They are simple creatures and once the water is gone the gas drys them out and away you go.The furnace might also be good.

God I feel ridiculous even typing that but if there's one thing I've learned it's that people have a bottomless capacity for being petty, hateful creatures.

Such is the creature that is BP.

People are creatures of habit.  

As my favorite derelict who used to hang around my old warehouse from the neighborhood used to say, “What had happened was was”……contractor turned out to be an incompetent, window-licking muppet, largest tenant moved out, rent declined for 2 months, my part time help all got hired away, and because I had the stupid idea that it would be easier to get all the work done myself and then go chill, I promptly burned myself out.This was accomplished by not much other than sheer willpower, and the lack of ability to delegate, implement systems, and the small fact that with 3 tenant suites added on top of my semi-ambitious-yet-I-Think-I-Can-make-it-work construction budget, my wallet became a small furry doe-eyed creature dropped into a pit of vipers.

I've never seen another loving creature with an expiration tag printed on them.

(creature of habit)  

It could be any of those things, but it's definitely not just in the head of the public.You might want to read "The Creature from Jekyll Island".

Turn over every rock and offer ever creature under it a helping hand!

We know buyers tend to be irrational creatures and the industry tries its best to make sense out of the behavior which does make some of it difficult.