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

[ahundredtimes]

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?

ohwhatarelief

what a beautiful lovely wonderful plate.The plate to surpass all other plates
DD's not too bad either

Here is the plate. The words are weird when taken on a computer camera for some reason.

You can see the hero of the hour in the background. He is on the phone to George Bush who has rung to congratulate him.

Is it wrong to almost be a bit disappointed? I LOVE this thread!

V. pleased for you 100x though
Can't wait to see mythical plate....

HOORAY

Thank goodness. That was all getting very tense.

And what a magnificent plate it is. And your magnificent longarmed DH. And your lovely dd. And you 100x, you deserve to be lifted up upon shoulders.

Cigar, anyone

[falls into covertmissions arms]

I couldn't have done it without you. I couldn't have done it without all of you. Really.

[sobs loudly]

The jute bag is still there of course. I don't care. I HAVE THE HAIR BOOBLE PLATE BACK.

HOW DID HE GET IT....HOW?!

Hooray

(at last i can go to sleep now!)

Lovely plate btw, lovelier dd

YEAH a nation can now rest and recuperate and have happy plate dreams.

Hip, hip, hooray to the plate rescuer

oh I'm a tiny bit upset about the sacrificial jute bag.

but hey, jute bags are ten-a-penny but booble plates are...well....

[punches air]

Okay, here is dh's debrief:

'I was trying to bring it up vertically using the spade by scraping it along the side of the cistern. And then suddenly it hit me. I turned the spade over and using the flat blade of the spade lifted it horizontally to a height where if I could press my chest deep into the watery cistern I could lay my fingers on the blessed piece of porcelain.

The jute bag is still down there, and to be honest I don't care about it at all.'

lolol. He's game my dh isn't he?

Do you think the nation has ever been so united by crockery before now?

The relief is almost physical

I've just taken deepest breath since half 5. I don't know what to do now. I feel a bit lonely Congrats about the booble pate. Any news on the WH smith bag? Please say thats stuck now, please!

Yeah for 100x DH

tho do think a minor rescue of the jute bag is called for given it kept the Booble plate company and in a calm state!!

100x, I do love that "I'm holding the plate now, but in ten years I'm putting you in a HOME you MENTALIST" look on DD's face

wooohoooo

oh thank GOD!

lolol Snigger. Yes, I know. And she's in her nightie and everything saying 'It's 9 o'clock, I should be in bed.'

lolol

You have a very special DH there 100x. very special. You should probably let him know that his cunning spade-cistern-lean rescue method has made me feel a little bit funny inside. Like when Daniel Craig came out of the sea.

Shall i poke something down behind my fridge? I've got a nice air dry clay dinosaur my DS made at school. I could wake him up and show him what i've done, his added trauma could start a whole new level to the lost ceramic thread...