— Michael Rosenthal, WashingtonThere’s nothing that plumbers love more than customers who stand and watch them work while peppering them with questions. That’s what Answer Man does, which is how he knows that his plumber, at least, doesn’t even use a garbage disposal. The only thing he wants to see going down the drain of his kitchen sink is water. — or it may be that he feels that grinding up food waste and sending it along is just asking for trouble. The answer: Put food scraps in the compost bin or trash can.

Source: Washington Post November 16, 2019 22:16 UTC