When Al decides to build his own bathroom, he decides to bring home a Ferguson, saying that when he was growing up, he promised himself that he would have a toilet bowl just like his dad did. He tells Bud about the fond memories he had with his father and his love for the Ferguson. Al claims when he was a boy, he had to go to the bathroom while sitting in a truck with his father as they were heading to the Ferguson factory in the state of Maine. His father made him wait two hours, but promised it would be worth it. Al says it was the first time he used a Ferguson, and that it was worth it.