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Dried on cr@p round bog rim
SWMBO hasn't been very well recently after a meal in a dodgy
restaurant (don't ask). However, the rather unpleasant side effect of this is that where the crap has got under the rim of the toilet, it's dried fast and is very difficult to get off. I've tried bleach, Mr Muscle and brushing - but it won't shift. Does anyone have any suggestions for this nuisance problem? I don't want the rats back. Rhys |
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SWMBO hasn't been very well recently after a meal in a dodgy
restaurant (don't ask). However, the rather unpleasant side effect of this is that where the crap has got under the rim of the toilet, it's dried fast and is very difficult to get off. I've tried bleach, Mr Muscle and brushing - but it won't shift. Does anyone have any suggestions for this nuisance problem? I don't want the rats back. Rhys Yuck, that sounds nasty and beggers the question (for the record) what manner of meal/food poisoning combo would cause such immovable crap? And how on earth did it get under the rim? Where presumably it's unnoticeable anyway? It sounds like you've tried all the obvious. It may be time to don the shades and false beard, put on a husky low voice and go down the local hardware shop and ask for something a tad more industrial. Your secret's safe here. |
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RedOnRed wrote: SWMBO hasn't been very well recently after a meal in a dodgy restaurant (don't ask). However, the rather unpleasant side effect of this is that where the crap has got under the rim of the toilet, it's dried fast and is very difficult to get off. I've tried bleach, Mr Muscle and brushing - but it won't shift. Does anyone have any suggestions for this nuisance problem? I don't want the rats back. Rhys Yuck, that sounds nasty and beggers the question (for the record) what manner of meal/food poisoning combo would cause such immovable crap? And how on earth did it get under the rim? Where presumably it's unnoticeable anyway? It sounds like you've tried all the obvious. It may be time to don the shades and false beard, put on a husky low voice and go down the local hardware shop and ask for something a tad more industrial. Your secret's safe here. |
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I didn't want to spell this out, but she's a big lady and from the
sounds she was making was blowing like the great storm of '89 in there. I don't want to use anything too industrial, as it's part of a =A3599 new bathroom suite that cost me thrice as much to get installed in February. I swear she did it on purpose! |
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Nice..... Just came back from Holiday and someone left something I can only
describe as quick setting concrete in the planes toilet. Even with the immense suction that plane toilets create and endless amounts of water it just wouldn't budge, no amount of water, paper or crowbars managed to budge it, till I saw one of the stewardesses go in with what looked like a spatula and some cleaning fluid. Needless to say I didn't eat the meal after that! |
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Oliver wrote:
Nice..... Just came back from Holiday and someone left something I can only describe as quick setting concrete in the planes toilet. Even with the immense suction that plane toilets create and endless amounts of water it just wouldn't budge, no amount of water, paper or crowbars managed to budge it, till I saw one of the stewardesses go in with what looked like a spatula and some cleaning fluid. Needless to say I didn't eat the meal after that! In an aircraft, all the water is re-cycled until it lands and gets emptied :-( Dave |
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:34:27 +0000 (UTC), Dave wrote:
In an aircraft, all the water is re-cycled until it lands and gets emptied :-( How do you explain blue ice/rain then... -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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Dave wrote:
Oliver wrote: Nice..... Just came back from Holiday and someone left something I can only describe as quick setting concrete in the planes toilet. Even with the immense suction that plane toilets create and endless amounts of water it just wouldn't budge, no amount of water, paper or crowbars managed to budge it, till I saw one of the stewardesses go in with what looked like a spatula and some cleaning fluid. Needless to say I didn't eat the meal after that! In an aircraft, all the water is re-cycled until it lands and gets emptied :-( Utter and complete bull**** The air in the cabin is recycled and mixed with bleed air off the engine compressor stages so depending on the airlines policy and aircraft operating regime air in the cabin can get less fresh on a long flight. The water used for the wash basins is to all intents and purposes absolutely identical to that coming out of a tap at home and is fit for human consumption as is all water in the galley, the taps might be labelled that it is not drinking water but that is just to cover the airlines backs. The water, disinfectant and hydroxide mix used for toilet flushing is refilled on the ground, comes from a holding tank that unless the aircraft is undergoing a major overhaul NEVER contains anything but the original mix. The mix is discharged into the toilet bowl via an intermediate tank protected by dual non return valves. The effluent goes into another tank that is only ever emptied on the ground. Very occasionally the ground service valves leak when debris collects on the valve seats or the seals fail. This can lead to blue ice containing **** falling to the ground. |
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wrote in message oups.com... quote I don't want to use anything too industrial, as it's part of a £599 new bathroom suite that cost me thrice as much to get installed in February. I swear she did it on purpose! /quote If it's so badly damages then claim on your household insurance or stop being a whimp ! This really is starting to sound like a troll. |
