May Be Not

So as an addendum to the previous post, I did try the vacuum trick and it was very successful. It didn't produce the earring, but it did eliminate any sorrow for losing it. You see the vacuum technique probably works best when done as soon as the item rolls down the sink. I attempted the retrieval several hours after said incident occurred. The vacuum was able to pull up lots and lots of various colored and smelly gunk that was caked all over my sink pipes. This in turn (surprisingly several turns) made me think. . ."once I do get the earring, is there any amount of sterilization that would help me comfortably put that earring back into my daughters ear?" and "how can I explain to my daughter why her ear had to be amputated after I insisted on putting a bacteria ridden piece of jewelery in her flesh?" The vacuuming stopped and I ran the water in that sink just for future protection of my own body. I could just see me thinking how easily I could get it out if I would just open the pipes. So I bid a happy farewell to the earring. I have a theory though. I think that the water flushing through the pipes still didn't dislodge that earring. I think the gunk has claimed its next victim and gratefully it wasn't my face while removing the pipes.