The time I tried to fix a toilet with a potato and a prayer

Last Saturday my toilet started running nonstop at 2 AM. I watched a YouTube video that said to check the flapper but I didn't have a replacement. Stared at a bag of potatoes on the counter and thought hey I could wedge one in there to stop the water flow. Worked for about 20 minutes until the potato disintegrated and clogged everything. My wife woke up to me elbow deep in brown water at 3 AM laughing like an idiot. Anyone else try something totally dumb under pressure and regret it immediately?

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alice2693d agoMost Upvoted

Ngl that potato move is peak 2am genius. One time I used a coat hanger to hold up my car's exhaust pipe at 3am after it fell off on a back road, drove 20 miles home with it clanking like a demon.

charles4423d ago

Honestly that coat hanger fix is legendary levels of resourcefulness. Tbh I bet it sounded like some kind of possessed metal monster crawling down the road but hey it got you home. Ngl that's the kind of stuff you remember forever and tell people at parties. Real MacGyver energy right there.

elliotm703d ago

Twenty minutes of peace sounds like a win to me, not a fail. I mean, you bought yourself time to sleep and think, which is more than most late-night fixes get.