True Story...

On Friday, John was looking for something in the office and I was in the kitchen doing the dishes when all of sudden he heard a strange gurgling sound come from the bathroom. He likened it to the sound that his parents' dog, Murray, makes when he laps water from the toilet. So, being the super sleuth that he is (John, not Murray), John went into the bathroom to check things out. We had been having a few problems with our garbage disposal clogging, but we thought we had fixed it....

Apparently, we had not fixed the problem at all, because John pulled back the shower curtain to check the tub and found everything that was supposed to have gone done the sink, in the tub! It was halfway full and stunk to high heaven. Luckily for us it was only kitchen remnants rather than the other more foul possibility.

John researched possible fixes on the internet and it appeared as though we needed to "snake" our drain, which would have been simple if he had the tool of the same name, but alas, we did not. We could have rented one, but we realized rather quickly that not only did we lack the tool we needed, we also lacked the expertise. These deficiencies prompted us to call our friends at "Roto-Rooter". Our plumbing savior, Robert, came quickly and fixed our plumbing problems with speed and grace. We have full garbage disposal privileges once again. I asked him what seems to cause disposals to clog like that and he listed a few items: egg shells, celery, noodles, and carrot peels are the leading culprits. I sheepishly confirmed that I had indeed put each of those items down the drain, and probably didn't grind them up often enough. This was the conclusion of our experience with Robert.

So, sorry for the mundane post, but hopefully I will save you from committing the same mistake that I did. Happy disposaling.