# Not A Good Day - Please Help Me Understand This

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-good-day-please-help-me-understand-this/483627>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 29, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-good-day-please-help-me-understand-this/483627 "2009-01-29T22:43:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-good-day-please-help-me-understand-this/483627/41 "2009-02-01T03:53:35Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> My toilet gets pretty stubborn after a larger BM and I’ve had to call the plumber to snake it. Then their test is to flush much toilet paper and if that goes they think they’re done. One time after all that it immediately stopped up again (I do eat fiber, really) and they came back and redid it.
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> Just to make the point that it may seem fine to them but still have a problem. This guy was cool and considered that he hadn’t done the job and didn’t charge me.

I work facilities maintanence. To clear a toilet I prefer using what is called a bull or toilet snake. And I always flush a wad of Tp several times to besure it will not replug.

something like a ink pen dropped down a toilet can cause troubles. With each flush some paper will collect on the pen until enough has collected to cause a plug.

the bull snake is a large open auger. It will grab the pen and break it so it can be pulled back.

Also if you have a low flush toilet that could be your problem.

On one type the handle is pushed down to the first stop for pee and you have to push to the final stop and hold for 2 seconds for solids. And a lot to the low flush toilets do not like much paper.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-good-day-please-help-me-understand-this/483627/42 "2009-02-01T04:01:28Z")

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Here’s a tip that might be helpful. Do you spend a lot of time on the toilet, then flush it all at once? While you’re sitting there the poop is in the cold water, getting cold and less flexible. If you flush while it’s still warm it will go down more easily. And of course it will go down more easily if you don’t flush it all at once.

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-good-day-please-help-me-understand-this/483627/43 "2009-02-01T13:51:48Z")

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> [@Quasimodem](#):
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> Put one in a baggie and take it my next appointment, you mean,\*\* bill\*\*?😛
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> “Hey Doc, you know that shit you said I can’t remember? Here ya go. Need a specimen?”
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> 😃

Yeah, something along those lines 🙂  
Just don’t let any head doctors see it though, no telling what Freud say about carry around poo in a ziploc, though I am sure it would not be good 🙂

take care!

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