This is a true story, something that happened many years ago back when we lived in Los Angeles. I think it was even before Gabriel was born. I had wanted to post about this back then, but Rob didn't want me to. Well, it's many years later and the sheer embarassment has turned into something he can laugh at. So, I now have permission to post about this.

Back when we lived in Los Angeles, our favorite Chinese restaurant was out in Montclair. I think it was called Golden China, but I'm not one hundred percent sure on that. It was right next door to my old hair salon. We'd not only eat there when I was out for my hair appointments, but we'd also head all the way out there just to eat there. The food was fantastic and I've yet to find anything as amazingly tasty (at least, in the way of Chinese food) out here.

Anyway, Rob used the bathroom and ended up clogging the toliet (though we think it might have been clogged already, more on that later) so badly that it backed up and began to overflow. Wanting to keep it on the down low, he spoke to the owner's wife (who we knew rather well) and *in private* told her that he clogged the toilet and asked if they had a plunger he could use. Her response was a *very* loud "WHAAAAAAAAAAA???". They didn't have a plunger, so Rob came back over to the table and whispered what had happened to me.

A little while later (after she had checked in the bathroom) she came out to our table. She spoke in a super loud voice and the whole restaurant heard as she asked Rob if he chewed when he ate. Not knowing what she was talking about she told him that he pooped a whole fish. This is when Rob went red in the face from embarassment and I started giggling. In her loud voice, she then asked me if he did this at home and if I had to clean up this nastiness from him at home. I said no and she said, also very loudly, that she felt sorry for me because I had to clean up some scary things because he didn't chew and he pooped out a whole fish. I believe her exact words were "What, you not chew? You poop whole fish! How you poop whole fish?!?"

Now, I have to wonder if for some odd reason, someone tried to flush a whole fish down the toilet (for what reason, I have no idea) and it got clogged. If Rob then used the toilet and flushed, it would have backed up and started overflowing. I'm pretty sure he didn't poop out a whole fish.

She then proceeded to say there was no way she could unclog it and they would have to call a professional. She put a sign up on the bathroom door letting people know it was closed because a customer broke the toilet.

The bathroom was closed (and the sign was up) for months. Every time we ate there from then on in, she mentioned Rob pooping a whole fish - and made sure to let him know that even a professional couldn't fix it. Apparently new parts were needed for the toilet. We were half expecting her to ask Rob to head outside in the bushes if he ever needed to poop there again.

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