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:22:12 +0100, ":::Jerry::::"
wrote: This really is starting to sound like a troll. Even trolls have toilets, and I imagine trollcrap _would_ be quite hard to clean. I sincerely hope I've cleaned worse toilets than anyone else reading this - homeless shelter, full of smackheads. They don't crap very often, what with the bowel-paralysing diet of opiates, but when they do, oh boy.... We got through a _lot_ of conc. sulphuric acid drain cleaner. Actually there _are_ worse things to clean from a toilet. Anyone obese on a diet of Olestra and fat-absorbtion-blocking drugs (what are the damn things called?). It has to go _somewhere_. |
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Andy Dingley wrote:
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:22:12 +0100, ":::Jerry::::" wrote: This really is starting to sound like a troll. Even trolls have toilets, and I imagine trollcrap _would_ be quite hard to clean. I sincerely hope I've cleaned worse toilets than anyone else reading this - homeless shelter, full of smackheads. They don't crap very often, what with the bowel-paralysing diet of opiates, but when they do, oh boy.... We got through a _lot_ of conc. sulphuric acid drain cleaner. Actually there _are_ worse things to clean from a toilet. Anyone obese on a diet of Olestra and fat-absorbtion-blocking drugs (what are the damn things called?). It has to go _somewhere_. mate of mine was on them and against our advice and medical instructions, ate a greasy chinese meal. a few hours later he experienced the anticipated 'anal leakage' but because it was vegetable oil and at body temperature he didn't notice until it was pointed out to him that he'd left an extremely /foul/ smelling oil patch on a seat. oh, how we laughed RT |
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Andrew McKay wrote:
The great storm was October 14th 1987. I know because my wife had just given birth to my daughter in hospital and she was on the top floor. Emergency plans were laid to move everyone to a safer location. It's usually recognised as being the night of 15/16th October - since this is when the main damage occured. Though the storm did start to develop earlier. Lee -- Email address is valid, but is unlikely to be read. |
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"Lee" wrote in message news Andrew McKay wrote: The great storm was October 14th 1987. I know because my wife had just given birth to my daughter in hospital and she was on the top floor. Emergency plans were laid to move everyone to a safer location. It's usually recognised as being the night of 15/16th October - since this is when the main damage occured. Though the storm did start to develop earlier. Yep you are definitely correct. I remember because Friday is our dustbin collection day, and I had put out everything on the Thursday night for the early Friday morning collection. Never saw the dustbin again. Dave |
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"Andrew McKay" wrote in message ... On 12 Apr 2005 04:47:01 -0700, wrote: blowing like the great storm of '89 The great storm was October 14th 1987. I know because my wife had just given birth to my daughter in hospital and she was on the top floor. Emergency plans were laid to move everyone to a safer location. There was also a smaller storm in 1990, much less actual damage was caused but there were more deaths and injuries due to the storm taking place in daylight hours. Gordon Kaye, from 'Allo Allo' fame, was critically injured by this storm when a piece of wood pieced his skull. |
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":::Jerry::::" wrote in message eenews.net... "Andrew McKay" wrote in message ... On 12 Apr 2005 04:47:01 -0700, wrote: blowing like the great storm of '89 The great storm was October 14th 1987. I know because my wife had just given birth to my daughter in hospital and she was on the top floor. Emergency plans were laid to move everyone to a safer location. There was also a smaller storm in 1990, much less actual damage was caused but there were more deaths and injuries due to the storm taking place in daylight hours. Gordon Kaye, from 'Allo Allo' fame, was critically injured by this storm when a piece of wood pieced his skull. Yeah, but what's our weather history got to do with fosilised crap under a rim? Or are you tenuously implying that severe weather conditions are to blame for this bizarre baked on **** scenario? |
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In article ws.net,
":::Jerry::::" writes: There was also a smaller storm in 1990, much less actual damage was caused but there were more deaths and injuries due to the storm taking place in daylight hours. Gordon Kaye, from 'Allo Allo' fame, was critically injured by this storm when a piece of wood pieced his skull. If it's the one I'm remembering, it was 25th January, as I was trying to buy a Microwave for someone's birthday whilst it was going on. Found one in Debenhams in Luton, but couldn't buy it as the power went off and the tills didn't work. Left Debenhams for Commet and that was a mistake. The old boarded up CO-OP was still in Luton then, except it didn't stay boarded up for long, and the large boards, probably 10'x20', were blowing around like sheets of paper. Some of the parked cars were being holed by roof slates coming down like guillotine blades. I got into Comet and bought the microwave. It had got worse, and I couldn't leave the shop. We were standing looking out the shop front window as roof slates came raining down. Some of them were caught by the wind and ended up going horizontally like frizbies, and would very likely have killed anyone they hit -- they were going through the door panels and windows of the parked cars. Then the wind took out the front window of a corner shop opposite, which went down the road in one whole piece for perhaps 50 yards before it hit the ground and smashed. We all stepped back from the Commet shop front window at that point. After 15 minutes or so, it calmed a bit, and I held the microwave oven over my head and swiftly trotted back to my car. Many of the shop windows had gone, mainly due to roof slates smashing through them from the other side of the road. -- Andrew Gabriel |
