Actually it was "water is running over my dam is the mother of all invention" ingenuity. Both spillways were clogged and water was going over the top of the dam. While the standpipe had been clogged for a while, the other pipe had just recently clogged.
I ran to the corner convienance/hardware store and made do with the parts that were available. Used my now patent pending "spillway pipe clearing kit" to do the job on both of them.
