OK, seriously. I've seen this Liquid Plumber ad THREE TIMES and it is INCREASINGLY pissing me off.

[Warren DeMontague]

66. Yes, or turn off the water to the toilet at the source, ie the little silver knob

Down behind it near the corner. Then your hands stay dry.

At least, it's usually silver. That's another way to get the water to stop flowing long enough to unclog said toilet.

(Make sure to turn it back on when you're done)

Now, of course, you're in Canada, home of (at least that's how it was about 10 yrs ago, when the US did the switch to low flow) the holy grail anointed old school what is it 3 gallon tank toilets, whereas we now can only get 1.5, leading to the odd phenomenon of the toilet smuggler.

The low flow toilets DO clog, like all the friggin time, but one advantage I've noticed (the only one, any environmental improvement incurred by the lower tank volume being, I'm sure, negated by the multiple times you have to flush the damn thing) is that unless the flapper in the tank isnt closing properly, it is well nigh impossible for the things to overflow on one flush.

When the flapper isn't sealing all the way AND the toilet is clogged, thats when you have a potential disaster.