Fix a Clogged Toilet

How to unstop a clogged toilet -- fast!

By Ken Collier and Duane Johnson

From The Family Handyman

Be the Family Hero!

A $4.95 Plunger Will Make You the Family Hero!

For about 90 percent of clogged toilets, you only need one special tool—a plunger. Buy one with an extension flange on the rubber bell-shaped end (opening photo). It’s designed to fit toilets better so you can deliver more “oomph” to the plunge. You could pull a woodchuck from a hole with one of these things. It’ll unplug sink and tub drains too, if you simply fold the flange back into the bell.

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When my father, a retired Marine, and I were visiting the PX at Camp Lejeune, N.C., we saw his friend, a retired sergeant major, who was continually looking up from his wristwatch. "What are you up to?" my father asked him.

"I've been standing here for twenty-eight minutes," his buddy replied, "and not one Marine has come through these doors in full uniform. I'll give fifty dollars to the first Marine who comes in dressed with spit and polish."

Within seconds, a private walked into the PX decked out in his full uniform. Pleased, the sergeant major presented him with the money and asked him about his impeccable appearance. The private lowered his eyes and replied, "I've just come from my court-martial, sir."

-- Terry McGuire

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