The Worst Sound.

The worst sound in all of Kazakhstan is the gurgling, burping, mocking sound the pipes make when you turn the faucet on when the water is turned off. I can't stand that sound.

And before you village volunteers start giving me a lot of "at least you have running water sometimes" nonsense, let me just say to you: getting water from the well - and I have gotten water from the well - is a minor distraction, a trivial inconvenience, a gnat next to the horsefly of annoyance that is that gurgling sound.

That's all I have to say about THAT.