# Saw this plumber's truck today (maybe NSWF)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-this-plumbers-truck-today-maybe-nswf/683065>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 7, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-this-plumbers-truck-today-maybe-nswf/683065 "2014-03-07T00:54:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-this-plumbers-truck-today-maybe-nswf/683065/1 "2014-03-07T00:54:09Z")

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[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/TrirwuG.png "Saw this plumber") ](https://imgur.com/TrirwuG)

Same picture was on the sides too.

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-this-plumbers-truck-today-maybe-nswf/683065/2 "2014-03-07T00:59:57Z")

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“Constipated? Call us!”

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-this-plumbers-truck-today-maybe-nswf/683065/3 "2014-03-07T02:31:10Z")

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Why is the guy sitting on the toilet with the seat up? Isn’t he going to fall in?

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**Author:** ![ThisUsernameIsForbidden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ThisUsernameIsForbidden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisUsernameIsForbidden)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-this-plumbers-truck-today-maybe-nswf/683065/4 "2014-03-07T03:52:07Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Why is the guy sitting on the toilet with the seat up? Isn’t he going to fall in?

Ha! Good catch.

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-this-plumbers-truck-today-maybe-nswf/683065/5 "2014-03-07T04:02:40Z")

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I thought this was going to be the truck:

[![](http://www.teamjimmyjoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Plumbing-Toilet.jpg) ](http://www.teamjimmyjoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Plumbing-Toilet.jpg)

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-this-plumbers-truck-today-maybe-nswf/683065/6 "2014-03-07T16:27:00Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Why is the guy sitting on the toilet with the seat up? Isn’t he going to fall in?

He needs the extra diameter

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**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-this-plumbers-truck-today-maybe-nswf/683065/7 "2014-03-07T17:45:39Z")

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What, in this context, is a “tunneling expert” anyway?

This isn’t making me feel like calling this plumber.