Parsimonius Potty

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Before I get too far gone tonight I would like to relate the strange case of the Theraputic Turd (delayed wallboom). I swear that the following is absolutely true:

After 'using the facility' the other day I flushed the toilet as usual, and noticed that instead of flushing normally the water level rose almost to the top. There was some (tap - Gerash likes this subject) draining of the toilet bowl as evidenced by the usual counterclockwise(?) water motion. Then after several seconds the water level began to go down rapidly, resulting in the situation where there was minimal water at the bottom of the potty after that well-known 'sucking potty sound.' It was as if there had been a partial obstruction in the pipe which had suddenly been cleared. Curious, I flushed the potty again.

The potty behaved in exactly the same way: apparently partially blocked at the beginning of the flush then suddenly open as if the obstruction had been cleared. I did the potty flush several more times with the same result. Then I called Kootch into the potty so that she could observe this unusual potty behavior. I explained to Kootch that this indicated a potty problem which ought to be addressed by a plumber. Kootch watched as I repeated the experiment of flushing the potty, several times.