Episode 4: What Not to Flush (Five Lessons to Live By)

July 17th, 2006

(RT: 5:04) Everyone knows you can’t flush a cell phone down the toilet … or do they?

Music by: Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys; Bloodshot Records

Episode Glossary: Toilet Clogs, Blockages, Stoppage, Flushing, Charmin Ultra, Single-Ply vs. Double Ply, Courtesy Flush, Sewer Blockage, Water Absorption, Flushing Tampons Down Toilet, Tampax, Plastic Douche Bottle, Condoms Flushed Down Toilet

Posted by Jennifer Katz
Filed in Blockages, Cell Phone, Charmin Ultra, Condoms, Detroit Plumbers, Double Ply, Flushed Down Toilet, Flushing, Levine and Sons, Sewer, Single-Ply, Stoppage, Tampax, Tampons, Toilet Clogs


16 Responses to “Episode 4: What Not to Flush (Five Lessons to Live By)”

  1. Jeffy Says:
    July 18th, 2006 at 5:39 am

    I dated a woman, only coincidentally named Jen, back in Downtown Treetown, whose teenage daughter had some bowel condition where she’d get so constipated that when it “happened” it was a log larger than a roll of Jimmy Dean. Mom had to cut it up with a butter knife before it would go down. Poor kid; wouldn’t have even believed it if I didn’t see it with me own eyes!

  2. Anonymous Says:
    July 18th, 2006 at 5:49 am

    Is it true what they say, “If it’s yellow, let it mellow; if it’s brown, flush it down.”

    Does that include any buildup of Marcal single-ply? (P.S. You should never use Scott tissue because the company doesn’t have a good enviro track record.)

  3. Payin' too much Says:
    July 18th, 2006 at 6:00 am

    I once tried to train my wife to use “three squares” instead of yankin’ a whole wad to wipe what’s really just a couple of drops…that didn’t go over too well. I said, “Look, just take three squares, fold one over the other, and then you have a nice soft surface for your precious parts.” She, to this day, won’t let me forget what a cheap-ass bastard I was (am) for trying that out on her.

    But really, let’s let the community who uses toilet paper decide–better yet, let’s let the community that *buys* the overpriced, recycled papers (Post, Onion, Union, Voice) we wipe with.

    I neatly fold my three squares on every occassion (even when you “know” you didn’t need to wipe, but do it anyway). How ’bout you?

  4. MITSY Says:
    July 19th, 2006 at 12:16 pm

    I LOVED this episode. Loved it.
    My favorite so far. Especially loved is it “GUY”? the one driving. He’d be so easy to admit flushing your tampons to or to using too much toilet paper. Time to confess & clear my concious.. OK- I flush my tampons. Phew. I feel better already. Thanks Jenn.

  5. Valerie Says:
    July 29th, 2006 at 4:23 am

    Too Funny!! I’m still going to flush my tampons. I will use more then 3 squares. And may I never need a butter knife to move things along………

    Love ya lots!! Keep up the GREAT work.

    And are any of those guys single and in thier 40’s?

  6. Anonymous Says:
    August 1st, 2006 at 7:27 am

    Best episode yet.

  7. Anonymous Says:
    August 1st, 2006 at 11:53 am

    Awesome

  8. Anonymous Says:
    May 11th, 2007 at 10:30 am

    i don’t believe all the horror stories of toilets and sewer lines stopped up with flushed condoms. I have been flushing my rubbers after they have done their duty for years and never had one fail to go down and the toilet to work flawlessy thereafter.

  9. Anonymous Says:
    August 22nd, 2007 at 7:29 am

    As long as it is confession time, I guess I must admit I always flush my used condoms too.

  10. Anonymous Says:
    September 12th, 2007 at 7:32 am

    So you flush condoms. No need for confession, as most everybody who uses ‘em does.I know I always do.

  11. Anonymous Says:
    September 13th, 2007 at 12:29 pm

    This damn interney tries to put me on a guilt trip also because I flush my rubbers after sex. But it works just fine, so I intend to comtinue flushing them.

  12. Anonymous Says:
    September 15th, 2007 at 5:18 am

    My wife always tore up or cut up her kotex and flushed it down the toilet. Never caused any problem.

  13. Anonymous Says:
    September 16th, 2007 at 6:54 am

    most girls flush their tampons and most boys flush their rubbers. so what?

  14. Anonymous Says:
    September 30th, 2007 at 12:32 pm

    Sispite all the warnings of plugged up toilets, I always flush my used rubbers after sex. Never have had any problems.

  15. anon Says:
    July 7th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    Is flushing a condom any different than flushing other body waste? I freely admit I do. It’s nothing to be ashamed of.

  16. anon Says:
    December 10th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

    Most people dispose their used rubbers by simply flushing down the toilet. The know it works perfectly well

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