Trouble-maker

You wouldn't imagine that a deodorant could have an ominous effect on someone, and until just a few days ago I felt exactly that. It was early (early enough for me) and in a rush to get ready for the day all three of us were in the bathroom. Justin was just finishing up shaving and Jack had just gone to the bathroom, but had forgotten to flush. It was MY turn, so I flushed first, and just as I had done that, Justin knocked something off the bathroom counter and it fell in the toilet and WENT down with the rest of the flush. I instinctively reached in and tried to stop it, but it was useless. Justin went to work and I went upstairs a while later and stuck my hand in to see where whatever had gone was. I didn't feel anything, and I was totally grossed out, and it was not flushing. I plunged, NOTHING HAPPENED. Now, water could leak out but there was not an effective flush.

Ultimately, the toliet had to be taken apart, removed from the floor and still NOTHING was coming out. And at this point we did not know what had fallen in, just that it was too big and was obstructing. We turned it upside down, and virtually "burped" it. I found a wire hanger and straightened it out and we both tried to push whatever it was back through, and finally he could feel something. I dug out another wire hanger and that did the trick. Out popped a tube of MY deoderant and voila, the obstruction was removed. How it got as far as it did I do not know. So, my Tip for the day: Always keep the toilet lid closed when flushing, you never know what might fall in there!