How do I get a large hair clipper guard out of my toilet pipe?

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break it in a million pieces and flush it down. We have apartments and have had to throw away entire toilets because of this. People swear they don’t know why it’s clogged and we take the toilet off, break it and ,... Wow, it’s little Johny’s tub toy, or… a hair clip. If you can’t break it, you may be in trouble. I’d don the shoulder length gloves and go fishing.

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