Back during freshman year at Brigham Young University, I had a roommate who, when she showered, would put any hair that fell out on the shower wall. At first, I thought that was pretty disgusting (No offense! You know I love you!) but after a while, I realized that the idea had merit. She was doing her part, as one of six girls, not to clog the shower drain. I'm sure the drain still got clogged multiple times due to the rest of us, but we could never point fingers at her!

Later on, I recall having a discussion about people putting hair on the walls in the shower. I think the other people I talked to about it also found it gross. But by that time, I was hooked. I just put my hair on the side of the shower wall while I'm showering and then afterwards throw it away. I'm telling you - it's great! You definitely have fewer problems with drainage... or so I thought.

So Dan and I have been living in the same apartment in on-campus family housing for the past two years. During that time, we have never clogged the shower drain. NEVER. I would like to think that it's all thanks to a handy tip I learned from my roommate back in the day. But just this past week or two, our tub has been getting clogged. Slowly, but surely, clogged. It would always eventually drain, but it took forever. This Sunday is was so bad that we decided something must be done, but we weren't about to do it ourselves, so we reported the problem to maintenance first thing on Monday (one of very few perks associated w/ renting). Apparently they came yesterday. Dan came home from school and called me at work "Uh, Kristen... maintenance came and unplugged our drain. They left the remains in the toilet. Do you want me to save it for you to see?" My response, "Heck, yes!" I couldn't wait to see. At 5 o'clock, I flew out of work and ran to the bathroom of our apartment to see this:

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So much for doing my part to keep our drain from clogging! This thing was massively disgusting! I couldn't believe that maintenance decided to put it in our toilet, no less! But there it was in all of its glory. We were afraid to flush the toilet for fear that it would clog that, too, but it went down pretty smoothly. (Dan's note: Since this is family housing, and we already have no lack of our predecessors' hairs clear-coated to our floor, I wouldn't be surprised if some of this hairball was made before we moved in.)

Just wanted to share. And here are a few pictures of our pumpkins.