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OK fine.  I ADMIT it.  I flushed a *few* paper towels down the toilet.

I was cleaning it at the time.

Anyways, long story short - the toilet clogged and over flowed.

We needed a solution FAST that didn’t include phoning out one of those truly expensive all-night plumbers.

We Googled it.

1. Empty out as much water from the bowl as you can
2. Poor a half cup of (good quality) liquid dish soap.  Let it sit for 10-15 minutes
3. Boil a large kettle or pot of water
4. Poor the boiling water into the bowl.  Let sit another 10-15 minutes.
5. Plunge as usual
6. Flush and VOILA.  The clog will be gone.

As a side note, do not put ‘Liquid Plumber’ into toilets.  It says so right on the package, but last night when I made the run for dish soap I bought a bottle, just in case.  I didn’t read it until I got home (who reads labels anyways. . .  .

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25. Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
26. Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
27. New Vaccine May Contain Rabies
28. Man Minus Ear Waives Hearing
29. Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
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35. Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
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50. Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
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I came across some funny stories today on line, here are a few tidbits.

A Little Gas

A Dutch veterinarian was fined 600 guilders (about $240)
for causing a fire that destroyed a farm in Lichten Vourde,
the Netherlands. The vet had been trying to convince a farmer
that his cow was passing flatulent gas; to demonstrate, the
vet ignited the gas, but the cow became a “four-legged
flame-thrower” and ran wild, setting fire to bales of hay.
Damage to the farm was assessed at $80,000. The cow was
unharmed. AP

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Kim calls her Blog The Darwin Exception

“because it’s not always survival of the fittest;

sometimes the idiots get through”

I found Kim’s blog in the Tag Surfer one day, and it’s quickly become a must-read for me.

My favourite feature on her blog is the Newspaper Humor.  Unfortuntaly for me I always end up reading it while on a break at work, I try to laugh quietly but invititably I just can’t keep myself quiet, my small little fits of laughing and tears often raise an ‘Are you ok?’ from at least one co-worker.

Her feature never fails to make me cry with laughter.  I have no idea where she finds the ads and clippings, but I’m certainly glad she does.  I look forward to that weekly feature!  http://thedarwinexception.wordpress.com/tag/oddities/newspaper-humor/ 

Here is a list I stumbled across, its what different animals are called in a group.

Make me giggle.  Who makes up this stuff?

Sometimes I enjoy a good bit of internet flith, it makes me laugh.  And one always needs a reason to use the word  ‘boner’.

Check out how embarassed he gets after dancing with the lady. . . .

I have a stitch in my side from giggling.

When I was younger there were very few things that my sister and I had in common, there was a few things however, that made us laugh our asses off. Many of things things sprung from going back and forth from the various dance competitions we competed in when we were younger. Last week when I went to the dance competition it was the first time in a long time that we had one of our famous laugh till it hurts fits.

One of the biggest things that made us laugh was Hungry Bum and Sne.

Hungry Bum, as the name suggests, is when your bum “eats” your pants. Sne on the otherhand is an acronyn, for “Spontaneous Nipple Erection” . Both afflictions run rampened at dance competitions. . . .

(This is a picture I took with Chris and Christine during a visit to Montreal)

It was wonderful to laugh with my sister. I miss her. I wish we could hang out and laugh like that more often.

Do Not Feed The Animals – Do not laugh at this joke.  Another Dad Special. . . my dad likes to think he is a really really funny guy.  People tell me all the time how funny he is. . . .  .is he funny?  I got this joke in my email over the weekend from dearest Dad. .  . . 

A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patricia Whack. “Miss Whack, I’d like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday.” Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it’s okay, he knows the bank manager. Patty explains that he will need to secure the loan with some collateral.The frog says, “Sure. I have this,” and produces a tiny porcelain elephant, about an inch tall, bright pink and perfectly formed. Very confused, Patty explains that she’ll have to consult with the bank manager and disappears into a back office.She finds the manager and says, “There’s a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000, and he wants to use this as collateral.”She holds up the tiny pink elephant. “I mean, what in the world is this?”(you’re gonna love this)(its a real treat)(a masterpiece)(wait for it)The bank manager looks back at her and says…“It’s a knickknack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan. His old man’s a Rolling Stone.”(You’re singing it, aren’t you?  Yeah, I know you are……..)Never take life too seriously! Come on now, you grinned, I know you did!!!

Here are some magnets that amused me.  You can buy any of them at ART.COM.

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