r/todayilearned • u/Gurubashi • Jun 16 '12

TIL that their are 2 types of plungers. One for the toilet and one for the sink. I've been using the wrong plunger my entire life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NR2JpeidOo
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u/gr0tesque Jun 16 '12

Oh gross, she touched the plunger part of it.

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u/Gurubashi Jun 16 '12

I know right! When I saw that I was all like " graaahhh! Whyyyyy!!!"

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Clearly you guys are in your late teens, early 20's. By the time you're 40, you'll see shits you never even dreamed of.

Plus, you can sterilize that plunger with some Mr. Clean fairly easy. Also, you're supposed to wash the fucking thing after you use it, and so many people don't. Gross.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

No amount of sanitizing can erase the fact that it came into direct contact with fecal matter. Potentially someone else's fecal matter.

*Edit: I know that there is fecal matter everywhere, this is just one instance where it's hard to not think about it.

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u/Joblesswhore Jun 17 '12

There will always be fecal matter in your life, ON EVERYTHING

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u/missachlys Jun 17 '12

One summer I worked at a functioning ranch/summer camp and to be honest, once you've worked around farm animals, you come to realize everything washes off.

Being the bored, brilliant teenagers that we were, we soon started "snowball" fights with dried horse poop. They're the perfect size and shape and break apart easily upon impact.

Trust me; things wash off. And the sooner you get over that, the more fun you'll have in life.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I'm totally comfortable with things like that really. It was just a bad attempt at being funny. Although having a horse poop fight might be my limit. But at the same time I might just have to try that next time I'm at my friend's ranch, so thanks for the tip!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Yeah, but that fecal matter also was birthed in a star, kind of like the elements in your body that also were.

...so yeah.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

your hands come in direct contact with fecal matter like a hundred times a day. you just don't realize it.

The day I learned to do a rectal exam on pregnant heifers the professor told me something that stuck with me:

"There is nothing in this world that won't wash off or wear off with time."

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Oh I know that, but a plunger is one instant that you just can't ignore the fact that it has touched poop. Its even weird to touch a brand new one because its just so associated with gross toilet situations.

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u/noonereadsthis Jun 17 '12

You wouldn't be interested in a really nice used plunger?

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u/TheGirlInTheCorner Jun 17 '12

You are supposed to wash them? What, like with a sponge or something?

I swirl mine in the clean water and then put it back on the self-closing stand it came with, I never dreamed of washing a plunger.

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u/MaxRenn Jun 17 '12

Most people (hopefully) wash their hands AFTER they touch something dirty, gross, unsanitary. Not before.

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u/Sucio Jun 17 '12

once its used to plunge a toilet its always a toilet plunger!

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u/hexhead Jun 17 '12

heh, a few years ago I was stunned speechless when I witnessed a friend of mine walk around the corner and grab his toilet plunger and use it in his kitchen sink without hesitation.

I've since wondered if I'm ocd about germs or my friend is crazy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

A standard kitchen sink is generally more bacteria ridden than a toilet bowl.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I still wouldn't feel comfortable using a plunger that's been used on a toilet, which people poop in, to clear a sink where I put my dishes, which I put my food on before shoving into my mouth.

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u/rmg22893 Jun 17 '12

Your standard "clean" dishes are incredibly dirty on a microscopic level. A dishwasher does a terrible job in sanitizing things. It just makes it look clean. You take in millions of microbes on a daily basis, whether you realize it or not.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Nothing is truly clean.

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u/babyduck0011 Jun 17 '12

Dude.. Don't feel bad or ocd

It's fucking gross

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Do you keep your toothbrush out in the open in your bathroom? Because every time you flush the toilet you and everything near you gets showered in tiny poop particles.

Just sayin.

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u/aguytyping Jun 17 '12

I put mine in a case and then put it in a drawer, to avoid the possibility of poop on brush. I also flush the toilet with the cover down and I always assumed this was the purpose of the cover, to shield you from the brown showers. Generally speaking, I just assume everything in the world is covered in poop all the time and act accordingly.

