diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0ac7da..75cfdc8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ Create a pool of objects to share amongst the fibers or threads in your Ruby app
 
 Then use the pool in your application:
 
-    @memcached.with do |dalli|
-      dalli.fetch('some-count', :expires_in => 1.day) do
-        SomeModel.query.count
-      end
+    @memcached.with_connection do |dalli|
+      dalli.get('some-count')
     end
 
 
diff --git a/lib/connection_pool.rb b/lib/connection_pool.rb
index dafbd06..12c2e16 100644
--- a/lib/connection_pool.rb
+++ b/lib/connection_pool.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class ConnectionPool
   ensure
     checkin
   end
+  alias_method :with_connection, :with
 
   def method_missing(name, *args)
     checkout.send(name, *args)
diff --git a/lib/connection_pool/timed_queue.rb b/lib/connection_pool/timed_queue.rb
index ba8c787..3d0d751 100644
--- a/lib/connection_pool/timed_queue.rb
+++ b/lib/connection_pool/timed_queue.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require 'timeout'
 class TimedQueue
   def initialize
     @que = []
-    @waiting = []
     @mutex = Mutex.new
     @resource = ConditionVariable.new
   end
@@ -15,22 +14,15 @@ class TimedQueue
       @resource.signal
     end
   end
-  alias << push
+  alias_method :<<, :push
 
   def timed_pop(timeout=0.5)
-    while true
-      @mutex.synchronize do
-        @waiting.delete(Thread.current)
-        if @que.empty?
-          @waiting.push Thread.current
-          @resource.wait(@mutex, timeout)
-          raise Timeout::Error if @que.empty?
-        else
-          retval = @que.shift
-          @resource.signal
-          return retval
-        end
+    @mutex.synchronize do
+      if @que.empty?
+        @resource.wait(@mutex, timeout)
+        raise Timeout::Error if @que.empty?
       end
+      return @que.shift
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/test_connection_pool.rb b/test/test_connection_pool.rb
index b35d945..c78fb89 100644
--- a/test/test_connection_pool.rb
+++ b/test/test_connection_pool.rb
@@ -3,38 +3,46 @@ require 'helper'
 class TestConnectionPool < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
 
   class NetworkConnection
+    def initialize
+      @x = 0
+    end
     def do_something
-      sleep 0.1
-      'foo'
+      @x += 1
+      sleep 0.05
+      @x
+    end
+    def fast
+      @x += 1
     end
   end
 
   def test_basic_multithreaded_usage
     pool = ConnectionPool.new(:size => 5) { NetworkConnection.new }
     threads = []
-    10.times do
+    15.times do
       threads << Thread.new do
-        pool.with do |net|
+        pool.with_connection do |net|
           net.do_something
         end
       end
     end
     
     a = Time.now
-    threads.each(&:join)
+    result = threads.map(&:value)
     b = Time.now
-    assert((b - a) > 0.2)
+    assert_operator((b - a), :>, 0.125)
+    assert_equal(result, [1,2,3].cycle(5).sort)
   end
 
   def test_timeout
-    pool = ConnectionPool.new(:timeout => 0.1, :size => 1) { NetworkConnection.new }
+    pool = ConnectionPool.new(:timeout => 0.05, :size => 1) { NetworkConnection.new }
     Thread.new do
       pool.with do |net|
         net.do_something
-        sleep 0.2
+        sleep 0.1
       end
     end
-    sleep 0.1
+    sleep 0.05
     assert_raises Timeout::Error do
       pool.do_something
     end
@@ -42,6 +50,15 @@ class TestConnectionPool < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_passthru
     pool = ConnectionPool.new(:timeout => 0.1, :size => 1) { NetworkConnection.new }
-    assert_equal 'foo', pool.do_something
+    assert_equal 1, pool.do_something
+    assert_equal 2, pool.do_something
+  end
+
+  def test_return_value
+    pool = ConnectionPool.new(:timeout => 0.1, :size => 1) { NetworkConnection.new }
+    result = pool.with_connection do |net|
+      net.fast
+    end
+    assert_equal 1, result
   end
 end
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