The Secret Life of DSGumby, Blue Flame Tutu Dancer
John John, a
troubleshooter for the Travis County, Texas, sewage treatment
plant, who might be the nation's only professional sewage
diver, has been revealed to really be DSGumby.
JohnJohn, aka Gumby, dons a diving suit, mask, breathing tube, and
air-powered tools to perform repairs on the 60,000-gallon,
16-by-40-foot containment vat. Said Gumby, "It's just a job to
me that requires a lot of skill that not everybody has."
A typical repair job requires Gumby to be submerged for four hours or
more, in zero visibility. Gumby likens this to trading.
Gumby describes the job as "very quiet
and peaceful" and says that, at the end of a shift, the thing
usually on his mind is food: "I'm usually starved when I get
through. And Nasty has a powerful lot of vittles waiting on the crate." |
