"real world"

I hear people talk about the "real world" all the time. well in the "real world", crap happens!

 Last week I had just got done replacing the water pump on a BMW (the blue liquid on the floor is coolant). This particular car does not have a dipstick. We were going to drain the oil in to a bucket to see how much oil the vehicle had in it. Not thinking anything about it, Eric had the car running for close to a half an hour, and the proceeded to drain the oil... his container ended up overflowing, and I tried to put the drain plug back into the oil pan, but the oil was way to hot. So lesson leaned, make sure that you know how much oil the vehicle you are working on holds.

My turn: 
So apparently one mess just wasn't enough.. I was draining all of our used oil into the drum we have outside when an air bubble in the hose caused the spout to fly out and spray oil all over the place, I had oil in my hair, all over my clothes, and not to mention it was all over the side of the building and the cement wall behind the drum.