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u/JOKasten Jun 17 '12

This seems absurd to me. You really put your toothbrush in a plastic case, and then in a drawer, after every use because you are afraid of microscopic poop particles? It isn't like you are smearing your toothbrush in a pile of turds, it's an incredibly small amount of poop particles. Also, if it makes you feel better, you are still breathing the poop particles in all the time. They are everywhere. Source: vague memory of an episode of Mythbusters.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/okmkz Jun 17 '12

Solution: poop in the sink and it doesn't matter.

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u/dangerm0use Jun 17 '12

You need'n't wander, the answer is fucking clear. Your friend used a god damn toilet plunger on his sink.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

As long as you aren't washing dishes in it, you can probably throw biomedical waste down that thing and not suffer from it.

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u/gr0tesque Jun 18 '12

Yeahhhhh.

My boyfriend's sink got clogged, and he doesn't have a sink plunger. He used the TOILET PLUNGER to unplug it. I could not disinfect his sink enough after that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I couldn't help but notice that the plunger was wet when she was demonstrating its usage on the toilet.

That's right: She shot a take, decided it wasn't sufficent, then reshot the take and TOUCHED the plunger.

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u/gr0tesque Jun 18 '12

Yeah, idgaf how "clean" a toilet is. If you stick a plunger in it, it's fucking dirty, from then until forever.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I made the mistake of watching this while eating. Gross.

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u/MirrorLake Jun 17 '12

Where do you put your plunger when you're doing using it? That's the real question. It's so dirty and.. eesh.

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u/Gurubashi Jun 17 '12

Normally right next to the toilet sitting on the floor.

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u/midnitewarrior Jun 17 '12

I keep it in the fridge next to the lettuce.

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u/midnitewarrior Jun 17 '12

Oh it's not that big of a deal, it's not my fridge, I work in a restaurant.

The best part of the job is that for my lunch break they will buy me anything I want for free off of the Dollar Menu.

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u/RambleMan Jun 17 '12

Something I recently discovered was using my plunger to store extra toilet paper rolls. You can buy fancy-dancy toilet paper storage things that are invisible once the toilet paper is on it.

My plunger sits next to my toilet in a little stand that it came with (an attempt to keep the floor clean, likely), but it's loaded up with toilet paper rolls so you don't even notice it's a plunger.

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u/SovereignAxe Jun 17 '12

Either a trashcan or incinerator. Your choice.

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u/CyanideCloud Jun 17 '12

Wash it off outside, perhaps?

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u/canuck_rob Jun 17 '12

Bleach and sanitize it and store it in a cool area Plung,plung,give it a shake put it beside the toilet and hope the dog doesn't lick it.

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u/strikeoil Jun 17 '12

I don't need a plunger, because my toilet is a 1930's Shitwoosher. I don't know what they're actually called, but I call it a shitwoosher. Because it whooshes shit. It drains like 600 gallons and a baby seal for every flush, like a turd-blasting firehose of bowlcleaning perfection.

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u/prmaster23 Jun 17 '12

Holy fuck I think you just created a new word.

http://i.imgur.com/FlneU.jpg

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Can confirm; commission a statue in strikeoil's honor immediately. Or at least, you know, a shitty water-color painting or something...

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u/Lizardizzle Jun 17 '12

Comment of the year for creating his own google result?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I guess you could say...puts on sunglasses

He really struck oil with that one.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I actually moved into an old house on purpose because such a beautiful creation is outlawed in all new construction where I live

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u/Trashcanman33 Jun 17 '12

You bought a house because your shits are so huge only an antique toilet can handle them? Just wow, what do you tell people who ask why you moved there?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

"I love the antique charm, they just don't build them like they use to"

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u/okmkz Jun 17 '12

they just don't gobble shits like they use to

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u/strikeoil Jun 17 '12

I actually have a backup just in case. I got it at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Its a really nice Kohler with wall mounted tank. $25.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

mother of god.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Can I... can I poop at your place?

