On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:01:15 +0100, "stuart noble"
wrote:

something solid stuck in the soil pipe. Last one I did was a combination of
a large cooking apple, a pair of St.Michael underpants, and a piano castor.

And this is why, no matter how bad the software industry gets, I'm not
becoming a plumber.

Thomas Crapper used to use apples to test the flushing power of his
cisterns and pans.