Close to Home by John McPherson for December 16, 2010

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    margueritem  almost 14 years ago

    The heartbreak of the “blort”.

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    fredbuhl  almost 14 years ago

    Correction, in all due respect to Erma Bombeck, the grass is always greener over the drainfield. However, in 32 years I have never experienced the dreaded “blort”. Thank the Lord for small blessings.

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    Coyoty Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    It’s a flusher!

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    cdward  almost 14 years ago

    ^nice one!

    Except that sadly we may in the process of having our own “blurt.”

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    alan.gurka  almost 14 years ago

    cdedward, is a “blurt” worse or better than a “blort?”

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    Jolly1995  almost 14 years ago

    Yikes, thank goodness for city sewers!!!

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    rw1h  almost 14 years ago

    I can sympathize with this guy. My past history includes nightmarish experiences with septic systems.

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    Digital Frog  almost 14 years ago

    @fredbuhl - I have to agree. The drainfield was a lovely green, but we could never get grass to grow over the septic tank.

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    Sugie63  almost 14 years ago

    Yes aren’t they fun when everything, and I mean everything backs up iinto the bathtub:-P

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    dfowensby  almost 14 years ago

    bathtub: floor-flood warning device. oh: dont find out the hard way, damage caused by runaway toilet contents is covered only by Flood insurance. your homeowners policy has to have a flood rider, or you have to buy it seperate from the fed. ¨…does not cover water leakage penetrating down, flowing through, or rising into any portion of the insured´s structure.¨ youre in goooood hands.

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    battycomic Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    I don’t have to worry about that because I don’t have a septic tank.

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    odeliasimone  almost 14 years ago

    Erma Sue Jean-Ray, how many times have I told you not to put feminine hygiene products down the toilet!

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    syke34  almost 14 years ago

    There goes the property value.

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    ChukLitl Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    Flush a little yeast every few months & the furry things in the back of the fridge. My septic hasn’t needed pumping since the early ’70s.

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    ACEIZGR8  almost 14 years ago

    Honey … call Jethro and Ellie May …we’re moving to Beverly Hills! Uncle Jed just hit oil! Oh, sorry, never mind, it’s not oil … . ..

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    ponytail56  almost 14 years ago

    seen on a septic service truck; satisfaction guaranteed, or your product cheerfully refunded

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    captainedd  almost 14 years ago

    I think he’s taken all the ( fill in the blank) he can take.

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