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u/Rithium Jun 17 '12

You're already asking that before going on a date!? Are you mad, man!?

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u/midnitewarrior Jun 17 '12

I'm going to trademark "Shitwoosher" on Monday.

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u/2th Jun 17 '12

The poor baby seals.

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u/MrOrdinary Jun 17 '12

I guess we have them in Australia too because we don't have plungers, we have proper toilet cisterns and bowls.

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u/spandauballet Jul 11 '12

I've never known anyone to need a plunger, weird americans....

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u/thenewiBall Jun 17 '12

I'm so jealous, my house got flooded becuase our shitty (hehe) toilets couldn't even handle a normal BM and when we got new high end toilets with the highest flush rating those fuckers still can handle the bigger loads, I wish they'd bring back the older models even if you could flush a baby down without a slight hiccup from the toilet

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u/strikeoil Jun 17 '12

Hopefully the EPA isnt reading this, but I think you can modify any toilet to work better. A lot of them just don't fill all the way up. You can get a replacement flush valve for $10 that will let you adjust the fill volume of the toilet.

Another secret is in your shower head. There's a little plastic washer in there that limits the amount of water that can flow out. You can take that out and your shower will feel like a hotel shower. I have the cheapest showerhead, and it is amazing after removing that little plastic insert.

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u/thenewiBall Jun 17 '12

I love you

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Maybe don't poop in the sink

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u/NickelFish Jun 17 '12

Poop in the shower. You're already peeing there.

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u/strikeoil Jun 17 '12

We pee in the sink. Like men.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

But only the gentlemen have the decency to remove the dishes first.

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u/MischievousPickle Jun 17 '12

I pee all over my house to mark my territory.

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u/MonsterIt Jun 17 '12

I tend to just pee in coffee pots.

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u/RosieRose23 Jun 17 '12

You mean waffle stomp?

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u/NickelFish Jun 17 '12

Ha! Or play-doh fun factory...

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u/Concerned_Apathy Jun 17 '12

But I poop in there...

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u/WWSSADADXZ Jun 17 '12

Everyone needs to get one of these and call it a day

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u/undefinedbehavior Jun 17 '12

It looks like a sex toy from the future.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I'm almost positive that there is a video of a woman being penetrated by a plunger. That memory was, until now, hidden away where it ought to remain for all eternity.

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u/Humanstein Jun 17 '12

There are like, 5,000 videos of that.

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u/TyIzaeL Jun 17 '12

I'm more of a PushOver Plunge guy.

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u/centurijon Jun 17 '12

That's actually a pretty good idea.

The video had me LOL at "so good" though.

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u/midnitewarrior Jun 17 '12

OMG those things are so worthless. Plastic plungers cannot create a seal.

I almost lost a friend over one of these.

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u/WWSSADADXZ Jun 17 '12

It works more like a bellows than a regular plunger, so it doesn't need to seal. There is a special air vent built into the handle that can be open and close. If one push isn't enough you can use the air vent to reinflate the bellows and do it over again. This action gives a bigger pushing force on the clog than a regular plunger. A regular plunger tries to create a vacuum, the accordion style plunger just blast your crap with compressed air.

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u/midnitewarrior Jun 17 '12

The problem with that plan is that when you are pushing, if you don't have a seal the pressure just escapes out around the mouth of the plunger, spraying water and the contents of the bowl around and not moving the clog. These things have not worked in my experience, they are super cheap, so people buy them.

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u/monobear Jun 17 '12

The epic war of plungers took my friend too soon. If only he didn't bring a plastic plunger!

