About this episode

Trish and Marlow debate the appropriateness of flushing soup down the toilet.

Trish flushes soup down the toilet! But her friend, Marlow, wants to stop Trish from ever flushing food ever again. Trish says this is a perfectly reasonable way to dispose of soup! Who’s right? Who’s wrong?

People in this episode

Host: John Hodgman

Topics covered

• disposal methods
• friendship
• conflict resolution
• food waste
• toilet etiquette

Keywords

• soup
• toilet
• food disposal
• friendship
• conflict

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