Pesky Flappers

Saturday, 21 June 2008.


Recently, the toilet in my apartment broke, and I found myself travelling to the hardware store in order to buy a replacement part. And, apparently, the particular part that needed replacing is called a flapper.

It looks like this:


Toilet Flapper


This surprised me, since I always thought flappers looked like this:


Twenties Flapper


They do not, in fact, function alike.

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