Used the term quite strongly this morning. It just seemed to fit the situation.

Woke up at 5:00 AM (my usual wake-up time), made coffee, was feeling pretty good 'cause it is my birthday and whilst waiting for the percolator to do its thing, heard a funny sound of water trickling. Figuring it was a toilet which had stuck and was running, I stepped out into the hallway to check, straight into a puddle of ice cold water. Freaking water heater had sprung a leak. Glad I didn't decide to sleep in.

Anyway, the grand daughter had spent the night so I had to forgo my usual stock of exclamatory expressions reserved for situations such as this.

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