# Why has my toilet begun to moan?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 7, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-my-toilet-begun-to-moan/399061 "2007-04-07T01:38:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-my-toilet-begun-to-moan/399061/21 "2007-04-08T14:49:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Guinastasia]  
On a more serious note, the toilet down in my grandmother’s basement (it’s in a little corner with a curtain around it), has this horrible, high-pitched moan when you flush it. When I was little, I was actually afraid of it.  
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_Aieee! The cry of the curtained cellar crapper!_

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-my-toilet-begun-to-moan/399061/22 "2007-04-08T16:23:55Z")

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[QUOTE=Princhester]  
[Sean Connery]I don’t undershtand: my shofa doesn’t moan, and I shit on it all the time[/Sean Connery]  
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God, that’s fantastic.

I haven’t looked at the shutoff valve yet, thanks - it’s possible the kitties could have slammed into it. (Er, not possible that it got moved while mopping. Note to self - back to Slob Reform Club.)

I was going to go to Lowes today and get what I’d need, and then realized, oh yeah. Easter.

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