I’m Here to Snake Your Drain…And Flush Your Pipe

Steve Hall

Feb. 16, 2012
1 min read

Ladies, what would you do if a hunky plumber showed up at your door and said, “I’m here to snake your drain”? How about if another appeared and said, “I’m here to flush your pipe”? And how about if a Barry White-ish voiceover intoned something about a long snake?

Would you invite them into your bedroom and have your way with them? Or would you suddenly realize standing in a grocery store next to Liquid Plumber and fantasizing the whole thing?

Steve Hall

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