Comments on: Getting screwed: The Live Blog http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/ Personal blog of Brad "Otis" Willis, writer, traveler, amateur photographer, and family man Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:57:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Friday Mental Massage: The hits keep on coming edition | Rapid Eye Reality http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-33095 Friday Mental Massage: The hits keep on coming edition | Rapid Eye Reality Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:52:21 +0000 http://www.rapideyereality.com/blog/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/#comment-33095 [...] Greenville, SC plumber wanted to charge me nearly $1,300 for a 50-gallon water heater with a 6-year warranty, including [...] [...] Greenville, SC plumber wanted to charge me nearly $1,300 for a 50-gallon water heater with a 6-year warranty, including [...]

]]> By: BuckeyeTimmy http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1517 BuckeyeTimmy Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:29:17 +0000 http://www.rapideyereality.com/blog/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/#comment-1517 It seems to me that your story is missing one very slight, but significant entry. Allow me, if you will: 9:05am: $5 plunger. Worked. Damn it, now I have to come up with some other faux-funny reality. It seems to me that your story is missing one very slight, but significant entry. Allow me, if you will:

9:05am: $5 plunger. Worked. Damn it, now I have to come up with some other faux-funny reality.

]]> By: <span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/12459147397526498181" rel="nofollow http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Blogger http://www.rapideyereality.com/blog/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/#comment-456 Hawt. Hawt.

]]> By: <span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span> <span class="anon-comment-author">Little Willie</span> http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Anonymous Little Willie Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rapideyereality.com/blog/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/#comment-457 I think it's time for a letter to the "flushable" baby wipe company with the $400 bill attached.<BR/><BR/>Although, I guess "flushable" just means they WILL go down the toilet and does not suggest they will break down enough to make it out of your house. I think it’s time for a letter to the “flushable” baby wipe company with the $400 bill attached.

Although, I guess “flushable” just means they WILL go down the toilet and does not suggest they will break down enough to make it out of your house.

]]> By: <span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00769946470646109933" rel="nofollow http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Blogger http://www.rapideyereality.com/blog/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/#comment-458 Interesting that so many of us are having toilet issues.<BR/><BR/>I think it is terrorism. Interesting that so many of us are having toilet issues.

I think it is terrorism.

]]> By: <span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/02821568106301602442" rel="nofollow http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Blogger http://www.rapideyereality.com/blog/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/#comment-459 I think its funny that I find myself being attracted to your plumber. He's kind of like the Otis of plumbers . . . a little deep, a little brooding, a little hot . . . <BR/><BR/>Good luck . . . and if the baby wipes aren't flushable, we're all screwed. I think its funny that I find myself being attracted to your plumber. He’s kind of like the Otis of plumbers . . . a little deep, a little brooding, a little hot . . .

Good luck . . . and if the baby wipes aren’t flushable, we’re all screwed.

]]> By: <span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span> <span class="anon-comment-author">Champ aka Pureprophet</span> http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Anonymous Champ aka Pureprophet Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rapideyereality.com/blog/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/#comment-460 Very good write! Very good write!

]]> By: <span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span> <span class="anon-comment-author">Anonymous</span> http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Anonymous Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rapideyereality.com/blog/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/#comment-461 You need an old school 4 gallon flusher. You can flush a cat down those bad boys. I pick those up on bathroom remodel jobs all the time. The new 1.6 gal. toilets suck. <BR/>-ub You need an old school 4 gallon flusher. You can flush a cat down those bad boys. I pick those up on bathroom remodel jobs all the time. The new 1.6 gal. toilets suck.
-ub

]]> By: <span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" alt="Blogger" style="display:inline;" /></span> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06023305884132294675" rel="nofollow http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Blogger http://www.rapideyereality.com/blog/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/#comment-462 I've been known to be a cat fan in the past...at least up until my 19 1/2 year old feline friend, Frederick, died a year and a half ago (I'm positive you met him a few times in the spring of 1990).<BR/><BR/>Anyhoo, despite it all, I have to confess a morbid curiosity to actually see a cat get flushed down that super duper pooper that "ub" described above. Can you put that one on YouTube for me? I’ve been known to be a cat fan in the past…at least up until my 19 1/2 year old feline friend, Frederick, died a year and a half ago (I’m positive you met him a few times in the spring of 1990).

Anyhoo, despite it all, I have to confess a morbid curiosity to actually see a cat get flushed down that super duper pooper that “ub” described above. Can you put that one on YouTube for me?

]]> By: <span style="line-height:16px" class="comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/anon16-rounded.gif" alt="Anonymous" style="display:inline;" /></span> <span class="anon-comment-author">Random101</span> http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Anonymous Random101 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rapideyereality.com/blog/2008/02/19/getting-screwed-the-live-blog/#comment-463 There are worst thinks then baby wipes. True story: My father was contracted to dig up and replace a septic tank. We removed the old tank and discovered it was full of condoms. My father told the home owner that he should not flush condoms into a septic waste system. He replied “I never use rubbers!” He then stomped into the house yelling for his wife. There are worst thinks then baby wipes. True story: My father was contracted to dig up and replace a septic tank. We removed the old tank and discovered it was full of condoms. My father told the home owner that he should not flush condoms into a septic waste system. He replied “I never use rubbers!” He then stomped into the house yelling for his wife.

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