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Heard a strange loudhailer noise in the street today. Stuck my head out of the window and listened carefully; a Cambridge Water van was driving slowly down the street shouting very loudly about a burst water main and warning me that the water would be off in my street for two hours.

Indeed, it's now off. Just as I was planning a nice hot bath. Though I suppose it could have been more frustrating: the bath could have been half run.

Even more annoyingly than that, though, I stupidly failed to actually note what time the van went past, so as to know when it was two hours after that and I could expect the water back. It might have been ten minutes, or an hour ago: I really wasn't paying attention. What I need is some household object which will make a loud noise when it gets wet, so I could leave it under an open tap; but I can't bring one to mind…

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An inverted saucepan? Heck, stainless steel sinks make quite a lot of noise when a full-on cold tap hits them...

What I need is some household object which will make a loud noise when it gets wet, so I could leave it under an open tap; but I can't bring one to mind…

A cat?

Most cats will make a loud noise if treated as objects.

And getting one to sit still in my sink for the next two hours would be tricky even if I had one to hand...

Easy. Tape buttered toast to its back and drop it. It will hover.

I hear Bast recently reconfigured the universe to throw an exception when someone tries that.

I think cats are already configured to throw a hissy fit if you try to tape things to them, actually.

There is that.

Worth pointing out on occasion (http://www.catclinic.co.uk/fun/givepill.htm).

A Simon.

Plugged in computer? ;)

Plugged-in phone. I fell over in a full bath once, which resulted in about 2/3 of the bath decanting itself onto a phone, which screamed like a cat until it was unplugged and hasn't worked since.

Where's Toffee when you need him, eh :)

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