Toilet trouble

First of all, No, this blog is not about Brian's lactose intolerance.

Ok, so the toilet is clogged. That will sometimes happen. We try and try and try to unclog it with the plunger. We finally figure that the plunger is not working correctly. Brian goes out and buys another one. More plunging, to no avail. Brian decides we need something stronger, and goes out and buys some clog remover to put into the toilet. Warning - must use heavy duty gloves and protective goggles to use this product. So he also buys said gloves and goggles. Guess what? It does not work! He finally asks my dad what to do. Dad suggests snaking the toilet. Brian goes back to the store once again and buys a toilet snake. Guess what? Still not working! At this point I am resigned to the fact that it will stay clogged forever.

So after 3 trips to the store and almost $50.00 spent, what do I have? A stupid toilet that is still clogged. Brian decides to go on line for help. Hallelujah, he found a solution. Do you know what it took? Dish soap. That's right, dish soap. He put some in the toilet, waited about 2 minutes, plunged again and what do you know, it worked. Why didn't he check on line in the first place? We could have saved ourselves $50.00.

Here is what I want to know: Is the dish soap thing common knowledge? I'd never heard of it before.