Testing a Bathroom Hack

So…I clogged my toilet. Okay, yeah, whatever, gross. I drop big deuces. Also I use excessive amounts of toilet paper.

And instead of asking people in my dorm for a plunger like a normal person, I Google “how to unclog a toilet without a plunger.” Because 1) I was too lazy to leave my room and 2) Awkward social interaction? Please, I don’t need more of that.

So Huffington Post gave me a possible solution.

How to Unclog a Toilet Without a Plunger

Basically, first, you squirt a lot of shampoo or dish soap into the toilet bowl. Dish soap is preferred, but because I’m such a bad adult, I only have shampoo (which I also use to wash dishes, ha, ha). So I squirted basically the rest of my shampoo into the toilet bowl.

Then you pour some hot water into the bowl and wait. What should happen: the water breaks down the paper and the soap helps it slide down the pipe. So I waited and I couldn’t see what was really happening (because I put way too much shampoo and the bubbles obscured the water). So I tried flushing and of course it wasn’t working. Then I thought stupid Huffington Post, this is fucking dumb, I’m going to have to ask for a plunger…

Then I flushed again and voila! Clean toilet bowl.

So Huff Post’s bathroom hack actually DOES work.