ok, what is the craziest thing you have tried to send down the garbage disposal?
 

i am in a perpetual feud with my girlfriend. she thinks it is only for vortexing clean water down the system. WTF? after looking over my shoulder, i just cleaned the heck out of the fridge. one dozen old ass hardboiled eggs, started off the frenzy. i gotta admit, i got nervous at the watermelon, rind and all. the linquini stopped the system, and i had to unplug and go in. i ended up with all the leftovers from a picnic. it can handle it right? my rule: no bones.

statute of limitations doesn't extend to....oh....wait.....nevermind

"Ok, what is the craziest thing you have tried to send down the garbage disposal?"

Now that sounds like a challenge!

Cheers,

Paul.

From my experience, grape stems are not a good idea. :D

Depends. Are you on a sewer system or septic?

Meat scraps, anything fibrous, no likey.

By accident, a few forks that became a little twisted in the process.

On purpose, two gallons of left over brown guacamole from a party.

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nothing really. i am afraid of 50 year old sewer line to the street. if you clog it your chick will laugh her ace off as you gotta do plumbing, or let stinky do it.

One of my kids sent a fork from a twelve set matched 50 year old solid sterling silver set (I'm talking about an expensive like $500 a place setting) down the disposal, does that count?

My son sent a marble, a hot wheels car (a Munster mobile believe it or not), a rubber band for a punching ball - thankfully not all at once. My wife put a rubbermaid spatula down it. I tried to force the remains of a Thanksgiving carcass once - one to many vin-os that holiday!

i second the silverware bit. bout a week ago a small spoon had fallen in and I wasn't aware of it.....went to put some egg shells down the pipe and the noise scared the bejezuz outa me! from now on I put the dirty silverware on the other side of the sink until I feel like cleaning them.

most recent thing to go down my disposal was 3 week old chocolate dipped strawberries....

Mine came with Steel nuts. Seriously, new house, steel nuts.

She is "closer" to the truth. The disposal can handle things, but the plumbing past is usually the issue. Grease and oil, or anything greasy/oily. When they cool they coat the pipes. A lot of the time, veggies get caught in the greasy coating and clog the pipes. Long flat runs are the worst.

If she is that worried about things, let her do the dishes! ;)

My mother in-law....

Cliff, You'd get along splendidly with my wife.....and er, her family.

I have a side drawer full of stainless teaspoons that are in various states of being mangled.

I personally hate the things. To me it it augments the dishwasher but everything else goes in the trash when I'm cleaning up.

You need to write a book, Cliff. You could pull enough material just from the threads you start here. And, my wife's a bit of a killjoy about the garbage toy...er, garbage disposal too.
:D

i know! i tried to buy a new disposal, i think it was called the "bonecruncher". i was vetoed, because of the "glazed, distanced" look she said i got on my face. THE BONECRUNCHER!!! it would have been mine, if it wasnt her lowes giftcard we were toting around.

pet turtle

The movie Madhouse with Kirstie Alley and John Larroquette I recall a scene where a snake was fed into the disposal. Made a horrible grinding sound like the wood chipper scene in Fargo.

Saw a commercial last night were a woman put some strawberries and blueberries down it and made her husband a smoothie - it was a commercial for a blender or something. Unfortunately it gave my son some ideas that will have to be addressed.