Discussion
Imagine, dear readers, that you have been travelling for a few days in foreign climes. Probabaly not drinking quite enough water, so a little dehydrated. As a consequence you are somwhat constipated. Finally, after a couple of fruitless attempts at nondescript wayside restrooms, you spend a penny at your latest hotel and, after 15 minutes of straining, are rewarded by the evacuation of a log that would make a 500 year old oak look insignificant. Considerably relieved you stand back to admire your effort and flush. You watch with glee as the kon-tiki, the object of three days of discomfort, cicrcles the pan on its way to the oblivion of the local sewer...
But what?? Calamity!! It lodges firmly in the entrance to the U-bend and refuses to budge. A second flush does not move it. Repeated more frantic flushes appear to do little more than lodge the obstruction ever more firmly in the waste pipe and threaten to overflow the pan with a flood that will make global sea-level rise seem like a moderately damp day.
The question, dear PHers, is what course of action do you take?
(a) Ignore it and check out of your room pretending it was not you;
(b) Attacked the offending obstruction with the adjacent flexible shower head, having first turned the nozzle to 'jet wash';
(c) Use the plastic laundry bag thoughtfully provided by room service to cover your hand and remove the object, bag it and secretly hide it in the trash;
(d) Purloin a suitable piece of cutlery from the hotel restaurant, tie it to a coat hanger using a serviette, and hack the offender into pieces small enough to be handled by the obviously inadequate plumbing?
Answers on a postage stamp please.
But what?? Calamity!! It lodges firmly in the entrance to the U-bend and refuses to budge. A second flush does not move it. Repeated more frantic flushes appear to do little more than lodge the obstruction ever more firmly in the waste pipe and threaten to overflow the pan with a flood that will make global sea-level rise seem like a moderately damp day.
The question, dear PHers, is what course of action do you take?
(a) Ignore it and check out of your room pretending it was not you;
(b) Attacked the offending obstruction with the adjacent flexible shower head, having first turned the nozzle to 'jet wash';
(c) Use the plastic laundry bag thoughtfully provided by room service to cover your hand and remove the object, bag it and secretly hide it in the trash;
(d) Purloin a suitable piece of cutlery from the hotel restaurant, tie it to a coat hanger using a serviette, and hack the offender into pieces small enough to be handled by the obviously inadequate plumbing?
Answers on a postage stamp please.
vx220 said:
You need Big Kev...
I will expand on this when I have more time!
Similar situation in a shop I worked in (lorry driver syndrome...) and the manager asked for a volunteer to clear it. Big Kev has just finished eating a can of tuna, wonders off with his fork and clears the brown trout by giving it a mash, luckily manager spots Big Kev wondering back down the corridor with a sI will expand on this when I have more time!
Edited by vx220 on Monday 3rd August 07:31
tty fork about to put it in the dishwasher!
having a good chuckle at that, lol!Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff