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Then the resistance came.

Greg looked down. Floating in the muck on his lap was a rusted, skeletal potato peeler, a blackened hair tie, and something that may have once been a spoon.

Greg grabbed his keys. He was a landlord, not a plumber, but times were tight. A plumber would cost $400 just to show up. A Bunnings snake? $89. bunnings snake drain

The Bunnings car park was a gladiatorial arena of utes, trailers, and exhausted parents. He marched inside, past the sausage sizzle (onions on top, a good sign), and collected his prize. The box was heavy, promising a coiled beast of galvanised steel and grim determination.

He sighed. He stood up, dripping. He walked past Margaret, out the back door, and straight under the garden hose. After a long minute, he looked up at the sky and whispered, “Next time, I’m paying the $400.” Then the resistance came

He knelt before the sink cabinet, a flashlight clamped between his teeth. The pipe emerged from the wall like a dark, wet nostril. He fed the snake’s tip in—a blunt, serrated head designed to chew through the apocalypse. The first metre slid in easily. The second metre felt… organic.

But deep down, he knew the truth. The Bunnings snake had won. Not because it cleared the drain—it hadn’t, not really. But because it had taught him a lesson only Bunnings can teach: some jobs are best left to the experts. But if you’re too stubborn for that, at least buy the onion on your snag. You’re going to need something to take the taste away. Greg grabbed his keys

From the doorway, Margaret peered in. She didn’t flinch. She just nodded slowly, like a nature documentarian observing a rare event. “Ah,” she said. “So that’s where the potato peeler went.”