The nurse inserted a 'feeding tube'. [=a tube used to deliver food to the stomach of a patient who cannot eat]
They spent all afternoon sitting in front of 'the''tube'. [=('Brit') 'the box']
All my hard work 'went down the tubes'. [='went down the drain']
(..) Ahh! What are you doing there, buddy? I'm trying to smoke these hornets to death so I can get their honey. They keep flying up the tube, stinging me on my face. I think I just swallowed one. As I tried to explain before, you cannot get honey from a hornets nest. I just don't think there's any (..)2009 TvShow: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Title: The Waitress Is Getting Married Season: 5 Episode 5