Done, and done.

Several months ago, Lincoln had a flushing fetish and would flush foreign objects down the toilet. I caught him in the act a few times. Mostly they were smaller objects, but we discover after the guest bathroom got REALLY stopped up, that he had upped the ante. I had wanted to call a plumber, but Matt assured me he'd fix it. We ended up just locking that bathroom door for a while cause Matt never had time to get to it. Then our good friend, Wynne, came to visit... the time had come. So Matt finally dumped some Draino down there (which I could have easily done, but figured that fixing toilets was Matt's job), and it flushed great. Problem solved... or so we thought. Wynne informed us that the toilet was great for a a few flushes, but was slowly getting worse. Good thing she was only here for a couple days! Now Matt's parents are coming to visit, so the time has come, yet again, to REALLY get the problem solved. I again suggested that we call a plumber, but Matt adamantly refused. I figured if Draino couldn't fix it, a plunger, etc couldn't fix it, it was time to call the plumber. This situation is a little reminiscent of this incident. 3.5 years later, I'm still doubting Matt's abilities. 

Next thing I know, Matt's got the toilet off it's "foundation" and he's got a snake auger thing through it. We threw a few buckets full of water in there, and some semi-large items came out, but nothing that really seemed like it would clog things up. Having got the auger through there and no more things were coming out after dumping buckets in there, we assumed all was solved. We got the toilet back into place, and then I flushed a few regular usage sized wads of TP down. Problem not solved. We were so ticked, we decided to have a go at it another day. 

Yesterday was the day. Interestingly enough, the toilet would drain if you tipped it slightly backwards, but when upright, it would not drain. Matt and I thought that one through, and Matt decided that whatever the object was, it had to be disk shaped, cause it could rotate to let the auger through, and would allow water to pass when the toilet was tipped back. I agreed. This time, we had a harder time getting the auger through. Finally we did, and when it was through, I thought to attach something at the end so when we pulled it back, it would snag whatever was not flushing through the other way. We got an old rag on the end of "the snake" and pulled it back through. Whatever it was, was chocolate brown, and quite large. Matt was very nervous about pulling it out, but it had to be done. 

Ta da!!!!

Note Matt's Saturday morning bed head. Yes, the toilet is in the shower... less water to mop up that way.

A pretend chocolate doughnut. Yay!!! It wasn't poop! Disc shaped, no?

Done, and done! Richard and Laila... we're ready!!! Wynne, sorry you had so suffer, and Matt, sorry I again doubted your abilities. I'd like to say never again, but I know that is too much to promise.