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Wed Nov 25, 2015, 12:02 PM

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Man Intent on Fixing Toilet Uncovers Centuries-Old Subterranean World Beneath his Basement [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 2015 OP

k & r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Nov 2015 #1

Wow. How cool. nt leftyladyfrommo Nov 2015 #2

Why doesn't this ever happen to me? Baitball Blogger Nov 2015 #3

Around here it's just hard dirt, Codeine Nov 2015 #4

Hee hee. Sounds sooo familiar. n/t JimDandy Nov 2015 #35

So Cal? (nt) Control-Z Nov 2015 #52

The very same. Inland Empire area. nt Codeine Nov 2015 #57

No, shit! Hepburn Nov 2015 #5

That is so cool! nt Tree-Hugger Nov 2015 #6

How they got going was kind of hilarious! MADem Nov 2015 #7

I remember reading that NYT article but having the video is really great. erronis Nov 2015 #11

Ha! alfredo Nov 2015 #33

That really is hilarious. JimDandy Nov 2015 #36

The place was a real shithole when he bought it mindwalker_i Nov 2015 #8

Ha! This is a great thread. JimDandy Nov 2015 #37

You'd wonder how the original installer of the toilet could have missed it. snort Nov 2015 #9

I'm certain the plumber's job depended upon him not noticing. hunter Nov 2015 #30

Oh my, remarkable!! SummerSnow Nov 2015 #10

Wow.... SoapBox Nov 2015 #12

Love it, thanks Steve! n/t hibbing Nov 2015 #13

That's pretty awesome. Initech Nov 2015 #14

here in wisconsin any building over 100 years old produces heart palpitations dembotoz Nov 2015 #15

When we lived in England, my boss told me a story KatyMan Nov 2015 #18

Reminded me of an appearance by Billy Connolly ... or was it Craig Ferguson ? ... eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 #31

Nice one. KatyMan Nov 2015 #40

If a building in Chicago is 150 years old, it would have survived the Chicago Fire Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #56

But it's San Francisco Lordquinton Nov 2015 #51

Intersting point. London had its Great Fire in 1666, so ... eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 #58

That's incredible, thank you! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #16

His dreams of opening a restaurant were flushed down the drain. randome Nov 2015 #17

Some times, the baby gets thown out with the bathwater. closeupready Nov 2015 #23

Was it a pyramid shape Mendocino Nov 2015 #19

Just had a flashback to 2001: A Space Odyssey. randome Nov 2015 #20

Another flashback Mendocino Nov 2015 #24

Beat me to it!! Roland99 Nov 2015 #25

Did he get the toilet fixed? hughee99 Nov 2015 #21

Holy S--t, really. Historic NY Nov 2015 #22

K&R! Now that is some weird wild stuff! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #26

it's toilets all the way down? MisterP Nov 2015 #27

Nice! mindwalker_i Nov 2015 #38

That's too bad. cui bono Nov 2015 #28

Great story Liberal_in_LA Nov 2015 #29

How absolutely neat! Scalded Nun Nov 2015 #32

AKA Coprolite alfredo Nov 2015 #34

I have a piece of coprolite. chervilant Nov 2015 #39

We had a boy bring fossilized dinosaur dung to a Cub Scout den meeting AllyCat Nov 2015 #47

Indeed chervilant Nov 2015 #50

wow! Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #41

That is so cool rpannier Nov 2015 #42

awesome. gotta send that to italian epal. maybe he can tell me more. pansypoo53219 Nov 2015 #43

awesome. gotta send that to italian epal. maybe he can tell me more. pansypoo53219 Nov 2015 #44

Very cool. Thanks for posting it! n/t beac Nov 2015 #45

Fascinating! Thank you, Omaha Steve! Peace Patriot Nov 2015 #46

i love this kind of stuff shanti Nov 2015 #48

And now if we could just see the basement of Goldman Sachs INdemo Nov 2015 #49

I had a dream like that once! Helen Borg Nov 2015 #53

All I find is dust bunnies. Nt JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #54

So cool LittleGirl Nov 2015 #55