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"Rhys Williams" wrote in message om... snip Does anyone have any suggestions for this nuisance problem? I don't want the rats back. Assuming this isn't a troll.... Latex gloves and Stanley blade whilst being careful ?... |
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:28:52 +0100, ":::Jerry::::"
wrote: "Rhys Williams" wrote in message . com... snip Does anyone have any suggestions for this nuisance problem? I don't want the rats back. Assuming this isn't a troll.... Latex gloves and Stanley blade whilst being careful ?... A pair of rubber gloves ,a scrubbing brush and some AJAX scouring powder ( yes,you can still get it ) and just go for it . Stuart . Shift THELEVER to reply. |
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Ajax? Can you still get it?? I've been looking around for it for ages,
Tesco, Sainsbury's etc.. but no joy. Where do you get yours from? "Stuart" wrote in message ... On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:28:52 +0100, ":::Jerry::::" wrote: "Rhys Williams" wrote in message .com... snip Does anyone have any suggestions for this nuisance problem? I don't want the rats back. Assuming this isn't a troll.... Latex gloves and Stanley blade whilst being careful ?... A pair of rubber gloves ,a scrubbing brush and some AJAX scouring powder ( yes,you can still get it ) and just go for it . Stuart . Shift THELEVER to reply. |
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:13:01 +0100, "Ian Waddell"
wrote: Ajax? Can you still get it?? I've been looking around for it for ages, Tesco, Sainsbury's etc.. but no joy. Where do you get yours from? I found it in a local Asian minimart ...like you I thought it was extinct . Stuart Shift THELEVER to reply. |
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:13:01 +0100, "Ian Waddell"
wrote: Ajax? Can you still get it?? I've been looking around for it for ages, Tesco, Sainsbury's etc.. but no joy. Where do you get yours from? This is similar https://secure.serverroom.co.uk/~cle...r/it080018.htm Google is your friend. Stuart Shift THELEVER to reply. |
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On 12 Apr 2005 04:11:21 -0700, Rhys Williams wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions for this nuisance problem? I'd go for soaking with hot water, of course the hard bit is getting the water to up stay there. So a J cloth or similar soaked and stuffed up the rim for an hour or three and kept wet should soften it up again. Then a bit of the good old elbow grease. -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On 12 Apr 2005 04:11:21 -0700, Rhys Williams wrote: Does anyone have any suggestions for this nuisance problem? I'd go for soaking with hot water, of course the hard bit is getting the water to up stay there. So a J cloth or similar soaked and stuffed up the rim for an hour or three and kept wet should soften it up again. Then a bit of the good old elbow grease. yeah, it shoudl be easy if treated right. Hot water and cheapo washing up liquid, which is the best stuff for quick softening. Apply it every few minutes, once its soft it just brushes off effortlessly. Did you know **** used to be used in buildings like cement? NT |
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I feel a best seller coming on...
"101 Ways To Remove Stubborn ****" It would probably just be a flash in the pan though. |
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"RedOnRed" wrote in message ... I feel a best seller coming on... "101 Ways To Remove Stubborn ****" It would probably just be a flash in the pan though. I can see the feminist version now, "101 Ways To Remove A Stubborn ****".... I'll find my coat ! |
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In message , RedOnRed
writes I feel a best seller coming on... "101 Ways To Remove Stubborn ****" I bet it would get crap reviews though It would probably just be a flash in the pan though. -- geoff |
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Hi Rhys
Does anyone have any suggestions for this nuisance problem? I don't want the rats back. How about one of those steam cleaning machines? Argos sell them http://tinyurl.com/6lfqr That should shift it and sterilize any oooh nasties at the same time. Dave |
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Rhys Williams wrote:
SWMBO hasn't been very well recently after a meal in a dodgy restaurant (don't ask). However, the rather unpleasant side effect of this is that where the crap has got under the rim of the toilet, it's dried fast and is very difficult to get off. I've tried bleach, Mr Muscle and brushing - but it won't shift. Does anyone have any suggestions for this nuisance problem? I don't want the rats back. Rhys Get an abrasive sponge and get to work, you wuss! |
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SWMBO hasn't been very well recently . . . .
the crap has got under the rim of the toilet, it's dried fast and is very difficult to get off. If you really loved her you'd lick it off. |
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In message , tony sayer
writes In article .com, writes SWMBO hasn't been very well recently . . . . the crap has got under the rim of the toilet, it's dried fast and is very difficult to get off. If you really loved her you'd lick it off. Urrg!!, Rimming, disgusting practice, perhaps they still do this in parts of the North urrgh;(.... I think you'll find that the word has a very slightly different meaning -- geoff |
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"tony sayer" wrote in message Urrg!!, Rimming, disgusting practice, perhaps they still do this in parts of the North urrgh;(.... -- Now I have to clean G & T off my monitor. Thankyou all contributors! This has to be the funniest thread I've ever read. Gripper |
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hmm that's an idea, mayby G&T will clean the cr&p off ?
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hmm that's an idea, maybe G&T will clean the cr&p off ?
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