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I have no idea what Leslie is trying to do blowing into that hose shoved into the toilet but I sure wouldnât do it. The blowback would leave a you with a mouthful of sewerage.
There was an apocryphal story going around the nearby RV park a few years ago about a pile of vomit found one morning next to a hose inserted not into the gas tank of a motor home, but the blackwater tank.
Les: âI chased a rat down th swirlyhole an Iâm making sure it goes down. Might be another in th tank cause the water keeps running. Uncle Al needsta call a pest control company..â
You have wird toilets in the US â why have moving parts in the bowl when none are needed? Tin foil hat guess â itâs a plumbers association plot to get more jobs⊠(In Europe there are NO moving parts in the bowl that can mess up and it works really well.
If this is supposed to suggest that Les wouldnât be having this problem if he went to college, I donât think college would have helped here unless it was plumber college.
All this is, is that the flap in the toilet tank got stuck in the âupâ position. All Les had to do was take the top off the tank, and knock the flap down.
Um⊠Shouldnât he check the tank if the water keeps running? Itâs probably the chain rapped around the handle lever, preventing the valve from closing.
A tragicomic show, beautiful how Punk was always present supervising everything. I suppose that now Les will see the engineering student Gunther solve the problem in a few minutes and will understand that living avoiding any kind of effort is not as satisfying as he thought.
I would ask how anyone could be this clueless but then I remember having interns, all engineering students working on their Masters thesis, that had no clue how to actually DO anything. They were great at theory but nearly useless with anything hands-on.
Regarding panel #3â Very bad move by the Evans for drawing that panel. Somewhere out there, someone is reading todayâs strip & thinking â hey, thatâs something I can try next time my toilet is clogged. Just awful.
I really, really hope G&K spend the next several weeks exploring each and every one of the suggestions on how to fix, who will fix, why to fix the effing toilet!! ENOUGH ALREADY!!
I expected the toilet to explode and cause significant damage. Sometimes the simplest fix is best. When I had a clog, lacking the ability to use a plunger, I filled a few buckets with water and poured them into the toilet allowing the water to push the clog through. I think many of the readers who said, âJiggle the handleâ are likely correct.
I wonder where Les got his âHow toâ information from? I mean, not even a parody from SNL would have thought up bringing a hose to the commode to blow through after dumping a bottle of lye in the bowl (Unless maybe that was Coca-Cola).
I tried everything, , waterâŠnopeâŠfinally called a plumber, they didnât have a big enough " reamer" called a bigger company. Brought in a COMMERCIAL machine. Turns out the pipe is broken and offset an inch. Normal usage is fine but the handful of Kleenex was too much.
For over 60 years, Iâve fixed toilets for people (non-commercially) so everyone who suggested the problem is in the flapper value, the small chain that connects it to the flush handle are likely correct. There is one other possibility: a stuck fill valve float. All of which could be readily inspected if Les had simply removed the lid and looked inside the tank.
Once, I stayed at a large Australian station in the Outback, I used the toilet in my room in the evening and all was fine. The next morning it continued to run after flushing. Out there, water usage is a big deal, so I immediately notified the grazier who said, âBloody tiddaliks!â Taking the lid off revealed two small frogs, sitting on the float, with just enough weight to cause the water valve to open, sending precious water down the overflow tube. Iâve never run into that particular problem here in the US.
Are K & G trying to prove to each other that we will be happy seeing literally anything? Next up: Paint drying. Grass growing. Sorry, but I feel like Iâve been flipped off with this one.
It appears Lesâ has run out of fixes suggested by whatever site Google linked him to. Now itâs Bets and Guntherâs turn. I doubt if the skills Gunther has learned in college would help here. Hopefully some of things his mother taught him about running a house included situations like this. Or, like some posters have suggested, maybe Bets knows what to do.
Plenty of Youtubes that would have told him to look in the tank to determine the setup there. I have three toilets, each different, and only one has a flapper. I was able to replace that with a replacement from Amazon. The old flapper just had to be eased into place to keep water from running.
Les is assuming there is a clog.
Guaranteed that Gunther will be a jerk about the situation.
