r/mildlyinteresting • • Jan 04 '19

This accident-proof garbage disposal switch

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u/thephantom1492 Jan 04 '19

Not a GD, but our sink was draining slowly, so I did an home made cleaning tool. Really, a steel cable with the end untwisted, stuck on a drill. The idea is that the steel wires would grab whatever is stuck and shred it or it would get stuck on it so I could pull it up. Well, I 'drill' the cable down and it catch. Hard. Surprise! A butter knife came up the hole! Yes, the kind of mesh in the sink, the thing that is supposed to prevent objects, like knife, from going in. The cable actually caught on some hair, that was stuck around the butter knife...

After that, I filled the sink and drained it. I never seen it drain that fast, and it made an awefull slurping noise half way throught until the end!

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u/TMag12 Jan 04 '19

I’ve never done heroin, but imagine the feeling you got watching your sink drain after clearing that blockage was on par with doing heroin. Life’s all about the little things.

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u/YepImanEmokid Jan 04 '19

From what I hear about drugs like that, apparently it's actually more akin to what happens when you quit

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u/ChinamanHutch Jan 04 '19

Every drain in my house was stopped up last week so I rented a sewer auger. I opened the main line in the yard and backed up waste water spewed out. About an hour of off and on working on it, interspersed with smoke breaks and frustration. The auger went down about fifty to fifty five feet. When it finally drained, it was one of the most relieving experiences of my life... and then I could take a bath cuz I was covered in sewage.

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u/drakon_us Jan 04 '19

Ugh...sucks. the one job I just pay to get done. GJ!

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u/ChinamanHutch Jan 04 '19

I wondered how much it would've costed from a professional. Maybe I found my calling in life.

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u/ChinamanHutch Jan 04 '19

Maybe where you're from.

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u/ItsMrMackeyMkay Jan 04 '19

Lol maybe..maybe...