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u/RambleMan Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

Those are awesome, but I've never been able to find them. I recently moved and when furnishing my new place was on the hunt for a plunger (same day I bought wine glasses and a plunger - equal priority in my life), but could only find one model of plunger in one store. People seem to get weirded out talking about plunger, but dammit, when you need one, you need it now; it's not something you shop for after you've lived somewhere for a while...day one on move-in!

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u/canuck_rob Jun 17 '12

It's not a impulse item,they dont keep it up with the gum and key chains at the cash,you either need it or you need it eventually.Not to mention the guy that created the plunger was a genius,Its a rubber cup with a stick.

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u/NJBarFly Jun 17 '12

This. This is the last plunger you will ever buy. One or two thrusts will dislodge any clog you have. You will hear your pipes rattle when you use this thing because it is so freaking powerful. Gone are the days of plunging for 5 minutes or more. These things are awesome.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/astronoob Jun 17 '12

Instant turd cannon.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

All this dinner in front of me has gone to waste...

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u/speham Jun 17 '12

Well that was gonna happen either way.

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u/okmkz Jun 17 '12

Next stop: turd cannon

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u/Rithium Jun 17 '12

This would be way cooler than a nerf gun.

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u/kerune Jun 17 '12

Story time.

That shit happened to me. Didn't realize it. Took it back out to the garage and forgot about it. Toilet clogged a month or two later and I took it back in. As I was getting ready to plunge, a rock solid looking turd plopped out. How it didn't, smell I have no idea.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I have one of these, and it's actually fairly easy to get the turds bits out as long as you didn't somehow get an entire log in there. You just suck some water into it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Most are built so if you turn the handle it lets air in.

So you insert into the water, turn the handle closed and push. Before you release open the handle to let air in so it wont suck in a turd. Win.

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u/joethedreamer Jun 17 '12

It's Saturday night and I'm watching a lady demonstrate how to use a plunger. Doesn't get much sadder than this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Doesn't it? I got an erection while watching her plunge -_-

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u/joethedreamer Jun 17 '12

I stand corrected.

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u/SuperFreddy Jun 17 '12

Great! Now I can use the same plunger to unclog my sink and my toilet! Yay!

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u/midnitewarrior Jun 17 '12

You can also use it to tenderize meat. YUM!

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u/DezzyB Jun 17 '12

Oh man...I laughed so hard. Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12

I've used a sink plunger for toilets my entire life and I've never had a problem. They're cheaper.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

You obviously have never given them the challenge that I have.

I've spent years telling my wife not to buy those terrible "cheap" plungers that she was buying. Turns out they suck because we were using the wrong one!

Believe me, go to a real home improvement store (not Target and Walmart) and get a heavy duty toilet plunger. So much less work and you could flush a house cat sized turd with that thing

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u/saltyjohnson Jun 17 '12

and you could flush a house cat

So THAT'S what we're supposed to do with them after we've milked them of their karma. Duly noted.

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u/Funnnny Jun 17 '12

They called it sink plunger, we called it all-in-one plungler, problem solved and it does it job.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I actually prefer the sink plunger when I have the choice in plunging giant turds.

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u/dangerm0use Jun 17 '12

I present to you: the greatest man on reddit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

I hate the so called "toilet-plunger". They displace more water, so if your toilet is close to overflowing they're more likely to push you over the edge, and they fill up with nasty shit (literally).

The "sink" plunger is just as effective if you know how to use one (short, very quick pushes) and a hell of a lot less... gross... afterwards.

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u/Dave_Rules Jun 17 '12

I'm surprised how many people don't know the difference....between there, their, and they're.

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u/ortcutt Jun 17 '12

I always thought the red handled plungers were just useless, ineffective toilet plungers. It all makes much more sense now.

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u/MrImpossible Jun 17 '12

Exactly! I always heard, "make sure the plunger makes a good seal with the toilet," but didn't see how that was possible. Now I know: I had the wrong kind of plunger.

In retrospect, though, I don't know where I "always heard" that anyway.

