Or it breaks when guests are already on the way. Then you think for the rest of your life.
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I was always feeling this weird disconnect from stories and memes about toilets getting blocked.
I live in the UK, and I've never owned a toilet plunger. My parents don't own one. I've barely ever seen one. If memes are to be believed, my life should be a disaster, a ticking time bomb, waiting to explode in a torrent of shit.
So what gives?
Turns out the US actually uses totally different style toilets to Europe! US has a siphonic system, and over here we've got a washdown system. There are pros and cons of each, but a big plus of the euro style is that it's really hard to clog.
And now it all makes sense.
A good poop knife will do the trick. Perhaps those are more common in your locale.
Also, not to brag, but our American poops are significantly larger than most and even though a bidet is more hygienic and feels nicer, we prefer to use large volumes of processed wood pulp on our butts.
Can confirm - am poop knife.
Not true! Mine’s exceptionally ugly, so I think “I really need to replace it” the instant I walk in.
I have one with a ribbed clear handle, and if I was brave enough...
Untrue. I grew up on the Super Mario Brothers Super Show.
I think about them when I check into a hotel because I've had to make that call a time or two.
Get a bidet spray...
I don't see how that's relevant to a plunger... are you plunging the ass off your checks after you shit??
One of the first things I did when my gf and I started dating was buy her one, so that when I finally got comfortable enough to drop dueces at her place I wouldn't be up shit creek without a plunger
🪠
How'd you even start that conversation?
"We've been together for a month now and I think it's getting serious. Maybe it's time for us to take the next step, let's go get you a plunger 🪠"
That's not how this meme template works.
Op should apologize
Ironically, you could use the meme template to say that somehow
Three bathrooms, three plungers. Never be caught without one.
Toss in some bidets, a squatty potty and baby you got a stew going.
We have a bidet on every toilet, but not a squatty potty. We tried one at our last place, but it quickly got really gross.
I brought one into the office because we only had 1 plunger between 2 stalls
The figure is somewhere above 0%, but certainly not zero. For example, haven't you seen the crap blaster 9000 infomercial at 2AM on a Tuesday? You connect that bad boy to a fire hydrant (vendor liability disclaimed), pull the turbo-diesel engine rip cord, and wear a full body bio-hazard suit with air supply (suggested). Not for use with some sets. Batteries not included.
Ahh, sweet memories; sometimes they overflow.
No you will learn this lesson one time and every time you move after it'll be your first purchase lol
The miracle of the poop knife. Always be ready.
You only make this mistake once, hopefully. The first night I moved into my new place, many years ago was a bad night. My stuff didn't show up yet. It was getting delivered in a few days. I didn't even take a big dump. It just clogged up. I had to get an emergency plunger and since that move I make sure there is one close by during moves.
You have clearly never played cosmo
Nor watched Doctor Who
Hot water an dish soap works miracles on all kinds of clogs btw.
I actually think about plungers quite a bit. If I notice someone has a sink plunger instead of a toilet plunger, I immediately and forever judge the shit out of them.
Until you saw this post
I'm a plumber, almost said i was a plunger.. anyways, my go to for a kitchen sink clog is a plunger. We get a lot of weird looks/naysaysers when I pull it out. "Oh i tried plunging it, that wont work".
Trust me, I've been in many of your houses, my plunger is professional, and i know how to use it. Works 80% of time on sink clogs in my 6 years of plumbing.
I guess ill share the plumbing secret. You have to block the opposite side of the plunging with a wet rag, or preferably a drain stopper. Put pressure on the stopper and plunge the other side. Also, if there is a garbage disposal, you can block both drain when full of water, and turn it on for 10 seconds or so.. a lot of times, this clears the clog.
Wet rag works on bathrooms sinks too, put it over the overflow holes while plunging.
Warning tho, if your underpipes aren't mostly secure, you can just push water through the seals all under your sinks, this is fine. kinda i guess, just tighten them up and try again and bring a towel. You can make sure they are secure by tightening them. Its like a bolt, righty tighty, on all underside piping connections.
AND FOR THE LOVE OF EYESIGHT AND CHEMICAL BURNS, JUST TELL US YOU USED DRAINO. Even if it was a few days ago before the problem started. I know a guy who had his foot melted in the winter by stepping in a sewer puddle from draino, im talking no meat left... and if you get it in your eye, within a few seconds before you can wash it out, you have permanent eye damage.
Note for Europeans -
This is a weird US thing. Their toilets are an odd trap design with a floor level outlet, plus the pipework is narrower and more likely to block.
Regarding sinks, for some reason bottle traps like we have scare them, so they can't just unscrew the trap to clean it
You, however, are very unlikely to ever need a plunger at any point in your life
I live in Europe, and somehow my toilet gets blocked every couple of months. Might have to just clean it properly with a spiral, but so far the plunger has always worked.
Just don't be too aggressive. There will be backsplash.
Shitty builders exist everywhere, your toilet is the excrementception to the rule
Yeah, toilets in American homes tend to rely on a siphon to evacuate the bowl so the outlet has to be narrower. Also, Bidets are not very common so most people [insufficiently] clean themselves with toilet paper which is prone to causing clogs.
Personally, I installed a bidet a few years ago and I would never go back to not having one.
I’ve been to the US exactly once in my life, and I clogged the toilet at the hotel I stayed at. Never had it at home.
Probably just coincidence, but hey
You went to a country with incredibly poor-quality, high fibre ultra-processed food, coupled with medieval-level plumbing, then clogged a toilet and said -
Probably just coincidence
😂
Mate...
Sometimes I think about those cartoon scenes where a character has a plunger stuck in their face. That's technically more than 0%.
You will spend 0% of your life thinking about dishwashers until yours breaks.
Wait...
Tell me you don't subscribe to Technology Connections without tell me.
If you play close attention to the "power' of your toilets flush... you'll notice when it's getting close to a clog. That flush will make you second guess something isn't right. And if your neglect it, you will sooner or later realize it was in fact on its way to clog.
The life of a homeowner. Many of you have NO idea the amount of chit you need to learn and pay attention to on a daily basis to make sure your home is well maintained. Adulting fkin sucks.
Simple soda bottle and a turn of the heads all you need...