I now fully understand why plumbers charge the fees they do. I mean, if you had to go into strangers’ homes and deal with this stuff, wouldn’t you?

And this drain was only for our kitchen sink, dishwasher, and washing machine. Forty years’ of grime — not to mention what appears to be straight-out mud.

How do drains get this nasty?

Suffice it to say, it’s a good thing there is no way to digitize odors, because ladies and gentlemen, you would almost literally be up a particular creek…