Well, Les, let’s find out if your reading and comprehension levels are high enough to follow instructions and collecting the right stuff….and I think your diagnosis is off so I think you might’ve Googled up the wrong information.
OK, I did a search and some folks claim that coca-cola helps unclog a toilet. I did not go to any of those sites, but it is clear that Les could have found something… But I am thinking it is probably not going to go well here …
Well he just proved all the “kids these days can’t/aren’t inclined to fix anything” commenters wrong. But whether or not he makes it worse will be a different story. Now where’s that cloud we were all yelling at?
Actually, a college education wouldn’t help either. Better to have a community college class in plumbing, a helpful friend or uncle, or common sense as RQ suggests.
Here, the wise one is Punk who looks on with mild disdain.
For the record, I’ve had no training or advice how to fix a toilet except one exasperated landlord who said, “take the top (and cat) off the tank. See the plastic plug on bottom? Make sure it is snug.”. This advice has solved 73% of toilet trouble.
if the toilet flushed but the water is still running (slightly) then the rubber flap on the bottom of the back tank probably isn’t sealed firmly over the hole and the tank is still draining…… is what i think.
Les is going to make a giant production; then Bets and Gun will come home, lift the cover on the back tank and re-position the rubber flap, and that will be the end to the problem.
Punk doesn’t seem too sure that Les is doing the right thing. Let’s see what a mess he’ll make with that pipe and that bottle of cola. Maybe this will make him decide to take a plumbing course.
Or Lowe’s and a weird, awkward looking gizmo called a Plumber’s Snake that costs about $20 and saves you about $60 plus service fee for some guy to come in and use the same thing for the same desired result. AND can be used multiple times! Told to The Count by a friend, a plumber’s friend, to be exact. Dilly! Dilly! and trust The Count on this.
True story. In the middle of the night while sleeping I hear a quiet tap tap tap and a whispered Dad. Then repeated a little louder, then louder. What is it son? I can’t get the toilet to stop running and it is overflowing. Me: leaping out of bed, WHAT! Water was all over the place, in the hall, running down the floor vent and out into the kitchen below. All I had to do was open the tank lid and put down the flapper that was caught in the open position. Me: If it had been a fire would you have handled it the same way? Son: No I would have ran outside.
Well, $70,000 later and partly covered by insurance, we had that brand new kitchen my wife had always wanted along with two remodeled bathrooms. The one that flooded and the master that was on the other side of the wall and wet too.
Gotta admit, youtube helped me fix a leak in my sink when an entire cartridge needed to be replaced in my faucet instead of a simple washer to fix a leak in my bathroom sink. Just finished that last week.
The Internet can actually help you through basic home maintenance task like fixing a plugged toilet, actually. Do take the time to read (or watch the video) all the way through before commencing the task, though, and I find it’s also helpful to read/view more than once piece of advice on the subject before beginning work.
Did you try jiggling the handle? Sometimes just a look in the tank will show what the problem is, if you’ve got any mechanical aptitude at all. Maybe the chain got twisted and knotted, or looped around the lifting bar, or the Ty-D-Bowl™ biscuit slid over and is holding the flapper up.
If Les googled “clogged toilet” then he got the wrong information. The toilet is not clogged. The plug did not fall back into place in the upper tank.
Step 1: Remove Punk from the top of the toilet tank. Step 2. Remove top of toilet tank. Step 3. Reach in and push plug back into place. He can use the stick end of the plunger if he doesn’t want to use his hands. Step 4. TELL UNCLE AL!! The float ball valve mechanism may need to be replaced. It’s a quick, easy, inexpensive fix, not that I paid for it. I just told my landlord. It’s up to him to pay for repairs.
Leave it to a comic strip to bring out every amateur plumber on the planet. It’s supposed to be funny people. I’m fairly sure they aren’t fishing for suggestions on how to fix a toilet.
Actually Les, if Gunther didn’t know what to do about a running toilet, looking how to fix the problem is exactly what he’d do. Except he’d include a “home handyman” book of simple home repairs as one of his sources. (Presuming that they’re still being published.)
cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages representing the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style without being interpreted as an overly heavy-handed metaphor within the context of the thematic material a bit on the frenetic and frantic side with interesting rhythmic devices which seem to counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor utilizing a novel imaging technique known as positron emission tomography and the spontaneous nondenominational conceptions by expansively recontextualizing liminal narratives of colonic hydrotherapy with a twinge of giddiness and bilateral gynandromorph
When we bought our first house in 1984, my husband took a community ed class on “simple sink and toilet repair.” I didn’t know whether to laugh or worry about potential disasters that could result. But none did, luckily. I appreciate his abilities, because I inherited my dad’s general mechanical ineptitude. My mom wasn’t especially inclined that way either, but she knew how to wield that plunger.
