Home Repair
Published Aug 03, 2005
Because I couldn't unplug the toilet with a plunger, I had to dismantle the entire fixture, no small feat for a nonplumber.
Jammed inside the drain was a purple rubber dinosaur, which belonged to my five-year-old son.
I painstakingly got all the toilet parts together again, the tank filled, and I flushed it. However, it didn't work much better than before! As I pondered what to do next, my son walked into the bathroom.
I pointed to the purple dinosaur I had just dislodged and told him that the toilet still wasn't working.
"Did you get the green one, too?" he asked.
Originally published August 04, 2005.
