in the toilet

That’s why the stakes feel so inflated when the central mystery revolves around how his meticulously brined turkey, a culinary achievement he treats with the solemnity of a religious artifact, repeatedly ends up neck-down in the toilet.

They’re a reminder that holidays don't have to be perfect to be meaningful, and that sometimes, it’s the turkeys in the toilet — or the ones chasing you through the streets — that make it unforgettable.

At 6:30 p.m, three hours after Porsha arrived at the hospital, she saw huge clots in the toilet.

“It went in the toilet, without a doubt. We didn’t know how we were going to pay the bills,” Dempsey said, leaning on a cane because of the physical toll of working the prior night.

Local Facebook groups filled up with posts on how to MacGyver a shower out of a pump sprayer, how to effectively wash dishes using the least amount of water, and even how to use kitty litter in the toilet to mitigate the odor of sewage that was now emanating from our bathrooms.