[Jhoffa_]

JimT

If the Government had a truck capable of rolling up in your drive.. and ramming a blade into your sewer line. severing it..

They could analize the contents and therefore not bust down your front door with a battering ram, bust your toilet with a sledgehammer and hold your family hostage.. At gunpoint, I might add.

Then, they could come knock on the door like civilized folk.

And if they made a mistake.. ? HEY! I suppose it would be up to your city to foot the bill... (Read very visible Tax Dollars) Now, wouldnt it?

[Pistias]

Not practical--the blade would need a flute behind it capable of bringing the sample to the surface, or open a hole big enough for a probe to follow. Even then, there's no real purpose to such a thing; a) you'd be damaging their property or public property without a shred of due process at huge expense, b) you'd screw up sewage function for the whole damn block when you did the first few, c) there's no guarantee (and relatively little chance if you want speed) that a sample taken will contain what you're looking for--consider how much dishwater/washer/tap/non-contaminated toiletwater you use--unless you spike the septic tank, usually in the back yard and NOT pleasant to rupture, and d)the validity of the sample would be easily questionable and thus probably inadmissable, and they'd have no charges. Too costly for too little gain.

[r9etb]

and ramming a blade into your sewer line. severing it... they could analize the contents

If it's in the sewer line, there's a better than even chance that many of the the contents have already been "analized".

[hollywood]

If the government wants to analyze my sewer pipes, they do have a thingy called the cleanout ya know. It's usually in the front of the house somewhere. Very easy to access, unscrew, insert scraper, re-screw, analyze crap. What's with the James Bond approach? Or are you Rube Goldberg?