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Plumbers prepare for 'Brown Friday,' issue warnings about their busiest day of the year
Wash. Examiner ^ | 11/23/2023

Posted on 11/23/2023 6:28:29 AM PST by Duke C.

Plumbers across the country are bracing themselves for "Brown Friday," a four-day sewage fest that takes place coast to coast when people start dumping their Thanksgiving leftovers down the disposal, in both the kitchen and the bathroom, leading to massive backups.

Brown Friday is easily the busiest time of year for plumbers, with Roto-Rooter estimating a 50% spike in calls on Friday. Plumbers see a 21% jump on the four-day weekend as a whole.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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1 posted on 11/23/2023 6:28:29 AM PST by Duke C.
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To: Duke C.

This is why I studied Chemistry and Electricity, no poop.


2 posted on 11/23/2023 6:29:31 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Duke C.

Wow, hard to tell the difference between reality and The Bee.!They seem to intersect more and more often these days…


3 posted on 11/23/2023 6:31:27 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
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To: Duke C.

Just. Wow. I never knew.


4 posted on 11/23/2023 6:32:20 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew (May I please have a government shutdown?)
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To: Duke C.

5 posted on 11/23/2023 6:32:42 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Duke C.

What a crappy story.


6 posted on 11/23/2023 6:38:29 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: Duke C.

A lot of our turkey carcass is going into turkey soup. Cooking now.


7 posted on 11/23/2023 6:38:52 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Yes, I am the Toxic Troll Terminator)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

“Space, the final frontier. Sewage, the final back-tier.”


8 posted on 11/23/2023 6:40:19 AM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Duke C.

Kitchen drains stop up from all the cooking and pouring off of greasy liquids and any mild root problem that is going unnoticed when one or two people are in the house because it is still draining slowly can show up as a stoppage when a crowd arrives and the sewer line needs to be functioning at full capacity.


9 posted on 11/23/2023 6:40:25 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Duke C.

Plumber friend (trying to convince me to be his plumber helper when I retire) told me this a couple months ago. He said, “I get callouts sometimes, and I never take Thanksgiving week off work, because that is my busiest time”


10 posted on 11/23/2023 6:40:35 AM PST by Pappy Smear
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To: Duke C.

This is why you have a dog. Give the leftovers to a dog.


11 posted on 11/23/2023 6:41:16 AM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Duke C.
Brown Friday is easily the busiest time of year for plumbers . . .

... after Cinco de Mayo.

12 posted on 11/23/2023 6:47:38 AM PST by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: Morgana

My garden thrives from composting scraps and leftovers.


13 posted on 11/23/2023 6:52:55 AM PST by ryderann
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To: PJ-Comix

My turkey hits the smoker in a few minutes.

Me and another guy cooked 13 birds last weekend. Fried and Trash Can Turkeys.


14 posted on 11/23/2023 6:54:15 AM PST by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: Duke C.

What can Brown do for you?


15 posted on 11/23/2023 6:55:28 AM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: Duke C.

It came early for me. I had to snake my kitchen drain last week.


16 posted on 11/23/2023 6:56:58 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: Duke C.

I was at a Christmas party some years ago and a plumber was there as one of the guests. (He was the best dressed guy at the party.) As luck would have it, one of the kids stopped up a toilet and he was able to quickly fix the problem. He told the host that he was fortunate he was there because paying for his services on Christmas Day would have been incredibly expensive. LOL


17 posted on 11/23/2023 7:01:30 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Starboard

My plumber told me to take a stool softener.


18 posted on 11/23/2023 7:11:00 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Duke C.

The garbage disposal had to be invented by a plumber to boost his business.


19 posted on 11/23/2023 7:13:31 AM PST by bigbob
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To: bigbob

I can believe that. I took the disposal out of the house we bought. Apparently garbage disposals and septic tanks do not play well together.


20 posted on 11/23/2023 7:22:51 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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