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A plate has fallen down the back of the loo - how can I get it out?

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ahundredtimes · 28/10/2008 17:26

And not just any plate - this is a plate painted by ME for dd's hair bands! I did it when she was painting a mug for dh- the man was so impressed he put it in the window. [preen]

It's annoying.

Now the cistern of the loo is built into a tongue and groove type wall affair, and can only be accessed from the top. The plate has fallen down, below the cistern, onto the floor below.

I can't reach it, nobody can reach it.

Any ideas?

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dilemma456 · 28/10/2008 17:46

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SmileandWave · 28/10/2008 17:46

Do you have any old dears nearby who might possess one?

LostProphet · 28/10/2008 17:45

I have no decent advice based on it being a hair bobble plate.

I am more interested on whether the PLATE was proudly displayed or the CUP?

SmileandWave · 28/10/2008 17:44

You need one of these!!.

I think the hair bobble story is a cover up. You were trying to eat dinner and have a poo at the same time weren't you?

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ahundredtimes · 28/10/2008 17:44

Okay, hang on. I'll see if I can take one.

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ahundredtimes · 28/10/2008 17:44

Wire coat hanger won't work, because you won't get a purchase on it.

I need to pick it up, and pull it up to the top.

Does this make any sense?

Barbeque tongs will be too short I think. But thank you for the thought.

I could just rip all the wood work away couldn't I? I could destroy the downstairs loo, but emerge triumphant with wood chip in my hair and holding the hair bobble plate.

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thesockmonsterofdoom · 28/10/2008 17:43

No I need a picture, on profile please.

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ahundredtimes · 28/10/2008 17:42

The mug is so-so frankly, dd thinks it is a masterpiece. I have pointed out to her that MY PLATE made it to the front window, when her mug did not. [joke]

So you have like the loo seat jutting out of the wall you see, and behind it is the cistern, built into a tongue and groove wall. You have to remove a wood panel in the window ledge to get into the cistern.

Then down, down, down is the floor and the hair bobble plate.

I just saw a thread about a machine with pincer fingers sort of thing. I don't think it'd hold a plate though.

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missingtheaction · 28/10/2008 17:41

or one of those things the COmmunity Service people use for litter picking?

missingtheaction · 28/10/2008 17:41

i really can't visualise this either but presumably there is a plate sized slit at the back of the loo so do you have any long barbeque tongs you could fish down there with? or something involving a wire coathanger?

thesockmonsterofdoom · 28/10/2008 17:37

Oh sorry

thesockmonsterofdoom · 28/10/2008 17:37

I have no idea, bu I AM NOW TRYINMG TO PAINT A MENTAL PICTURE OF YOUR LOO, YOUR PLATE AND YOUR DH'S MUG. [HSMILE]

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ahundredtimes · 28/10/2008 17:36

It is a hair bobble plate too

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ahundredtimes · 28/10/2008 17:35

This is a plate down the back of the loo. It is SERIOUS people.

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