John Marsden Writing Topic #22
Suggest six ways to get a ping-pong ball out of a (vertical) drain.**
1. Use a vacuum cleaner to suck it out of the drain
2. Put your hand down the drain and get it out
3. Scoop it out with a soup ladle
4. Use Drano (it will get it out of the drain but it will also end up going down the pipes)
5. Throw a magnet on the ball and use another magnet to “attract” it out
6. Call a plumber (the writing topic doesn’t say anything about having to do it yourself :P)
**Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
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