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The toilet in our powder room is broken. The “chain” that connects to that rubber plug thing was made of plastic and it snapped the other day. But, for some reason I keep forgetting this fact and using it anyway… requiring that I plunge my arm up to my elbow to pull the stopper up manually.
There is nothing more glamorous that being elbow deep in your crapper.
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from San Diego, CA
Cocktail: Slighty dirty Grey Goose Martini
Well, at least it isn’t a scenario where the toilet is backed up. That could get ugly.
from your moms.
Yeah, that’s normal, fresh water in there. Having to reach into the crapper itself is the really gross thing. Even if with just a plunger. *shudder*
from Farm Country, PA
Cocktail: Your Mom
Our powder room toilet is perfectly functional, however, there’s no place to wash your hands.
from Tampa, FL
Statia, just stick them in the back of the toilet!!
:o)
from your moms.
Ugh. Had the same thing happen to weeks ago- NOT FUN. Gross, in fact, because it just doesn’t look pretty under that heavy lid, does it?
from Mouseville™
Cocktail: Amaretto sour
I had to laugh maniacally when we sold our last house because the master bath toilet was always doing that. Not. My. Problem. ANY LONGER! They bought it “as is”. Suckers. ;-p
from West Palm Beach, FL
Cocktail: Champagne Bellini
@ST: It’s effing foul. ANd the “stopper” part, is slimy. Ew.
@Robyn: “as is” is a beautiful thing.
from Clive Owen's Bedroom
Cocktail: Mojito
Hey, isn’t that rubber plug thing actually called a ballcock?
from Under the sun
I’m getting a visual
from your moms.
Brandi, I think you’re right. It is called a ballcock. Which amuses me mightily. In the same way that really loud farts do, too.
Ballcock. BALLCOCK!!!
from up yer crapper
I saw a video once of a girl elbow deep in another girl’s crapper. You are right, not very glorious, but well worth the watch. Oh, speaking of watches, did I mention she was wearing one when it went in, but disappeared on exit?
from Massachusettes
That thing onthe bottom is actally a flapper valve (I believe the the ballcock is the floaty thing back there) and the plastic piece that broke is called a flapper chain. Ours was plastic too and broke a few weeks ago. I had the boyfriend fix it. He proudly told me that he bought a copper flapper chain and that it shouldn’t ever break again as long as we live. or whatever.
It is a simple fix that your hubby can do, and if he came back to you with just 2 DQ napkins to clean a lapful of puke, you should make him fix it today - then have him make you a cocktail as well, but you still won’t be even yet.