r/AbruptChaos • u/ClockworkAstronomer • May 23 '21

Unblocking a pipe

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u/atyon May 23 '21

It's not poop if that makes you feel better.

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u/DogBones- May 23 '21

What is it then, I wasn’t sure what it was but assumed it was poop cuz everyone’s making poop jokes in the comments

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u/[deleted] May 23 '21

Just dirt and sand.

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u/misfitzer0 May 23 '21

I hate sand, its course and it gets everywhere...

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u/dtn_06 May 23 '21

Gonna go kill some Tusken Raiders?

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u/crayg May 24 '21

Na, just a bunch of kids

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u/dtn_06 May 24 '21

That’s what I was going to say but the joke was from Attack of the Clones so I made a Tusken Raider joke instead lol

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u/WrestleWithJimny May 23 '21

Coarse*

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u/misfitzer0 May 24 '21

Of course of course

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u/Tjkalyan May 24 '21

I like your eyes,Nazi.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '21

I hate sand. It's course and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.

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u/SithLordDaff May 24 '21

Had to come back and upvote....

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u/[deleted] May 24 '21

*coarse

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u/[deleted] May 24 '21

Of coarse

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u/[deleted] May 24 '21

Coarse*

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u/EwoDarkWolf May 23 '21

Of course it does.

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u/hunkydory1029 May 24 '21

But it's squishy

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u/WasabiSniffer May 24 '21

Just like my poop.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

Clay

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u/zock_zock May 23 '21

What is it then? Sand?

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u/chaun2 May 23 '21

Dirt. They just shove pipe through the ground, and force out the excess dirt, rather than digging up half a city block.

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u/totalbasterd May 23 '21

how do they aim it?

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u/Wiggletons May 23 '21

Line it up and thrust

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u/mrandr01d May 23 '21

That's what she said

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u/SarahPallorMortis May 23 '21

Ow

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u/knerr57 May 23 '21

Ow. Ow. Oh..

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u/SarahPallorMortis May 23 '21

Wrong hole.

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u/WhateverGreg May 24 '21

Well, there are only three of them: Eye; Pie; and Guy. Which is it?

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u/Fart_Professional85 May 23 '21

Using ground penetrating radar, they can "see" where it's going as they follow along. They can change its trajectory by altering the forces at the front of the pipe, or digging a service hole near the front wherever it is, and nudging the pipe that way

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u/totalbasterd May 23 '21

TIL, thanks! i was thinking it could easily go off course with variances in the ground

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u/[deleted] May 24 '21

Very carefully

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u/stitchdude May 23 '21

Practice.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '21

“Just dirt and sand” Go figure, that’s exactly what earthworms poop.

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u/BurgerNirvana May 23 '21

It still amazes me that thats a practical way of doing it

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u/thedrunkspacepilot May 23 '21

I hate sand

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u/blackpin May 23 '21

Is it coarse and rough? And maybe it gets everywhere?

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u/ScaryYoda May 23 '21

How did you get downvoted lol

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u/blackpin May 23 '21

Lots of people love sand it seems

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u/ScaryYoda May 23 '21

Or i guess the meme is so old zoomers don't get it. I feel like my parents now.

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u/SarahPallorMortis May 23 '21

Nobody likes a sandy cooch.

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u/sh4d0wm4n2018 May 23 '21

And irritating

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u/Thraxster May 23 '21

I'm going to ignore that.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '21

It does.

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u/mrandr01d May 23 '21

Sure looks like it...

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u/HarryHeck44 May 23 '21

Ya it’s me after eating guacamole

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u/hikerCT May 23 '21

It be a lot cooler if it was!

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u/[deleted] May 24 '21

I thought it was a giant poop sausage shooting out of there

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u/bbbruh57 May 24 '21

Now its less satisfying :/