I never knew that…….

I was expecting responses such as; I never knew the hole in the spaghetti spoon was to measure a portion of spaghetti.

We are clearly all very lavatorial?.

The Yule log is ordered, too late for me?

I never knew that some of the numbers on a road map relate to the junction numbers of motorways.
A friend, helping me to plan a route, thought I was being sarcastic when I said that.
I genuinely didn't know - probably because I live far from motorways so drive on them very infrequently.

I also never knew there are such things as spoons specially for spaghetti - so I had no idea about the holes.

LauraNorderr ????? haven't read passed your post - tape measure ???

agnurse

Some people have a poop knife. Basically, a dedicated knife that you use to break up particularly large logs so you don't block the loo. (I'm serious. No, we do not have one.)

I use a “toilet duck” to break up a log, pop the paper wedge onto the stick and use it to cut the log into smaller pieces! Too much information? Blame the gin and tonic!

Perhaps some people are eating a little too much fibre?!
Has anyone seen the enormous, eye-watering poo at the Viking museum in York? That would have taken some dealing with in a modern loo!

I can't believe what I'm reading on this thread!! TMI ++.

GSM I have seen it and when we toured many years ago they had the authentic smells. ?

Well Aveline that's the good thing about us being
anonymous!

I have a special loo plunger. I can't remember when I got it, but at least 15 years ago. It works everytime. I even loaned it to a friend recently, because her landlord was unable to unblock her loo. My trusty plunger did the job first time.

agnurse

Some people have a poop knife. Basically, a dedicated knife that you use to break up particularly large logs so you don't block the loo. (I'm serious. No, we do not have one.)

I have a friend who has one of these. Gag. No way could I do that. I'd add vomit to the blockage!

Without a man in the house, I am quite capable of blocking my loo all by myself - I blame that 'quilted' toilet paper - and also capable of breaking the plunger by using it too vigorously. Following advice given by Kim Woodburn (remember 'How Clean is your House'?) to use a rubber glove inside a black bin bag, I retrieved the broken plunger and unblocked the loo at the same time.
Memo to self: remember to buy another, stronger, plunger.

My go tos for blocked loos are buckets of hot (from the tap, not the kettle) water, or failing that, my trusty toilet sabre - unfortunately no longer made - a long piece of hard plastic with a 90° bend at the end. Used first of all to pull out as much of the embedded paper etc as possible, then to poke a hole through the remaining bung. Has always worked and easy to clean/sanitise afterwards.

If only plugs of hair and soap in the drain were so simple!

I've been married and running a home for 51 years and only needed to unblock a loo once and that was in DDs student house. I put a black bin bag over an old mop, tied it on nice and tight and it worked really well.

Every home needs the 'MR LUIGI' toilet plunger- its a special one for toilets- its about £12-13 on AMAZON but its an absolute god send for dealing with this kind of 'jobby'?ive sons who blocks it like this regularly- (both sons each blame the other) ? but i recommended the Mr Luigi recently to my eldest DD, for same reason and she sings its praises too now! Its worth the money as it works every time, whereas before i was
spending a small fortune on potions in bottles that are expensive but dont work!! ?

I'm puzzled at this seeming to be such a regular problem, poo knives and breaking up logs? I've never heard of it. At one time 4 men in the house, DH and 3 sons. Maybe I have super plumbing or something?

I would have done link for Amazon but not techy enough to do links?

Both son and grandaughter are prize winning log producers,our weapon of choice is a metal coat hanger.
Fortunately son has his own home but always saves one up for when he visits.

I bought a chocolate log yesterday

I use biological washing powder solution in bowl of hot water. Leave it for a few hours then flush. Repeat as needed it usually does the trick

We have one newer loo which seems to have a very narrow outlet and can be blocked easily by cat poos being put down there when cleaning out the litter tray. They are very big cats but even so. Luckily,we also have an older loo that seems to swallow up whatever is put down it.

theworriedwell

I've been married and running a home for 51 years and only needed to unblock a loo once and that was in DDs student house. I put a black bin bag over an old mop, tied it on nice and tight and it worked really well.

I keep old vileda super mops to unblock loos. I always have a new one which I use specifically to clean ceiling height cobwebs.

This is nothing to do with toilets but to do with the question "What didn't you know?" I knew a mule was the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse but I never knew until today that there was such a thing as a Hinny which is the offspring of a male horse and female donkey. Did others know that?

Yes i think its a plumbing problem, if the loo cant handle big loads? my downstairs loo is fine but upstairs the plumbing is not as powerful it seems!

My dear mother .. Can't believe how much loo roll she used and went down that toilet
Needless to say got blocked, quick look on Google before I phoned a plumber suggested put washing up liquid or shampoo in the loo pour on hot water leave about 5 mins.. Worked a treat... Worth a shot.