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![HOWTO: Dispute a Utility Bill](../../../../consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/battleofthephone.jpg?w=300&h=210&crop=1)
HOWTO: Dispute a Utility Bill
While it doesn’t compare to Michelle’s $27,933.55 bill, last year we received what can only be called a totally bullshit $170 electric bill for a month when everyone was out of town. The problem was–we had no idea how to dispute it. Call in our Uncle Mickey? Scream colorful metaphors into the telephone?
Is Your Water Meter Crazy?
Elliot writes in what he dubs, “A Water Meter Odyssey” After hearing what he went through to not get overcharged on his water bill, fighting harpies, cyclops and hydra will sound like Mother Goose rhyme.
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Poland Swill
Time from opening a fresh bottle of Poland Springs Water to it becoming a foul tub of ichorous, stagnant scum? Two days, according to reader Max.
Hardee’s Unfazed By Water Cut-Off
Bunnyspatial wrote to us about a local Hardee’s that was conducting business with its water turned off, and the fascinating implications that raises:
Delta Dehydrates Babies To Fight Terrorism
And here’s the reason why banning liquids from flights makes people less safe, not more so: an infant from County Monaghan in Ireland dehydrated and almost died after being denied liquids on a Delta flight.
Oozinator Ooze Tested
Captivated by the Oozinator squirt guns possibilities, mainly those involving its ability to shoot ooze, we ordered one. Here is the money shot. It fulfills all your hopes and dreams. This is but a preview of a longer ooze opus. Enjoy.
Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Condom in Sight
This Arkansas mayor’s love story is a heartwarming tale, similar to Like Water for Chocolate.
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Excessive Fluoride Turns Americans Into Commies
We’ve always known that the adding of fluoride to our water supply is an insidious Communist plot, hatched by the diabolical mind of Kruschev himself. Government officials fiercely denied it, but they would, shadow puppets of the Soviet regime and all. Those of us in the know did not have our fears assuaged by the Soviet Union’s supposed dissolution. After all, that is just what they wanted us to think.