Do think have a poo in freinds house is?

[Baggypants]

So out of consideration for somebody in this thread somewhere, in the process of replacing the innards of the guest toilet I've cranked it up to maximum power to save any guests the distress of being unable to flush something. Not too worried about the efficiency because it's not the regularly-used one.

I informed the wife that I'd read about a concern that somebody on the internet had and had made allowances while I was adjusting things, and she said that it was rude to poo in somebody else's home.

So there you go.

Oh, and it's one of those weird American-style ones where it seems like you can't just pour a bucket of water straight in to push things

How the fuck do American toilets work, anyway?

Turns out they take buckets of water just fine. There's no weird mechanism holding the water in. The u bend just goes a little higher on the outlet. To ensure that the bowl is emptied before being refilled (for a thorough exchange of water), they use what I assume to be bernoulli effect. A portion of the water from the cistern is shot into the bottom of the bowl in the direction of the exit, and that sucks the rest of the water down to well below the usual water level.

Then when the cistern is refilling there's a second stream directed straight down into the bowl to fill it back up to its usual high level.

So, even American toilets shoot.

[RiK]

I think if you can't go to the loo in your friend's house, you need to choose better friends.

[gumboot]

Always the way in this household. One of us is "No problem. I've set it up for MAXIMUM POWER to make sure you don't run into any problems." and the other is "gtfo!".

[Portland]

There is now a disincentive in this house for many... If the toddlers are awake it's very challenging to have a shit on your own, the elder one wants to help out and pass you paper, out the radio on, get you a book etc and the younger one just wants to be involved in everything.

[Jonesey]

[merman]

So out of consideration for somebody in this thread somewhere, in the process of replacing the innards of the guest toilet I've cranked it up to maximum power to save any guests the distress of being unable to flush something. Not too worried about the efficiency because it's not the regularly-used one.

I informed the wife that I'd read about a concern that somebody on the internet had and had made allowances while I was adjusting things, and she said that it was rude to poo in somebody else's home.

So there you go.

Oh, and it's one of those weird American-style ones where it seems like you can't just pour a bucket of water straight in to push things through.

How the fuck do American toilets work, anyway?

Turns out they take buckets of water just fine. There's no weird mechanism holding the water in. The u bend just goes a little higher on the outlet. To ensure that the bowl is emptied before being refilled (for a thorough exchange of water), they use what I assume to be bernoulli effect. A portion of the water from the cistern is shot into the bottom of the bowl in the direction of the exit, and that sucks the rest of the water down to well below the usual water level.

Then when the cistern is refilling there's a second stream directed straight down into the bowl to fill it back up to its usual high level.

Reminds of a routine Harry Hill used to do about the macerator toilet he'd installed downstairs...

[gumboot]

Can't the macerator just learn to use a regular toilet? Even cats can do that.



See?

[gumboot]

in the process of replacing the innards of the guest toilet I've cranked it up to maximum power to save any guests the distress of being unable to flush something.

No good deed...

Obviously I'm not silly enough to set it to overflow a fully blocked toilet, but what I didn't think of is people who can't think ahead.

I suggest setting the flush to half that volume so that you get fair warning if somebody tried to flush it twice in succession without thinking what will happen next.

[Portland]

Just give them a stick with which to subdue the beast...

[CableTwitch]

With dark magic, I resurrect thee!

[Yak]

Forgot to mention that Giles and I dropped in to visit Harlequin last week on our day off in London after our Sony meeting, and by the time we got there both of us were in quite severe need of grunting one out after a decent breakfast and some pie and mash. Bombs away all round. That poor toilet.

[Governmentyard]

New microblogging opportunity?

[RiK]

New microblogging opportunity?

There's nothing micro about them logs..

[Harlequin]

My loo coped admirably, as usual. It never complains about my friends.

[(o)(o)]

One fo the interesting freaktures of aspergers I'm becoming more conscious of is the, per my diagnosis, "unusual sensory experiences" ...

So the other night I walked into the kitchen which was completely dark, flicked on the light and was immediately overwhelmed and needed to sit down..

But it's not just light, it's sound, temperatures, and SMELLS... !*

Reason I mention is - popped in on a friend the other day and HE took a shit.. and he has a tiny place and no open windows to save heating.. I nearly collapsed with the smell of "IT"...






* Oh, any sense, touch and internal sensations too... there's a specific "oversensory experience of bones" some people get...