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A plumber is a tradesman who specialises in building and maintaining systems used for plumbing, heating, drainage, clean water or industrial process plant .
The most famous plumbers are most likely the fictional Mario and Luigi from the popular Nintendo game series Super Mario Bros.
"If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances." -- Albert Einstein, The Reporter , 18 November, 1954
Shortly after making this remark, the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union, A.F.L. in Washington, D.C. voted to grant Einstein an honorary membership. Einstein was reportedly well pleased with this honor.