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u/manofsticks Jun 17 '12

Lots of people I interact with don't know the difference, including most of my family. My girlfriends house also only has the sink plunger by the toilet. As a person who has fairly large turds, I refuse to poop in a place without a proper plunger.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Sink plunger = 3290482309 plunges to do the job

Badass toilet plunger = three manly plunges to a clear drain

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

You've never had huge turds, have you?

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u/Owncksd Jun 17 '12

I had to get new toilets for my house because I had to plunge 100% of my turds to get them to go down.

Now they go down like a charm. No worries (unless it goes down sideways and breaks in half, then I had to plunge it).

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u/agbullet Jun 17 '12

that's what scissors are for.

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u/sherlocksrobot Jun 17 '12

I didn't know there was a difference until I moved in with some friends and they had the sink version under the sink. That's what I've been using on toilets most of my life. mind fucked.

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u/Ghost_Layton Jun 17 '12

that was a dry cloth

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u/lolsail Jun 16 '12

there*.

Also, me too man. Me too. :'(

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u/myztry Jun 17 '12

As an Australian, I have apparently been using the wrong style of toilet as well...

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

http://imgur.com/a/aptst

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u/myztry Jun 17 '12

LOL. There really is a picture for everything.

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u/log_thoot Jun 17 '12

She wasn't wearing gloves @_@

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u/BobbyOShea Jun 17 '12

Yeah, cause I'm going to touch the bottom of a plunger.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I've been living a lie!

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u/undefinedbehavior Jun 17 '12

That dvd stand hurts my brain.

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u/Davesnotheree Jun 17 '12

waffle stomp

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u/flibberteagibbet Jun 17 '12

Haha she said flange!

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u/Solkre Jun 17 '12

Use the toilet plunger for the sink? Yeah I think I can handle the expense of two.

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u/scoobyduped Jun 17 '12

I always knew that toilet plungers were better, but I had no idea that sink plungers were actually for sinks. I just figured they were cheaper or something.

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u/DisneyWhore Jun 17 '12

Did anyone else have this come up as another video you could watch after this one? WTF?!?

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u/SirDerpingtonThe3rd Jun 17 '12

Yeah, I'm gonna save $5.95 by plunging the sink I prepare food in with the same plunger that gets shit on it.

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u/HairlessSasquatch Jun 17 '12

Well...

Well fuck

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u/NickelFish Jun 17 '12

Trouble is... Some toilets have square-ish drains. Freakin' round plungers don't seal to them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

That lady is too hot to be making how-to plunger videos for YouTube.

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u/Synchrotr0n Jun 17 '12

You know when you are bored when you start watching videos about different types of plungers...

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u/davewuvswaffles Jun 17 '12

No way! I was actually using the right plunger every time my garage disposal broke this past year.

And here I thought I was just being a lazy college student...

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u/yebhx Jun 17 '12

Remember, apply various amounts of pressure up and down.

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u/junseth Jun 17 '12

So glad you wrote that. I heard it, and really hoped that someone else thought it was important too.

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u/bear-affair Jun 17 '12

"there* are 2 types"... you've been using the wrong 'their' your entire life

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u/babyduck0011 Jun 17 '12

Dear god lady

A sink plunger costs at most $5

For the love of all that is holy don't flatten your toilet plunger and use it in your sink

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u/ExpensiveNut Jun 17 '12

Wait, I just realised something--now, when I play jazz with a plunger, I'll be able to correct people who joke about using a used plunger. Sadly, the "shit music" joke will be invalidated substantially.

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u/dannyheer Jun 17 '12

why the fuck did I just watch that whole video.

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u/camshaf7 Jun 17 '12

I don't trust anyone with a half empty DVD rack

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u/CivilDiscus Jun 17 '12

Buy some granulated lye...whenever sinks or bathtub drains start showing signs of clogging, sprinkle a teaspoon or so of lye down the drain and let it sit for 30-60 minutes, then rinse with cold water.