If he really wants to fix it himself, the first thing he should be doing is moving Punk from the lid so he can see if the stopper’s chain came loose. Then he can put the stopper in place and let the toilet do its thing.
Doneaver about 20 hours ago
You should probably leave the room Punk.
Rhetorical_Question about 20 hours ago
Still need common sense!
Mordock999 Premium Member about 20 hours ago
Weeeeeell, looks like Mr. Knox has discovered what a “plumber’s helper” is for.
Sadly though, I fear that Gunther will return to the Gulag just in time to clean up the mess,
As USUAL. :-(
fretlessman71 about 20 hours ago
I’m with Knox. Google can answer a lot of questions you used to have to go to school for. Let’s see if this is one of those times.
9thCapricorn about 20 hours ago
Well, Les, let’s find out if your reading and comprehension levels are high enough to follow instructions and collecting the right stuff….and I think your diagnosis is off so I think you might’ve Googled up the wrong information.
Rhetorical_Question about 20 hours ago
A bottle of cola, a plunger and a water hose?
Namrepus about 20 hours ago
College won’t make you a plumber, either. That’s trade school material
Yuban333 about 20 hours ago
Check. The. Tank!
Wilkins068 about 20 hours ago
Is Les gonna use the hose to suck on th toilet an start a siphon?
rasputin's horoscope about 20 hours ago
I’m worried about what’s in the bottle.
Enter.Name.Here about 20 hours ago
Next google “CLEANING UP BATHROOM MESS CAUSED BY TIK TOK SUGGESTION”.
Wilkins068 about 20 hours ago
Mebbe he should take th toilet outside so he can work on it
4everbound2 about 20 hours ago
Stooopid!
Lucy Rudy about 20 hours ago
Coke?
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member about 20 hours ago
OK, I did a search and some folks claim that coca-cola helps unclog a toilet. I did not go to any of those sites, but it is clear that Les could have found something… But I am thinking it is probably not going to go well here …
Johnny Q Premium Member about 20 hours ago
Remember in CALVIN & HOBBES when Calvin decided to fix the leaky faucet?
catchup about 20 hours ago
Unless he did a plumbing course college wouldn’t help here anyway. Looks like he is being sensible – he has protective gear on, and basic equipment.
GirlGeek Premium Member about 20 hours ago
Guys, when you decide to become a DIY person and fix the toilet…please turn off the water first and foremost
bclark71 about 19 hours ago
That must have been a hell of a loaf Les pinched!
Maybe he eats too much cheese.
JonGoss about 19 hours ago
Well he just proved all the “kids these days can’t/aren’t inclined to fix anything” commenters wrong. But whether or not he makes it worse will be a different story. Now where’s that cloud we were all yelling at?
jakenbeau about 19 hours ago
Flapper is stuck open, jiggle the handle and it’ll drop and shut the water off.
nightflight about 19 hours ago
“A Man and his Cat”, what an inspiring, All American image.
FRITH RA about 19 hours ago
I don’t know what he’s going to try, but is most certainly going to be a failure.
comic reader 22 about 18 hours ago
What’s he going to do with the garden hose???
blunebottle about 18 hours ago
At least he’s got a pair of goggles.
red_tape about 18 hours ago
step one: turn off the water using that shutoff thingy near the floor. toilet isn’t clogged if water isn’t overflowing the bowl.
kenhense about 18 hours ago
So are we going to see the gulag floating down the street?
snsurone76 about 18 hours ago
It was someone with a college education who INVENTED Google, idiot!
snsurone76 about 18 hours ago
I just hope Punk gets out OK after his master’s tinkering floods the whole gulag!
jaydogg187 about 18 hours ago
I don’t know. Maybe he’ll surprise us and fix the matter with little fuss. We’re expecting him to fail anyway, so it would be a clever subversion.
ACTIVIST1234 about 17 hours ago
Actually, a college education wouldn’t help either. Better to have a community college class in plumbing, a helpful friend or uncle, or common sense as RQ suggests.
Here, the wise one is Punk who looks on with mild disdain.
ACTIVIST1234 about 17 hours ago
For the record, I’ve had no training or advice how to fix a toilet except one exasperated landlord who said, “take the top (and cat) off the tank. See the plastic plug on bottom? Make sure it is snug.”. This advice has solved 73% of toilet trouble.
The other 27% solved with a plunger or ExLax©
TwilightFaze about 17 hours ago
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh this is not gonna end well…(gets the popcorn)
LawrenceS about 16 hours ago
Les doesn’t need to go out for excitement. He makes his own at home.