Oh boy, bet this ends up fun! So every toilet made in at least the last 50 years or so has a shut off for the water, why not here???Still funny though! ;-)
Heâs blowing not sucking ; I posed the question of Lesâs approach to Google and got this reponse: ââŠâŠâŠyes, pouring a carbonated beverage into a clogged toilet can help break up some minor clogs, but itâs not the ideal solution: Pour a can of soda into the toilet. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap to trap the pressure. Let the soda sit for 30â60 minutes. Try flushing. The phosphoric acid in cola can help clear out grime in pipes thatâs causing a clogâŠâŠâ I think Les is blowing to try to create more pressure
amazing what you can find online; 1 or two cups of dishwasher detergent and hot water might help break up a lot of poo. but he might have to snake out the toilet. Iâve done the latter; it requires a special device.
If this ever happens to a fellow Go Comics FanâŠâŠâŠâŠTwo generous squeezes of dish detergent and a pail of hot water should unblock the mighty deuce.
Oh, THAT kind of toilet problem. I thought it was that it wouldnât stop flushing. If the plunger didnât work, the only thing to do is get a snake, or just go straight to the Roto-Routerâą guy.
And here comes the Uncle Al lecture: âYou canât fix it because youâre a no account. Iâm sending you to trade school. Itâs time you made something of yourselfâ. There goes those lazy ramen dazeâŠ..
lvlax 6 months ago
Gross!! You never put your mouth on anything that is in the toilet!
Time to ask Gunther for help or get a plumber out there ASAP, Les.
beb01 6 months ago
I have no idea what Leslie is trying to do blowing into that hose shoved into the toilet but I sure wouldnât do it. The blowback would leave a you with a mouthful of sewerage.
JonGoss 6 months ago
Dude, the toilet is running. If it were clogged and still running, water would be everywere already.
Deschutes 6 months ago
Heâs not to bright
SJhapamama 6 months ago
Gunther will discuss the physics of clogged toilets while Bets rolls her eyes and calls a plumber.
eromlig 6 months ago
There was an apocryphal story going around the nearby RV park a few years ago about a pile of vomit found one morning next to a hose inserted not into the gas tank of a motor home, but the blackwater tank.
Wilkins068 6 months ago
Gunter: âWhatâs goin on in here?â
Les: âI chased a rat down th swirlyhole an Iâm making sure it goes down. Might be another in th tank cause the water keeps running. Uncle Al needsta call a pest control company..â
9thCapricorn 6 months ago
Yup, Les you likely looked up the wrong information based on wrong diagnosis. Gunther is a logical thinker and will figure out.
j_m_kuehl 6 months ago
Must of been one heck of a hairball
snsurone76 6 months ago
I wonder who âweâ are. If itâs Irma and Al, this arc could become pretty dramatic!
kenhense 6 months ago
Most likely Bets can figure it out if anybody can.
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen 6 months ago
Jiggle the handle.
Mats Dahlgren Premium Member 6 months ago
You have wird toilets in the US â why have moving parts in the bowl when none are needed? Tin foil hat guess â itâs a plumbers association plot to get more jobs⊠(In Europe there are NO moving parts in the bowl that can mess up and it works really well.
Rhetorical_Question 6 months ago
Saved by Gunther and Bets?
nightflight 6 months ago
Punk. Patient, brave, loyal, and forever cute.
French Persons' Savvy Selection of Screaming Elly Premium Member 6 months ago
Jiggle the handle. If that doesnât work, lift the lid off the tank and reset the float/valve mechanism.
bclark71 6 months ago
Les dropped a super grogan!
mort b. 6 months ago
Get that filthy cat OUT of the bathroom!!! ICK!
leighabc123 6 months ago
You should have called a plumber!
sueb1863 6 months ago
If this is supposed to suggest that Les wouldnât be having this problem if he went to college, I donât think college would have helped here unless it was plumber college.
Bernedoodle 6 months ago
Les, you are hosed!
kaycstamper 6 months ago
He never did check the tank.
mysterysciencefreezer 6 months ago
IF the problem is that the toilet wonât stop, shouldnât you be checking the tank, not the bowl?
tremaine53 6 months ago
All this is, is that the flap in the toilet tank got stuck in the âupâ position. All Les had to do was take the top off the tank, and knock the flap down.
SquidGamerGal 6 months ago
Why would you pour soda pop into the toilet?!
