All hands on deck

[riverfever]

So last night I'm finishing up on the crapper and I flush it. Just as the swirling is approaching maximum velocity and I am getting myself together, what's left of the roll of toilet paper takes a fall off the counter. Now I say off the counter because I always work with the roll off the dispenser. I like to be able to get both hands on it. Anyway...this is about the time when things go into slow motion for a second. The roll (with just a few turns of tp left on it) falls off the counter (I guess I bumped a magazine or something) hits the trash can and takes a bounce. It then flips through mid air and lands........in the bowl.:shocked: I shrieked out loud. For a split second I could see one of the exposed ends of the tube as it violently swirled about and in my head I screamed, "Grab it!!!". It happened so fast and I was so stunned. I've been on this planet almost 36 years now and never had that happen. Before I know it (and I actually didn't think this would happen) the tube is gone and I'm left standing there with my pants around my ankles trying to figure out if what just happened really happened. So I get the plunger and start slaving away hoping to reverse the gears enough to bring it back. No luck. I stood there and flushed the toilet another 7 times looking to see if it backed up on me. It never did and it's been ok today...flushing as normal. What do you think? Am I in the clear or do you think the pipes will explode in the near future? I don't even know if I should call a plumber and explain the situation and get their advice. What would Bill Murray do?

 

[Rockken]

Now you done it. That roll is going to sit there in the pipes and all those little turdlets are going to cling to it like plaque on a artery wall until one day, probably at 2AM after a long night of drinking and taco bell, the plumbing will have a massive coronary and after the sh1t hits the fan you are going to wish you called a plumber.

 

[philip_g]

:laugh:

 

[Kiefer316]

:laugh:

x2

 

[riverfever]

Where are the plumbers?

 

[linksvu]

I wouldn't worry about it - it is cardboard and will tear down soon-nuff IMO

 

[Skully]

Cornholio: A song to play in the back ground while you look up a number for a good plumber.....................get that SHITE fixed or it will come back up to haunt you in the future.

(ALL PUNS INTENDED.)

 

[Skully]

I wouldn't worry about it - it is cardboard and will tear down soon-nuff IMO

Maybe in like 6 months if he doesn't take a bomber to the facilities till then. :conceited

 

[stewie]

Where are the plumbers?

not a turdburgler- i prefer to weld steel pipe instead of working with cast iron shit pipe.

i will see if i can corner one of them plumbobs at work tomorrow (i work for a mechanical contractor).

 

[Fred]

Must be in the air. I came this close to knocking a full roll in while the whirlpool was still forming and various chunks were still swirling around yesterday morning.

I wouldn't worry about it myself. If it hasn't backed up by now, I don't think it will.

Fred

 

[YELLAHEEP]

LOL! Gawdamn River can tell a story! :roflmao:

Well, if it were me....... I continue with a few extra flushes for the next couple days to ensure the mass stays wet and can disintegrate on it's own. Most likely, if it didn't make it's way out to the larger city pipes, it's sitting at a low gravity spot and will be wet all the time anyway..... but just in case it isn't, just keep flushing for a while.

Ya know, I imagine it only had to make a short trip to larger pipe anyway- My basement is unfinished and the house is a ranch style so only one story of pipe to see....... The pipe that one of the toilets drains into at the basement floor is about 6" around..... you're probably just fine - if it made it through the "P" trap built into the toilet, then it likely had a fairly straight shot the rest of the way......... :dunno:

 

[JohnJohn]

Adds new meaning to River Fever.

I would get some of that blue camper toilet bio degrading stuff from Walmart. Might help break it down quicker.

 

[Hypoid]

Just drop the bomb, throw lots of paper on top. The weight of the water will purge everything.

 

[mizedog]

There's a plastic, bendable rod with built-in hooks along the sides that's meant for grabbing hair from inside pipes. I paid about $2 for mine. You stick that down through the p-trap and wiggle it around as you pull it. It will probably snag for a quality extraction.

Or, you could just pull the toilet from the floor and look up inside the hole . Of course, if you're renting, or live with a bunch of pizza-grovelling slobsassgas:, I'd leave it alone and be prepared to point the finger at someone else if she blows up.