Hubby and I were in the back watching Tarzan (man is that boy yummy...) and I wandered up to the kitchen during a commercial for a glass of water. I was wearing my shoes, or I might have noticed something amiss sooner.
The carpet at the entrance to the kitchen was wet (this I noticed afterwards). As I stepped into the dark kitchen I heard a distinct splosh above the sound of the dishwasher and running water. Flicking on the light I immediately noticed about 1/4 inch of water on the kitchen floor, and more pouring out from under my sink. Somehow, something came loose under the sink and my dishwasher was happily draining through the cupboard onto the floor.
Yippie.
After using every towel in the house to sop up the water, and bringing every fan we own to turn onto the wet carpet areas and (hopefully) dry them sooner, we explored what the heck was going on. Under the sink, the elbow joint had become completely dislodged from the rest of the pipes, water dripping from the guilty conduit into the cupboard which had been rapidly emptied of all the stuff that tends to accumulate under sinks. Fortunately for me most of the items under there were in plastic containers, and I had very few cardboard items to rescue.
This morning finds me anxiously awaiting the opening of the maintenance office so I can call this in. Oh, today should be a joy.