funny things that happened to them while they were out. Though Kim has accompanied
Brad on a few field jobs, and she got a few laughs of her own. Well, it isn't funny and it is, but when Brad fell
in someone's septic tank it did hurt <ouch> but it was funny too <sorry, dear--giggle> Actually, that
wasn't Brad's fault--the customer had let his system get so flooded that his backyard was a pond, and
Brad had to wade through knee-deep water looking for it, and then after he fell in the customer said, "Oh, I already
uncovered it." [It sure would have been helpful to have known that information BEFORE Brad went swimming!]
Once a pet squirrel at a customer's house climbed up Brad's arm and went looking in his pocket for peanuts!
Another time, Brad leaned into a tank and backed up quickly when a large snapping turtle lunged out of the tank after
him. I understand his expletives were quite colorful!
Another time he got to feed pet tortoises carrots, and watched
them beg just like dogs.
Okay, this isn't so funny: someone's duck almost got swallowed by our hose. PLEASE
watch small animals. I would hate to hear of an animal losing its life this way. Oh, and occasionally cows pick hats
off our guys' heads and run away with them! Hmm, ok, the latest installment of fascination involves a cat which
would have ended up in the tank if not for Brad's continual monitoring of the situation. Said female tabby was about 6
months old, and very lonely. She was also exceedingly curious about the hole in the ground Brad kept peering into. "What's
in there??" She wanted inside to find out. Brad had to hold her with one arm while cleaning with the other. This went
on for about 30 minutes. At one point she was half into the tank, ready to leap inside before Brad snatched her just in time.
She purred, thinking it was a game. This story has a happier ending than the time Brad had to fish a poodle out of a tank
with a long-handled hoe. That little dear went in white and came out black!
OKAY, we are all afraid of something.
I know someone who freaks out at the first sight of a snake, another person I know, it's spiders. With me, it's roaches
--LOL. Anyway, this poor lady customer Brad visited last month has a phobia of mice. The little mouse Brad accidentally
carried in one of his hoses, leapt off the truck just as Brad went to pull the hose off. The mouse scurried down Brad's
arm, and right between the poor lady's feet! She, of course, screeched. Everyone in her house came running out to see
what was wrong, everyone including the dog who chased the mouse under the house, then back between the lady's feet on
its way into a nearby field. Poor woman did a lot of dancing that day.
And then the next day, Brad was at a house
where the lady owned a parrot. She'd run out of fruit in the house and was preparing to go to the grocery store. The bird
decided to take flight out-doors and up into a nearby tree. Brad showed up eating an apple. Problem solved. Bird is now inside
his home, hopefully eating more fruit.
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Daisy's peeking at you!
Okay, so we like animals. A lot. We have no end of funny animal stories to tell. Recently
we've heard of the lady who calls to her pond catfish "Here kitty, kitty," and they come to the surface to be
fed. And there's the one where the horse had to stick its nose in the tank to see what's there while the guys
were trying to clean it. Animals are fascinated by the truck's hose. Dogs must think its some strange animal
come into their yard, and their antics are always hilarious.
June--The guys
had a customer last week who taught her dogs to very carefully eat the caterpillars off her tomatos. Now THAT'S organic
gardening! July--Mmm, nothing "funny" but last week I had a 15-inch snake drop from a near-by tree into
the crack between the office's screen door and its hinges while I was walking through! August--The guys told me a
customer they visited has a growing Lab puppy. It was playing with a very long stick, went running between two trees, and
stumbled backward in surprise when the stick smacked the trees. November--okay, if you are having problems getting through
to our office, it could be Tom cat's fault. Our resident office kitty has discovered the speaking buttons on the phone
and sometimes turns our answering system to the wrong function! Anyone know how to cat-proof a phone? January07--Notes
from Chris: Today I opened a septic Tank and was inspecting it as usual when I felt a slight tug on my boot. Expecting a small
dog or some such animal, but to my chagrin I found a foot-and-a-half long baby aligator attached to my boot. After a sharp
increase of octives and a few quick jerks of the leg "little baby Al" went flying a good twenty feet toward the
fence before landing, getting up, and promptly scurrying away. You really never know what to expect when you open a tank.
Brad says that the all-time funniest incident [for him] was when this one customer had 2 very large Great Danes who thought
having 3 tanks all uncovered at once was the best game in town. They kept bouncing between tanks, sticking their heads inside,
licking Brad's face, and even bumping him out of the way and onto his butt so they could see better. "What's
in there?" Don't know what they thought, but Brad enjoyed the change-of-pace tussle very much. January of 2011,
wish I could have seen Brad jump when a 2-foot grass snake slithered up his leg! February 2011: one customer has a very
nice buzzard as a pet...now that's interesting. Ice on our dog-pond--watched a squirrel go skating then cuss out the cat
for freezing the water! Ok, so, now I've been told that ducks like Milkbone
brand dog biscuits as much as pooches! You just have to take a hammer to them first--LOL--and the quackers gobble up the crumbs.
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