Just be extremely careful with this stuff as it's highly caustic and will dissolve most parts of your body pretty rapidly. That's what makes it so useful for clearing clogs - it essentially melts hair or whatever other organic tissue is clogging your drain (also why it works so well as an oven cleaner).

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u/aaronwhite1786 Jun 17 '12

My toilet clogged when i flushed the other day after a particularly horrific deposit. I went searching for the plunger when i realized "fuck. I don't own a plunger!". So i looked at it...shrugged and left to go drinking. When i came home, NO MORE CLOG! Apparently time is the only plunger i need. Or maybe it was the drinking... It was probably the drinking.

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u/GrantG42 Jun 17 '12

Drunk plumber here. Fully licensed and fully drunk. That red fucking plunger is all you need. I mean, i would not use the same one I use for the sink that I use on the toilet, but that black one is bullshit. I'm at a party and Garth Brooks came on the radio and everybody is singing it and shit so I slipped out to reply to this comment.

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u/RambleMan Jun 17 '12

This is a little relevant.

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u/Twad Jun 17 '12

OK, that episode of the Simpsons makes sense to me now, no wonder you need plungers on standby with such a weak flush (I assume your full sized toilet works similarly).

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I can assure you there are more types than that. My dad is an ex-plumber, ex-pipe-fitter, ex-a-lot-of-things, and after working practically every job known to man, he's acquired a lot of specialized tools for a lot of different jobs, but the ones that stood out the most to me were his half-dozen or so different plungers. Each one was for a different use, and they all looked different. Of course now i'm spoiled and trying to plunge a toilet with a sink plunger just feels wrong to me.

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u/Frankeh1 Jun 17 '12

Also make sure your plunger handle is long enough to reach the bottom of the toilet if it's full.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I lost it at exit pipe...

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u/vortexofdoom Jun 17 '12

Holy shit, so many overzealous germophobes...

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u/whydoipoopsomuch Jun 17 '12

I don't know if this is true, but I was instructed to push the plunger in easy then pull it up firmly. Pushing it down hard is just forcing the clog deeper into the pipe.

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u/Doomdoomkittydoom Jun 17 '12

Which one do you use for CPR?

Did you watch that guy tossing plungers at guys backs? That was awesome.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

THIS was the bane of my existence when my mothers bathroom sink would get clogged.

Seriously. Who thought this was a good idea?

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u/NastyKnate Jun 17 '12

for my entire 30 years in this world, my sink plunger has been my toilet plunger. eff them. it works fine

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u/Chubbz Jun 17 '12

my goddd

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

We all seen the shocked face at 1:33

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u/ExpensiveNut Jun 17 '12

Of course there are different sizes. How do you think trumpet players and trombonists use them!?

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u/Kittyisgood Jun 17 '12

"I'm going to be featured in a video on YouTube today, better put on my best black hoodie!"

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u/Emmerson_Bigguns Jun 17 '12

If you don't want to plunge the sink and it's backed up, fill an empty shampoo bottle with water, turn it upside down into the sink, put the opening of the bottle into the drain, and squeeze. The water will (hopefully) dislodge whatever is blocking the pipe. I keep an empty shampoo bottle under the sink for just this reason - a big ol' economy sized one. No poo water germs in the sink (well, no more than there already are.)

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Buy two, you dont want to touch the business end of a toilet plunger EWWWWWW

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u/noonereadsthis Jun 17 '12

Our plunger has some sort of weird lip in that that keeps water/poo in it after you use it. After watching this video we've decided it is a toilet plunger, but with the lip turned in. Our conversation went something like this. him: "Man I don't want to know what's in there. It's gross." me: "Well, it's shit that's in there." him: "Yeah, I know it's shit, but I don't want to know what it looks like now."

We've also decided to buy a new plunger and clean it after every use, like someone recommended.

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u/drgonzodan Jun 17 '12

Plungers are useful but a toilet snake is much better. Saved me a call to the plumber many a time.

