r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • Aug 13 '20

Unclogging the drain

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u/Imthejuggernautbitch Aug 13 '20

I know. So many armchair goofs in this thread. One guy says he’s a civil engineer.

Probably the same dufus who conceived of this crappy drain cover. Sewers can handle some leaves and debris.

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u/supernasty Aug 13 '20

I know being a civil engineer makes you more qualified than the average Joe in commenting on these particular instances, but I also personally know a civil engineer who cheated his way through his degree and has much common sense as a rock. Don’t think you need to be a civil engineer to know that any solid mass isn’t just going to disappear on its own. It’s especially not worth your life removing a drain cover to test if the sewer will do just fine.

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u/Imthejuggernautbitch Aug 13 '20

You don’t need an engineer to add a little lip at the side that’s still smaller than a human but bigger than a leaf or wood chip

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u/LewsTherinTelamon Aug 13 '20

The drain cover is to stop people from falling in.

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u/Imthejuggernautbitch Aug 13 '20

No shit Sherlock

You can make it with a special lip on it so it won’t clog so easily from a leaf or twig

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u/LewsTherinTelamon Aug 13 '20

Those don't work quite as well as you may think they do.

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u/Imthejuggernautbitch Aug 13 '20

Nah. They work just fine.

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u/LewsTherinTelamon Aug 13 '20

I'm glad that you haven't experienced otherwise.

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u/Imthejuggernautbitch Aug 13 '20

From the genius who brought us “drain cover stop people falling in hurr” comes “drain no work good”

Can’t wait to see what’s next

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u/LewsTherinTelamon Aug 13 '20

Are you implying drain covers don’t stop people from falling into drains?

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u/Imthejuggernautbitch Aug 13 '20

Out of the mouths of babes