A couple of years ago I featured adorable Sumpy the sump pump. We’re getting a lot of rain, and I was expecting Sumpy to kick in, but he can’t help tonight, because there’s water coming in from the other side of the basement, around the water supply pipe, where it’s never been before. After getting tired of using the wet-dry vac, I came up with this idea to get the water into a bucket, and it’s working OK.
I think a more apt comparison to a classic cartoonist would be Rube Goldberg.
An invention worthy of Chester Gould! “Sumpy,” such a cute name. Our basement almost never floods, so we’re lucky.