CharlesRiley 6 months ago
Jiggle the handle!!
rc_stone_1 6 months ago
What does the coke do?
Jason Allen 6 months ago
Um⊠Shouldnât he check the tank if the water keeps running? Itâs probably the chain rapped around the handle lever, preventing the valve from closing.
Aladar30 Premium Member 6 months ago
A tragicomic show, beautiful how Punk was always present supervising everything. I suppose that now Les will see the engineering student Gunther solve the problem in a few minutes and will understand that living avoiding any kind of effort is not as satisfying as he thought.
baskate_2000 6 months ago
Give it up Les, and let Gunther handle it.
ctolson 6 months ago
And Gunther comes in and jiggles the handle and it stops flushing.
Ellis97 6 months ago
Les, just call a plumber.
MS72 6 months ago
Mentos and Diet Coke.
elliel203 6 months ago
Boy I say boy is sharper than a marble!
bagholder5150 6 months ago
Was he DRINKING that ???
Mordock999 Premium Member 6 months ago
I KNEW it!
Gunny comes home just in time to clean up Lesâ mess.
Gun?
Iâd spend the night in Betsâ Mystery Van if I were you, and let Mr Knox deal with this disaster.
Or better yet, crash on the couch at the dorm.
Dez wonât mind and both Tiff and Bets will SILENCE Stef if she squeaks. .
And if you want to REALLY drive Les over the edge, take Punk WITH you as the Gulag is now an unhealthy environment for any cat. ;-)
RonMcCalip 6 months ago
LMAO! Mr. Happy doesnât even know how a toilet works!
bryan42 6 months ago
I would ask how anyone could be this clueless but then I remember having interns, all engineering students working on their Masters thesis, that had no clue how to actually DO anything. They were great at theory but nearly useless with anything hands-on.
Joe1962 6 months ago
Les is not smart.
That Wichita Guy (TWG) 6 months ago
Nooo! You BLOW INTO IT! You donât SUCK!!!!
Alfred 6 months ago
OMG. From the sound shown, the toilet is still running. Take the lid off the tank and flip the flap back down.
YankeeFan56 6 months ago
Regarding panel #3â Very bad move by the Evans for drawing that panel. Somewhere out there, someone is reading todayâs strip & thinking â hey, thatâs something I can try next time my toilet is clogged. Just awful.
anaditz 6 months ago
Whoâs âweâ?
Lord King Wazmo Premium Member 6 months ago
Oh boy, guy blowing into a dirty toilet with a hose. Whatâs for breakfast???
rshive 6 months ago
Sometimes DIY works pretty well.
tcayer 6 months ago
All he had to do was jiggle the handle.
mindjob 6 months ago
He needs to buy a new flapper
[Unnamed Reader - bddb15] 6 months ago
Iâm outta here âŠ
winton2022 6 months ago
Wasnât the issue a cistern drip? He is trying to unclog the toilet to fix a drip?
MuddyUSA Premium Member 6 months ago
ASAPâŠ..is right!
BJShipley1 6 months ago
And tomorrow Gunther will jiggle the handle and thatâll be the end.
dobransf 6 months ago
What a crappy story arc.
mort b. 6 months ago
I really, really hope G&K spend the next several weeks exploring each and every one of the suggestions on how to fix, who will fix, why to fix the effing toilet!! ENOUGH ALREADY!!
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 6 months ago
I expected the toilet to explode and cause significant damage. Sometimes the simplest fix is best. When I had a clog, lacking the ability to use a plunger, I filled a few buckets with water and poured them into the toilet allowing the water to push the clog through. I think many of the readers who said, âJiggle the handleâ are likely correct.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 6 months ago
After this he may reconsider college
Susan123 6 months ago
Remind me why they didnât want to tell uncle Al about the broken toiletâŠ..
BJDucer 6 months ago
I wonder where Les got his âHow toâ information from? I mean, not even a parody from SNL would have thought up bringing a hose to the commode to blow through after dumping a bottle of lye in the bowl (Unless maybe that was Coca-Cola).
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 6 months ago
I tried everything, , waterâŠnopeâŠfinally called a plumber, they didnât have a big enough " reamer" called a bigger company. Brought in a COMMERCIAL machine. Turns out the pipe is broken and offset an inch. Normal usage is fine but the handful of Kleenex was too much.
robtgordon 6 months ago
One thingâs for sure; this was a âdifferentâ story line.
