Count to 10... do not kill fiance...

Success! My SO's brother came over with a snake and a bucket... all he had to do was take off the j-pipe and sure enough it was full of coffee and rice. EW. It reeked of sulphur too, bleehhhhhh. Agilebasenji, I too hope this has been a learning experience for someone... I never want to smell this smell or see what I just flushed down the toilet ever again!!!

take off the j-pipe

 
Down hyah we call it a p-trap.
 

For those still following at home, the stuff I flushed down the toilet is now clogging the toilet. You'd think I would have seen that coming...but no.
 
Kill me.
Kill me now.
 
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*Hands Erin a margarita* 
 
I wish I knew what to say to make it better.  What a mess!
 
Kate

ORIGINAL: jones

For those still following at home, the stuff I flushed down the toilet is now clogging the toilet. You'd think I would have seen that coming...but no.

Kill me.
Kill me now.

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Well it seems you and your fiance are even now []

OMG, I didn't see this thread at all until now, and to read from start to finish is (I'm sorry jones!) so darn funny!!  [8D]
 
First of all, I can totally relate to the frustration of not having a garbage disposal, hating the entire concept of mushy, wet food, and having a spouse who isn't quite as committed to cleanliness (Cathy -- my DH calls me "Monk" sometimes!).  Our house in CT was sans-disposal, and we had to deal with similar issues.  I vowed I'd never be without a disposal again after that house.  That's not to say they can't clog, too.  I have a friend who had a major plumbing crisis with a house full of Thanksgiving guests after he put celery in the disposal and it jammed & clogged.
 
I had a good supply of those mesh drain cover-things, and they were great.  It's almost like a screen material, so they don't let any particles of food down there, and all you have to do is dump the contents in the trash after rinsing dishes.  As for using the "universal plunger," I'll bet the average guy would do the same thing (except for Monk, of course!).
 
I hope the toilet issue is resolved soon -- and while I'm sorry you've dealt with a mess that would've had me hyperventilating and donning a clean-room suit, I enjoyed the chuckles!! []

You robbed yourself of a really good opportunity for some fun.  Instead of running into the kitchen trying to control the whole thing, you should have just let him plunge...and plunge, all the while reflecting on how it sucks to have to plunge and why didn't he listen to you in the first place???  Then, you could have just gone to bed, with the sound of plunging in your ear (after all, you can always scrub the sink with disinfectant in the morning once the fix-it man that your embarrassed SO had to call leaves) laughing at how men never listen if you aren't the plumber. 
Next night, on the way home from work, you quietly stop at the hardware store, and buy Drano, a clean shorty plunger and a mesh thing for the sink.  The next time he does dishes, he sees the mesh thing and has to relive the plunger incident all over in his head, and think about how you knew enough to get the mesh thing, and how he didn't - but you haven't said a word.  He thanks you for getting it (interpret that as a tacit admission)  Click/treat. []

Oh, Anne... I'm way too much of a control freak for that! [sm=rofl.gif]
 
I love the "universal plunger," that's a good one.... []
 
You'll all be relieved to know all the drains and pipes in the house are currently in working order. I told SO's brother we owe him a stinky favor and he said we can watch his kids one of these days. []

ORIGINAL: cakana

I've learned that I'll never live anywhere that doesn't have a garbage disposal [].
 
I hear ya!! Here's my situation - double sink, large side w/drain, small side w/disposal - and it's very obvious which side is which.  Do you think I can get ANYONE to scrap food off a dish on the garbage disposal side? I guess I'm doomed to spending the rest of my life picking peas & noodles out of the drain with a toothpick, while the garbage disposal just sits there, looking cute.
 
Joyce

You know you are officially "domesticated" when you get excited about a commercial about a garbage disposal.
 
Yep, I'm domesticated. I perked up like a squirrel when I saw that 'Insinkerator' commercial where they put a RIB BONE down there and like something else I'd never DREAM of trying to shove down a drain.
Wow...I really, really want one of those now...lol! The first one here, the lemons is the one I saw...
[linkhttp://www.insinkerator.com/disposers/commercial_vid.php]http://www.insinkerator.com/disposers/commercial_vid.php[/link]

Wow...I really, really want one of those now...lol! The first one here, the lemons is the one I saw...
http://www.insinkerator.com/disposers/commercial_vid.php

 
Ooooohhhh, I want one of those too.  We plan to do a kitchen remodel one of these days and I'm definitely going with a top of the line garbage disposal and a quieter dishwasher []

I think my Dad has one of those (at least I know I've seen the name from someone I'm very close to).  I remember when I still lived there and Mom would put pieces of old lemon and/or oranges to make the sink smell better. 
 
Silly me, I tried it with our current garbage disposal and realized that ours was a cheap, crappy little rental apartment one that can't even grind up potato peels.  [:'(]

would put pieces of old lemon and/or oranges to make the sink smell better.

 
Hey, I just did that yesterday with a lemon and it really does work.  I only recently heard that you shouldn't put egg shells down the disposal.  I'd never heard that before.  Other than celery, I put everything down there.  It gives me some perverse satisfaction to know it's all getting pulverized and I don't have to see it again [].

Gosh, why don't you guys just ship off all that lovely compostable stuff to me?  Even when I HAVE a garbage disposal there is a heck of a lot that never sees it....instead it goes to the compost heap.

ORIGINAL: glenmar

Gosh, why don't you guys just ship off all that lovely compostable stuff to me?  Even when I HAVE a garbage disposal there is a heck of a lot that never sees it....instead it goes to the compost heap.

 
Gimme your address & I can send you all sorts of nasty foods!  [8D]