Shirl Summ Premium Member about 16 hours ago
Lord help us all.
Vilyehm about 16 hours ago
“Shut up and feed me.”
Well, he did ask a question. What other answer is there?
SeaSnork about 16 hours ago
Move cat. Remove tank lid. If there is a flapper it will be there.
MS72 about 15 hours ago
Likely Google will lead to a YouTube instruction vid.
OneTime59 about 15 hours ago
May not need college, but might need a plumber.
RSH about 15 hours ago
if the toilet flushed but the water is still running (slightly) then the rubber flap on the bottom of the back tank probably isn’t sealed firmly over the hole and the tank is still draining…… is what i think.
RSH about 15 hours ago
Les is going to make a giant production; then Bets and Gun will come home, lift the cover on the back tank and re-position the rubber flap, and that will be the end to the problem.
AlanWilson about 15 hours ago
This should be good.
drewpamon about 14 hours ago
Not sure that’s what most colleges are teaching anyway
Superhawk about 14 hours ago
On-the-job training for Les’ future career. (Punk will be his supervisor)
workjobb Premium Member about 14 hours ago
This moron is going to cause a plumbing disaster, and perhaps kill his cat.
Red_Gertz about 14 hours ago
I don’t have a good feeling about this…!
Dkram about 14 hours ago
Famous last words.
\\//_
Aladar30 Premium Member about 14 hours ago
Punk doesn’t seem too sure that Les is doing the right thing. Let’s see what a mess he’ll make with that pipe and that bottle of cola. Maybe this will make him decide to take a plumbing course.
Ellis97 about 14 hours ago
Or you could call a plumber.
SquidGamerGal about 14 hours ago
Uh-oh! You’d better run, you little Punk!
fjc007 about 14 hours ago
This isn’t going to be good for anybody?!!
fuzzmoz about 14 hours ago
Now if the plumbing in Les and Gunther’s bathroom is connected to the plumbing in Al and Irma’s bathroom, we could have a truly messy kettle of fish!
Gargoyle about 14 hours ago
With the Coke, shouldn’t he have some Mentos?
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs about 14 hours ago
Discovering the joys of being a plumber.
farnhazenbrep about 14 hours ago
I’ve been enjoying the cat art this week. I like how Punk is drawn.
Just-me about 14 hours ago
What could possible go wrong?
[Unnamed Reader - 68637d] about 13 hours ago
It’s still running because the handles stuck or something in the tank is keeping the plug from closing all the way
baskate_2000 about 13 hours ago
The lump actually tries to think!
Count Olaf Premium Member about 13 hours ago
Or Lowe’s and a weird, awkward looking gizmo called a Plumber’s Snake that costs about $20 and saves you about $60 plus service fee for some guy to come in and use the same thing for the same desired result. AND can be used multiple times! Told to The Count by a friend, a plumber’s friend, to be exact. Dilly! Dilly! and trust The Count on this.
rhpii about 13 hours ago
True story. In the middle of the night while sleeping I hear a quiet tap tap tap and a whispered Dad. Then repeated a little louder, then louder. What is it son? I can’t get the toilet to stop running and it is overflowing. Me: leaping out of bed, WHAT! Water was all over the place, in the hall, running down the floor vent and out into the kitchen below. All I had to do was open the tank lid and put down the flapper that was caught in the open position. Me: If it had been a fire would you have handled it the same way? Son: No I would have ran outside.
Well, $70,000 later and partly covered by insurance, we had that brand new kitchen my wife had always wanted along with two remodeled bathrooms. The one that flooded and the master that was on the other side of the wall and wet too.
ezekialrage777 about 13 hours ago
Following bad internet advice? Now THAT’S a story arc I can get behind!
larryzolcienski about 13 hours ago
I think I may be done with this strip. Tiresome and boring repetition of non-humorous nonsense.
FassEddie about 13 hours ago
“Some flap…”
There’s NO flap, kid!
BJDucer about 12 hours ago
Gotta admit, youtube helped me fix a leak in my sink when an entire cartridge needed to be replaced in my faucet instead of a simple washer to fix a leak in my bathroom sink. Just finished that last week.
timzsixty9 about 12 hours ago
Just jiggle the handle…the flapper’s stuck open!
calliarcale about 12 hours ago
The Internet can actually help you through basic home maintenance task like fixing a plugged toilet, actually. Do take the time to read (or watch the video) all the way through before commencing the task, though, and I find it’s also helpful to read/view more than once piece of advice on the subject before beginning work.
lisfnord about 12 hours ago
oh s%$#!! This can only end badly.
Bernedoodle about 12 hours ago
Call Ramen Rooter.
