Okay, I'll bite. This didn't jeopardize any fish or me, but it was stupid:
Recently I bought a 10 gal aquarium during the workweek, but I had planned to set it up on the weekend. When we came home, I had not yet cleared a space for the aquarium on any shelf surface, so I placed it on top of my (laundry) washing machine. The aquarium sat there for several days.
When the weekend arrived, as part of routine chores, I started to do my laundry prior to setting up the aquarium. I ran several loads of clothes through the washing machine without incident.
Later that day one of my kids walks in from the garage (where the washer and dryer are located) and asked, "Dad, why are you keeping that broken aquarium?"
Naturally, I replied, "What broken aquarium? I don't have any broken aquariums!" And they said, "Of course you do - the one that's smashed on the floor in the middle of the garage!"
You guessed it: Although it didn't happen during the first 2-3 loads of laundry, apparently during the fourth load of laundry, the empty aquarium vibrated off of the washing machine and crashed to the floor.
What is ironic is that I had deliberated so much with myself about getting that tank at the time of purchase; literally, I argued with myself:
- "I don't need it."
"Yes I do."
"No I don't."
"Yes I do."
... Well,
"Yes I do" won. Only to be undermined a few days later...Karma? Apparently I didn't need it after all.
Cheers, Eric