# This is really, really bad. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251 "2003-04-08T05:27:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/1 "2003-04-08T05:27:59Z")
My toilet won’t flush, and now I have to go to the bathroom. This is very bad. Very, very bad. My plunger isn’t working. \<_gulp_\> ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/2 "2003-04-08T05:31:03Z")
What happened? ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/3 "2003-04-08T05:31:27Z")
Do you mean the toilet is clogged, or the works inside the tank are messed up? I may be able to help if the latter. If the former…well, you’re in a rabbit hole, right? Gotta be somewhere you can go… ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/4 "2003-04-08T05:33:10Z")
The toilet is cloged. I’ve been plunging away, but nothing seems to be happening. How the heck do you get a clog out of a _toilet?!?!?_. I have hair clog remover, but it says specifically not to use it in toilets. This is bad. ---
**Author:** ![j\_kat\_251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@j\_kat\_251](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_kat_251)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/5 "2003-04-08T05:34:07Z")
You’ve never taken a crap outside? Jesus, don’t ever visit India. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/6 "2003-04-08T05:48:29Z")
Isn’t there a gas station nearby? And have you called a plumber? ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/7 "2003-04-08T05:54:57Z")
Plumbers use a thing called a ‘snake’. A long coil of braided wire on a spool that you can feed down a drain to mechanically roust out blockages. I guess you could get one of those, or else call a plumber. You’ll have to wait until morning for that, though…or is it morning where you are? If not, I suggest grabbing a spade and a roll of toilet paper and heading for the backyard. ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/8 "2003-04-08T06:08:36Z")
Do you have a cat? In a pinch, the litter box will do. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/9 "2003-04-08T06:24:43Z")
One word: Hover. (d&r) ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/10 "2003-04-08T07:00:16Z")
Why not the shower? Not like yer gonna be using all that water anyway, since ya broke the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/11 "2003-04-08T07:34:22Z")
Well, no thanks you you clowns I’ve managed to un-clog my toilet. This is good, because now I feel like I need to projectile vomit. I’m actually getting a magnum-strength flush so I think I must have had a problem… building, so to speak. For anyone whos interested, I used a plastic-coated metal coat hanger which I straightened out. Thank you Home and Garden Television. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/12 "2003-04-08T07:42:52Z")
I am NOT a clown! ::squirts **alice in wonderland** with a plastic flower:: And the need to vomit is not unusual in cases where using the toity is impossible and you really have to go. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/13 "2003-04-08T08:15:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by alice\_in\_wonderland \* > **How the heck do you get a clog out of a _toilet?!?!?_** How hard can _that_ be? Clogs float! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/14 "2003-04-08T08:25:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by j\_kat\_251 \* > \*\*You’ve never taken a crap outside? Jesus, don’t ever visit India. \*\* I’ve heard they only eat with their right hands and that it’s offencive to eat with the left. Does that mean they use their left hand to, er…:eek: ? ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/15 "2003-04-08T09:13:50Z")
It does indeed, Lobsang. Right hand clean, for eating and such, left hand unclean, for wiping and such. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/16 "2003-04-08T10:15:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*I’ve heard they only eat with their right hands and that it’s offencive to eat with the left. Does that mean they use their left hand to, er…:eek: ? \*\* Thats not india - thats Birmingham. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/17 "2003-04-08T12:34:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*How hard can _that_ be? Clogs float! 😛 \*\* Took you long enough to get back at us for calling you “clog-boy” all those times… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/18 "2003-04-08T14:20:55Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m actually getting a magnum-strength flush so I think I must have had a problem… building, so to speak. Good god, what do you eat?😛 ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/19 "2003-04-08T14:39:49Z")
So does that mean coldfire is a witch since he now weighs the same as a duck and thus floats? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251/20 "2003-04-08T20:56:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Casey1505 \* > \*\*Good god, what do you eat?😛 \*\* I think that my roommate uses a tonne of toilet paper, but she denys it. I was up so late uncloging the damn thing, now I’m really sleepy. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-really-really-bad/167251.md?page=2)