Plumbing: Accidentally flushed the head of my Norelco razor?
[2009-03-17 10:57:30]

Q: No kidding. I was emptying the compartment on my razor that catches the clipped whiskers into the toilet. The wife hates when I do that, because the whiskers gather at the water line and it takes several flushes to get them all down. So I flushed the

A: I would guess it probably went through the trap and is gone for good. You could try fishing just a little ways in, but if you don't have any luck this side of the trap, it's probably well on it's way to it's destination at the sewer treatment plant.

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