SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
So I just spent the last 2 hours in human feces and urine water! Had several people over swimming (look at me I have a pool) and my wife comes up to me and says, "The toilets will not flush!" I try the plunger and the water just pushes up into the shower and bathtub. SO, I got look at the main drain outside the house and sure enough the backflow preventer has collected a large mass of old used toilet paper. It is about 7 feet down and my snake is only 6 feet. I just needed something to get the large mass of used toilet paper out...something with a hook. I don't have anything that long or skinny. I see an old fishing pole in the garage. I tried to break up the mass but nope will not budge. I had an idea that I could use an old shop vac! WOoHOo. So I get the old shop vac out turn it on and go to town on the clog. It is sucking up human poo and water lickity split. I didn't think ahead. SO the shop vac fills up with well you know and I need to a place to dump it. I just dumped it into the yard about 20 feet away. Oh, forgot to tell you I had on flip flops. So, I go back to cleaning out the pipe and it took about 4 shop vac fill ups to get all the liquid gold out of the pipe. Each fill up I just dumped in the yard. At this point the yard is full of liquid and I still had on flip flops. I felt wetness on my feet. But, I can't be distracted I am determined to get the wet wad of paper out. The shop vac back on and the suction is actually working breaking up the wad up until a point. It is at this time I use the fishing pole and work the paper and water into a slurry and HOORAH it started flowing again. Works like a charm. I had to spray the yard down to get the large chunks broken up and I am sure the paper will dry over the next couple of days and just fly away. I have never felt so good saving 50 bucks not having to call a plumber out on a Sunday. I offered to make our guests sandwiches on their way out but everyone declined.
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Good one, 