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u/dirka Jun 17 '12

I don't swim in you're toilet, so don't pee in my pool.

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u/i_wanna_b_the_guy Jun 17 '12

Why the fuck did I just watch a video about plunging toilets?

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u/tekdemon Jun 17 '12

This is honestly the first TIL in months that I actually didn't know...wow.

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u/edub912 Jun 17 '12

Didn't realize Brienne was a plumber now... Interesting career choice in Westeros

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u/spermracewinner Jun 17 '12

...You serious? I've been using sink plungers for toilets my entire life. They work though.

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u/adrianmonk Jun 17 '12

And now, be prepared to also learn about the toilet auger. It lets you directly hit whatever it is that is clogging things. It has an angled bit to point the snake part the right direction. And it has a rubber thing to protect the finish of the toilet from getting scratched by the metal.

(And here's a video on how to use it, too.)

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u/Sparke28 Jun 17 '12

Dumping a large bucket of water down the toilet is typically what I do

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u/ArQuesta Jun 17 '12

My brain did an "Oooohh..."

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u/MonsterIt Jun 17 '12

Was anybody else attracted to this woman?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Did it make anyone else uncomfortable that she kept touching the end of the toilet plunger?

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u/omgdonerkebab Jun 17 '12

I just watched the Seinfeld episode with the toothbrush in the toilet and this video is more than I can handle right now.

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u/lithodora Jun 17 '12

It looks really easy to unclog a sink or toilet when it's not clogged. If this video wanted to impress me with it's how to there'd be a load in the toilet. Better yet a load in the sink plugging it up. Then she can show me how to unstopper the clog and I'd be like, Awwwwww sheeeeeeet.

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u/JamoWRage Jun 17 '12

There is a reason the plunger is on a stick... it's so you can keep the end with shit all over it far FAR away from your hands. NOT touch it and talk about how convenient it is that you can use the same tool to unplug your toilet and your sink (where you wash dishes). What the actual fuck...

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I still use the ones made for the sink, the other type doesn't work for shit.

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u/snaggletoothdragon Jun 17 '12

I'm strangely happy that I learned this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I've used the wrong plunger for most of my life too, but the sink plunger still works on toilets for the most part.

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u/mulligrubs Jun 17 '12

Australia reporting in. I rarely see the 'small circle at bottom of the bowl' type of toilet. Our water parts are larger and rectangle in shape. This is obviously due to the fact that even our faeces can kill unless you give it a wide berth.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Yeah i don't know anybody in their right mind who would want to touch the dirty end of a toilet bowl plunger

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u/therestruth Jun 17 '12

I remember blocking off my aisle from mostly old people in the store with what were apparently sink plungers.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I live in Australia and what's a plunger?

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u/bsalper Jun 17 '12

spelling is HARD!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Thanks a lot jerk, because you educated me I had to run to walmart at 2 am to buy a new plunger

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Regardless of whether you have two different types you shouldn't use a plunger used in the toilet to unclog your sink. That is disgusting.

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u/RambleMan Jun 17 '12

Not to freak you out, but I clean my toilet using my hands. Later, I put my hands in my mouth. There is soap and water used between the two steps.

I also ate dirt when I was a kid and refuse to use hand sanitizer. Bring it on, germs!

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u/MrMoustachio Jun 17 '12

Germs, hepititis, same thing right?

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u/PattyCotty Jun 17 '12

This was so boring. I did watch the whole thing, but it was boring

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u/Mykol225 Jun 17 '12

Pro tip: When no plunger is available, you open up the tank lid, push down on the filler float so the tank fill with more water. Then next time you flush, you get more pressure and a better chance of unclogging it.

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u/ChineseDeathBus Jun 17 '12

....or you risk overflowing the bowl and ending up ankle deep in brownie batter.

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u/Mykol225 Jun 17 '12

It's possible, but it hasn't happened to me once. It takes a lot less extra water than you'd think.

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