MacGyver was one of my customers

[Mr. Rager!]

I live in SE Minnesota, and as a lot of you may know, we got about 10 inches of rain and a quite a bit of flooding.

Yesterday was my last day at work, but that didn't stop them from putting me to work.

Since appliances was swamped with people needing to buy dehumidifiers, they had me fill in upstairs for a while.

I had one customer that came in, he was really weird. But anyway, he needed to buy a new washer and dryer. He tells me that he eventually got the water out of his basement, but it took him longer than he would have liked it to.

His washer and dryer were in the basement like most houses have them. When his basement flooded, he took apart his washer and used the pump that pumps the water out of the washer to pump out his basement. It would've been awesome had it actually worked, but the pump broke. It really isn't meant to do THAT much pumping.

He wasn't sucky or anything of the sort, just kind of weird and I had flashes of MacGyver in head during the whole entire transaction.

[Erin]

well, you know that MacGyver's character (and also the actor who played him, Richard Dean Anderson) were born in Minnesota.

So, maybe it's something in the water? (yes, I realize MacGyver is fictional, but he's a true Minnesotan because Anderson was one)


I still carry a Swiss Army knife around with me everywhere I go (except on airplanes...havent been on a plane since before 9-11)

[Spiffy McMoron]

He wasn't sucky or anything of the sort, just kind of weird and I had flashes of MacGyver in head during the whole entire transaction.

That's actually a pretty clever idea, assuming he couldn't get his hands on a sump pump or anything.

Did he have a mullet amd high-tops too?

[Caveat Emptor]

I loved the outtake from Stargate SG-1 when Amanda Tapping said "you're Macgyver for crying out loud! You can make a nuclear reactor from a paper clip, shoestring and duct tape!"

[Sofar]

Basement flooding ain't much of a problem for my house, we're on such a steep hill that on one side of the house the basement isn't actually underground.

[Mr. Rager!]

Did he have a mullet amd high-tops too?

No...

I should've asked him if he wanted to go on a mission or something.

[lordlundar]

I loved the outtake from Stargate SG-1 when Amanda Tapping said "you're Macgyver for crying out loud! You can make a nuclear reactor from a paper clip, shoestring and duct tape!"

I just saw that on youtube. Poor Richard never saw that one coming, but I'm sure he knew who to blame.

[gregmaddux17]

I've seen that clip before and it is pretty funny.