Artsy plumbing

[Jim Baird]

I bet Mike O knows this gutter downspout on the wall of a building housing the Pike St Clinic.

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[Chad Fabry]

Is that rated for exposure to sunlight?

[Jim Baird]

I doubt the sun ever shines on it, as it faces another tall building across a narrow alley.

[Chad Fabry]

Jim,

I think it's a cool down spout and I enjoyed imagining the water flow, the plants being watered and the creative process that went into the assembly. However, I felt compelled to epitomize the picayune, OCD reputation that many inspectors have earned. Sometimes, maybe often, I crack jokes that amuse only me.

[John Kogel]

Neither a plumber nor a gardener could have been involved with that design.

There are not many plants that will grow with that much stagnant water under them. Those flower pots need drainage.

It must be painful for a plumber to see all those wye fittings installed upside down.

To put it bluntly, that down spout stinks. []

[Jim Baird]

I can tell, John, that you know nuthin about art.

Chad, I was only joining in your sense of jest....can't we inject a little levity here and there?

Notice, if you will, that none of the "plants" appear to be thriving, even with Seattle's reputation for rainfall.

[Bain]

Jim,

I think it's a cool down spout and I enjoyed imagining the water flow, the plants being watered and the creative process that went into the assembly. However, I felt compelled to epitomize the picayune, OCD reputation that many inspectors have earned. Sometimes, maybe often, I crack jokes that amuse only me.

Just so's you know, they typically amuse me, too. I don't know if that should worry me or not . . .