Joe1962 Premium Member about 12 hours ago
Les call Frank
kaycstamper about 11 hours ago
I want to slap my forehead!
RonMcCalip about 11 hours ago
LOL! Sign on a plumbers truck… Go Ahead And Try To Fix It! We Like It Botched!
yangeldf about 11 hours ago
you take the lid off the top and realign the flap so it covers the hole, most of the time that’s how you fix a running toilet
jconnors3954 about 11 hours ago
What could go wrong?
jmworacle about 11 hours ago
I’ve posted this a few days ago on “Baby Blues” Les, your local plumber thanks you.
DaBump Premium Member about 11 hours ago
Did you try jiggling the handle? Sometimes just a look in the tank will show what the problem is, if you’ve got any mechanical aptitude at all. Maybe the chain got twisted and knotted, or looped around the lifting bar, or the Ty-D-Bowl™ biscuit slid over and is holding the flapper up.
w16521 about 11 hours ago
Punk would say “call a plumber”,
lowelldarrell67 about 10 hours ago
No good can come from this, sez me…..
Enoi about 10 hours ago
This is going to be messy.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member about 10 hours ago
What moron doesn’t know how to fix a toilet or unplug it?
sperry532 about 10 hours ago
This will not end well.
atomicdog about 9 hours ago
I know exactly what needs to be done.
This ain’t it.
BJShipley1 about 9 hours ago
Does Les think that unclogging toilets is a task normally requiring a college degree?
wantcomicsnow2 about 9 hours ago
If Les googled “clogged toilet” then he got the wrong information. The toilet is not clogged. The plug did not fall back into place in the upper tank.
Step 1: Remove Punk from the top of the toilet tank. Step 2. Remove top of toilet tank. Step 3. Reach in and push plug back into place. He can use the stick end of the plunger if he doesn’t want to use his hands. Step 4. TELL UNCLE AL!! The float ball valve mechanism may need to be replaced. It’s a quick, easy, inexpensive fix, not that I paid for it. I just told my landlord. It’s up to him to pay for repairs.
mindjob about 9 hours ago
Get the toilet kit at the hardware store and change everything
mort b. about 9 hours ago
Leave it to a comic strip to bring out every amateur plumber on the planet. It’s supposed to be funny people. I’m fairly sure they aren’t fishing for suggestions on how to fix a toilet.
Charlie Fogwhistle about 9 hours ago
Jiggle the handle is to toilets as rebooting is to computers.
txmystic about 9 hours ago
He’s got the cola, but he forgot the mentos…
lnrokr55 about 8 hours ago
Gotta be YouTube video that covers it for sure! That’s where I start !
Gen.Flashman about 8 hours ago
If plumbers in LA are anything like in Austin he is looking at least $200 for a service call.
davecat about 8 hours ago
It almost certainly wasn’t broken before, but it will be by Saturday.
The Quiet One about 7 hours ago
Or YouTube.
WilliamVollmer about 7 hours ago
Actually Les, if Gunther didn’t know what to do about a running toilet, looking how to fix the problem is exactly what he’d do. Except he’d include a “home handyman” book of simple home repairs as one of his sources. (Presuming that they’re still being published.)
oakie817 about 7 hours ago
cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages representing the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style without being interpreted as an overly heavy-handed metaphor within the context of the thematic material a bit on the frenetic and frantic side with interesting rhythmic devices which seem to counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor utilizing a novel imaging technique known as positron emission tomography and the spontaneous nondenominational conceptions by expansively recontextualizing liminal narratives of colonic hydrotherapy with a twinge of giddiness and bilateral gynandromorph
paldec about 6 hours ago
When we bought our first house in 1984, my husband took a community ed class on “simple sink and toilet repair.” I didn’t know whether to laugh or worry about potential disasters that could result. But none did, luckily. I appreciate his abilities, because I inherited my dad’s general mechanical ineptitude. My mom wasn’t especially inclined that way either, but she knew how to wield that plunger.
eb110americana about 5 hours ago
Whatever Les’s doing, I hope he washes his hands really well when he’s done.
comic reader 22 about 2 hours ago
I like this kid!
namelocdet about 2 hours ago
Youtube videos have saved me thousands of $$$ in home/appliance repairs.
spikelovesmusic about 2 hours ago
I foresee a flood of activity
Dragoncat about 1 hour ago
If he really wants to fix it himself, the first thing he should be doing is moving Punk from the lid so he can see if the stopper’s chain came loose. Then he can put the stopper in place and let the toilet do its thing.
Dragoncat about 1 hour ago
There’s also YouTube University. He may want to check that out.
Blackthorne42 33 minutes ago
Okay, now it’s a party!