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

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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?

I read it as butterflies - just had no idea what you were doing

I am now baking.

See what you have driven me to?!?

Actually, could someone please put my children to bed for me? This is too interesting to l;eave.

has she got a net yet? Can we courier one over to her?

Oh God I think i've hurt myself from laughing so hard.

What you need is a baby smothered in superglue that you can lower down

DH suggests that your skirting board might come away and you could access the booble plate that way?

then just get your DH (or some handyman) to replace skirting

Net Net get a net

Surely it's worth further risking a skinny stroppy girl for a hand painted plate? Tell her, in no uncertain terms, that she is becoming rather fat and try her lowering her down again in a day or two. Perhaps grease her up with vaseline before you shover her down?

Ok to busy reading this and forgotten to do dd's hot water bottle, now she will freeze, hope you are happy.

God I really hope she is getting a net and fishing for the plate right now.

It's a battery operated elephant that shoots tiny butterflies out of its 5 foot high trunk. Dd dances around with a net trying to catch butterflies while I disolutely pretend to play with half an eye while actually rescuing a bobble plate from behind someone's loo.

but shrimp nets are way too diddy for a booble pate.

The GP could be lowered in the net, and then manually apply the fabric hammock (TM LostProphet). It could also go down with some fish slices, a coathanger, a plunger, a tube of superr glue and a small packet of kendal mint cake. It is going to need a rucksack.

Sweded if she does that her next thread may be "A girl has fallen down the back of the loo...How can I get it out?"

We'll be suggesting she lowers a booble plate for the girl to hold onto.

She needs a butterfly net. Does the 24 hour Tesco's sell those?

No skirting is cosmetic, I think, I'd have to take the whole panel off. Good thought though, it should work.

I have called upon dh with his superior arm length. I have given him two beach spades.

There is swearing at this present time.

Oh god I can't take much more of this. dh with beach spades

The grandparent,. actually my gran is very thin, you could borrow her if you like. I have just deleted the rest of my message as very sick and not at all appropriate.

Sorry, am not reading properly, I am going to in a second.

The bit about the baby covered in superglue lowered down made me ROFL though - on the way to look for a fishing net, but I couldn't find one, but I did find the beach spades.

Is the plate flat on the floor or side on?

If flat on the floor a sink plunger taped to a broom handle and pressed very firmly onto the plate.

You need A BUTTERFLY NET. Pay attention.

Ohhh Swedes, you've joined the rescue party VERY late. We've discounted sink plunges about 30 minutes ago. [grin}

[smirk] at dh "superior arm length"

sockmonster, granparents are thin, but not very supple. H&S risk assessment says NO.

if you want to help, make some Bovril for the rescuers.LostProphet came over all unnecessary earlier and had to be removed from the scene.