Pumpkin guts causing plumbing nightmare

07:39 PM CDT on Friday, October 29, 2004

By STEVE STOLER / WFAA-TV

One of the world's largest plumbing companies issued a warning to North Texans - or anyone with a sink, for that matter.

For those not careful, the most frightening nightmare could be right in your own kitchen, as Steve Stoler shares in this Halloween poem:

Buried bones and skulls abound;
at every house, ghosts are found.
But the plumber in the truck has no fear
until he see's what's in here.

The knife cuts deep, twisting and turning;
with faces haunting, the fire is burning.
But the smell of evil comes from the sink "glob-globbin";
Says plumber Kelvin Robinson, "Once it hits the line, it's a different problem."

Robinson knows sinks, and he smells a rat.
Says he, "potato peelings, eggshells, anything like that."
This time, though, it's pumpkin guts laced with seed
and a snake must be used to let the pipes bleed.

The plumber just can't understand why he's in this place;
"they don't want to take an extra step and throw it in the trash can when they've just got it right there in their face."
The slime, seeds and gunk are officially gone.
Another drain cleared - for the plumber, a yawn.

But he says there's an important lesson here, a vital clue:
"When it gets down the sink, call a plumber ... the best thing to do."