The Weird and Wonderful World of TEFL # 13

Garth seems pleased. 'That's the hot water back on,' he says. 'What happened?' I ask. 'The landlord showed me this switch on the wall when I arrived,' he says. 'Click. A wee red light came on. At the start of December there was a bang, and it went off.' He'd had his immersion heater on for two months. That was four months ago. He whacks a bottle of Badedas Africa onto the table. 'I'll be soaping it up tonight!' he says.