Screencap of Twitter/X video.A woman living in the Houston area of Texas was practicing pole-dancing in her apartment when the pole slipped and tripped off the unit’s fire sprinkler. By the time the water was shut off, multiple units below her had been flooded.Note to aspiring exotic dancers – Find a place other than home to practice your skills.Can you imagine being the landlord or the building manager in this situation? You wouldn’t know whether to laugh or cry.ABC News in Houston reports:Pole dancing mishap leads to water damage in multiple apartment unitsA west Houston woman’s pole dancing ended in disaster after the pole hit a fire sprinkler and flooded her and a neighbor’s apartment.Asha Gilbert was filming herself in her living room on July 6 as she followed along to a pole dance workout tutorial.Right as she begins spinning on the pole, the top dislodges from the ceiling and hits a fire sprinkler, causing water to shoot everywhere.“Immediately, I’m in shock because I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, this cannot be happening to me,'” said Gilbert.The pole was a recent addition to Gilbert’s living room. She says a colleague had given it to her just three days prior.“He was like, ‘Hey, I have this pole, I’m giving it away. Do you want it?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, absolutely I want it.,” Gilbert said.But when she and a friend installed it, they didn’t anchor it to the ceiling. Instead, they relied on the pole’s natural tension between ceiling and floor.“It wasn’t even a thought that it could possibly hit the sprinkler,” Gilbert said. “We were more worried about it hitting a wall.”You end up feeling a little badly for this woman, even though the video is hilarious. Watch:A Texas woman was practicing pole dancing in her living room when the pole came loose from the ceiling and hit a sprinkler, flooding her apartment. https://t.co/CUNO7uUx5a pic.twitter.com/mKJ5d4tAHI— ABC News (@ABC) July 14, 2026 She might want to take up another form of exercise in the future.Going for long walks would be nice and there would be no danger of flooding her house. The post DOH! Texas Woman Practicing Pole-Dancing in Her Apartment Sets Off Fire Sprinkler and Floods the Building (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.