Willow Mt Lyon 6 months ago
Itâs on the tank, Les, not the bowl.
YorkGirl Premium Member 6 months ago
At least he tried. He is very trying! ;-)
Aviatrexx Premium Member 6 months ago
For over 60 years, Iâve fixed toilets for people (non-commercially) so everyone who suggested the problem is in the flapper value, the small chain that connects it to the flush handle are likely correct. There is one other possibility: a stuck fill valve float. All of which could be readily inspected if Les had simply removed the lid and looked inside the tank.
Once, I stayed at a large Australian station in the Outback, I used the toilet in my room in the evening and all was fine. The next morning it continued to run after flushing. Out there, water usage is a big deal, so I immediately notified the grazier who said, âBloody tiddaliks!â Taking the lid off revealed two small frogs, sitting on the float, with just enough weight to cause the water valve to open, sending precious water down the overflow tube. Iâve never run into that particular problem here in the US.
The Quiet One 6 months ago
Now clean up your mess.
percheronhitch6 6 months ago
Are K & G trying to prove to each other that we will be happy seeing literally anything? Next up: Paint drying. Grass growing. Sorry, but I feel like Iâve been flipped off with this one.
eced52 6 months ago
Busted.
WilliamVollmer 6 months ago
It appears Lesâ has run out of fixes suggested by whatever site Google linked him to. Now itâs Bets and Guntherâs turn. I doubt if the skills Gunther has learned in college would help here. Hopefully some of things his mother taught him about running a house included situations like this. Or, like some posters have suggested, maybe Bets knows what to do.
SeaSnork 6 months ago
Plenty of Youtubes that would have told him to look in the tank to determine the setup there. I have three toilets, each different, and only one has a flapper. I was able to replace that with a replacement from Amazon. The old flapper just had to be eased into place to keep water from running.
Les is assuming there is a clog.
Guaranteed that Gunther will be a jerk about the situation.
lnrokr55 6 months ago
Oh boy, bet this ends up fun! So every toilet made in at least the last 50 years or so has a shut off for the water, why not here???Still funny though! ;-)
RSH 6 months ago
Heâs blowing not sucking ; I posed the question of Lesâs approach to Google and got this reponse: ââŠâŠâŠyes, pouring a carbonated beverage into a clogged toilet can help break up some minor clogs, but itâs not the ideal solution: Pour a can of soda into the toilet. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap to trap the pressure. Let the soda sit for 30â60 minutes. Try flushing. The phosphoric acid in cola can help clear out grime in pipes thatâs causing a clogâŠâŠâ I think Les is blowing to try to create more pressure
Ropey Wee Yoofo 6 months ago
What on earth is this fool doing??
Ropey Wee Yoofo 6 months ago
Oh, dear. Did he just drink toilet water?
RSH 6 months ago
amazing what you can find online; 1 or two cups of dishwasher detergent and hot water might help break up a lot of poo. but he might have to snake out the toilet. Iâve done the latter; it requires a special device.
mrsdonaldson 6 months ago
Tips found on internetâŠBucket of water. Plastic wrap across the bowl. A stick. Dish soap. Or, I imagine, any combination thereof.
Michael.E.Hutton 6 months ago
If this ever happens to a fellow Go Comics FanâŠâŠâŠâŠTwo generous squeezes of dish detergent and a pail of hot water should unblock the mighty deuce.
DaBump Premium Member 6 months ago
Oh, THAT kind of toilet problem. I thought it was that it wouldnât stop flushing. If the plunger didnât work, the only thing to do is get a snake, or just go straight to the Roto-Routerâą guy.
sueb1863 6 months ago
I bought a bellows plunger, and it works GREAT!
BlitzMcD 6 months ago
And here comes the Uncle Al lecture: âYou canât fix it because youâre a no account. Iâm sending you to trade school. Itâs time you made something of yourselfâ. There goes those lazy ramen dazeâŠ..
Barnabus Blackoak 6 months ago
cola is for cleaning stains in the toilet, not fixing running toiletes.
missyhyattfan 6 months ago
He is trying to blow air through! Straight man idea! Why is the toilet always so fascinating to them? Pen!s envy?