--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: So if he'd been a plumber, ___ _____…" description: "\"“So if he'd been a plumber, ___ _____ would've been about toilets?\" Left blank to avoid spoilers but this is just too funny :)”\" — Jeri Smith-Ready" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/jeri-smith-ready-3642_funny_so-if-he-d-been-a-plumber-would-ve-been_2191062.png" --- # So if he'd been a plumber, \_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ would've been about… ![“So if he'd been a plumber, ___ _____ would've been about toilets?" Left blank to avoid spoilers but this is just too funny :)” quote by Jeri Smith-Ready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/jeri-smith-ready-3642_funny_so-if-he-d-been-a-plumber-would-ve-been_2191062.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/jeri-smith-ready-3642_funny_so-if-he-d-been-a-plumber-would-ve-been_2191062.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/jeri-smith-ready-3642_funny_so-if-he-d-been-a-plumber-would-ve-been_2191062.png) > ““So if he'd been a plumber, \_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ would've been about toilets?" Left blank to avoid spoilers but this is just too funny :)”” [Jeri Smith-Ready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeri-smith-ready/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A humorous hypothetical about a plumber’s expertise being limited to toilets, used as a joke. **In simple terms:** A joke about a plumber only knowing about toilets. 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