xxpor Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 MASCOUTAH, Illinois (AP) -- It has been a hot, dry summer in this St. Louis suburb, but Rose Mary Cook knew there was no way she could have used $74,000 worth of water.The city's utility department claimed Cook used 10 million gallons of water last month, charging her $29,787 for water, $43,581 for sewer, plus $893 for municipal tax. "Luckily, when I opened the bill, I was sitting down," Cook said. "I could have filled every pool in southern Illinois and still not used that much water." Cook presented the bill to a public works employee at City Hall. Officials quickly determined the whopping fee was the result of a broken meter and issued a corrected bill for $32.66 -- waiving Cook's monthly water and sewer charges for her troubles. "My daughter asked me if I was hoarding water during the drought," Cook said. "I told her I would, but I don't know where I would find 10 million gallon jugs." http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/14/hot.summer.ap/index.html lol :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 lol, thank god it was just a error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blachole Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 how did that make cnn.com? Stuff like this happens all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxpor Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/offbeat/ ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWahbinator Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/offbeat/ ;) 586212457[/snapback] Holy crap that's the side of CNN I don't want to see :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 stupid using water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdsams Veteran Posted July 14, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 14, 2005 thats a lot of potty breaks lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eRad Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Holy crap that's the side of CNN I don't want to see :pinch: 586212504[/snapback] there isn't a side of CNN i do want to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toastyone Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 ^ :yes: 10 million gallons :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code.Red Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 lmao 10 million gallons :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null_ Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 LMAO that had to suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostShell Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 haha that is pretty crazy. :blink: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLR Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 ROFL, what's finnyest in all that story, it's that some people really gotta pay for water! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-hurley18 Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolslacker Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 That's pretty funny. At least they took care of the mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugwhump Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 stupid using water 586212521[/snapback] Guess you don't shower? :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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