FARK.com: (7342642) Can One Million people flushing their toilets simultaneously clean the sewers after water rationing? Will the sewers remain clogged up? Is there a t-shirt available for participants? It's the great Zimbabwe toilet flush, 7:30 PM, Central Africa Time

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		Can One Million people flushing their toilets simultaneously clean the sewers after water rationing? Will the sewers remain clogged up? Is there a t-shirt available for participants? It's the great Zimbabwe toilet flush, 7:30 PM, Central Africa Time (seattlepi.com)		42
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opiumpoopy		2012-09-23 05:09:13 AM

What could possibly go wrong with this plan? One million turds and a blocked sewer...

Omahawg		2012-09-23 05:19:22 AM

the best plumbers have the smallest hands

just saying

rocky_howard		2012-09-23 05:19:46 AM

Ugh, as if Zimbabwe couldn't get any nastier now they're having water problems and shiat has been accumulating on their sewage? *pukes blood*

FirstNationalBastard		2012-09-23 05:20:47 AM

Omahawg: the best plumbers have the smallest hands

just saying

Yeah, but they need reach, too. You couldn't just let a midget at a clogged toilet.

Aboleth		2012-09-23 05:21:06 AM

This would be an awesome Michael Bay movie.

MissFeasance		2012-09-23 05:23:14 AM

This seems like a plan that could go horribly wrong

tjassen		2012-09-23 05:24:30 AM

It's the One Million Man Flush!

Sgygus		2012-09-23 05:26:13 AM

MissFeasance: This seems like a plan that could go horribly wrong.

I'm thinking there is a word, or an expression, that one could use if that were to happen.

fugeeface		2012-09-23 05:27:32 AM

only if they go to 11

FirstNationalBastard		2012-09-23 05:28:11 AM

Sgygus: MissFeasance: This seems like a plan that could go horribly wrong.

I'm thinking there is a word, or an expression, that one could use if that were to happen.

If it does go wrong, I bet the organizers of the flush will have a shiatfit.

MissFeasance		2012-09-23 05:28:47 AM

Sgygus: MissFeasance: This seems like a plan that could go horribly wrong.

I'm thinking there is a word, or an expression, that one could use if that were to happen.

Kerfluffle? I bet you were thinking kerfluffle.

Do you know the way to Mordor		2012-09-23 05:30:04 AM

I once heard (and loved) an Australian radio serial called "Doctor Poo." Yes it WAS a sendup of Doctor Who!

One storyline involved the idea that the ancient Egyptians only let their Jewish slaves use the toilet once a year. Hence Moses' plea "Let my people go!" When they finally did let go it caused a great flood that washed away their pursuers as they escaped Egypt.

///I predict that with their aging infrastructure the sewage pipes will burst and they will be in deep doo-doo.

FirstNationalBastard		2012-09-23 05:32:08 AM

Do you know the way to Mordor: I once heard (and loved) an Australian radio serial called "Doctor Poo." Yes it WAS a sendup of Doctor Who!

One storyline involved the idea that the ancient Egyptians only let their Jewish slaves use the toilet once a year. Hence Moses' plea "Let my people go!" When they finally did let go it caused a great flood that washed away their pursuers as they escaped Egypt.

///I predict that with their aging infrastructure the sewage pipes will burst and they will be in deep doo-doo.

www.quantumleap-alsplace.com

Ziggy says things might go a little ca-ca.

bingethinker		2012-09-23 05:38:18 AM

That whole country has been circling the drain for a while.

Twitch Boy		2012-09-23 05:45:47 AM

Spoiler: Orton wins.

/fWc

Gawdzila		2012-09-23 06:08:18 AM

Synchronized flushing? Is this a new Olympic event?

rubi_con_man		2012-09-23 06:22:56 AM

Wait, they have toilets in Africa?

abhorrent1		2012-09-23 06:56:51 AM

They have toilets in Zimbabwe?

SockMonkeyHolocaust		2012-09-23 08:05:53 AM

Probably not. It's hilarious, but if the low-flush toilet/garbage disposal phenom continues to be a thing that a lot of people advocate then this is eventually going to be a problem for Americans. Too much solid and not enough water to keep it flowing.

Jon iz teh kewl		2012-09-23 08:18:59 AM

u'd have to pay me $700 trillion (price of an apple) to do that.

Nick Nostril		2012-09-23 08:33:19 AM

Oh yeah, this can't possibly fail.

Ficoce		2012-09-23 08:41:49 AM

They should just do it the way it's done here in the states. Instead of expecting everyone to flush a toilet at the same time once a year, pass a $200 Million bond to have new pipes put in and spend 100's of thousands a year to have guys drive around with cameras to look at the clogged pipes.

aimtastic		2012-09-23 08:51:26 AM

When I was in high school, this rumor used to circulate that if you flushed every toilet in the school at the same time, it would fark up the plumbing and they'd have to send everyone home for the day. There'd always be some kid trying to get people organized to all flush exactly as the morning bell rang.

Nezu Chiza		2012-09-23 08:55:52 AM

And the streets shall run brown!

Tax Boy		2012-09-23 10:01:08 AM

No one had these problems when it was Rhodesia, what what.

G.I.R.B.		2012-09-23 10:19:50 AM

As a plumber I can tell you one thing:

This will NOT end well.

WelldeadLink		2012-09-23 10:27:01 AM

Gawdzila: Synchronized flushing? Is this a new Olympic event?

Worst event evar

StarshipAngel		2012-09-23 10:47:41 AM

Wasn't there a kid's/young adult book about how some city did this to flush a 2000lb goldfish out to sea?

acad1228		2012-09-23 11:03:03 AM

Didn't Dr. Johnny Fever do this?

glassgnost		2012-09-23 11:11:26 AM

Has Mythbusters dispatched a film crew yet?

the_rhino		2012-09-23 11:24:44 AM

Arrogant Zimbabweans. We send them millions on aid, and for what? They have toilets for Christ's sake! They need to pull themselves up by their asses and fix their own problems.

insertsnarkyusername		2012-09-23 03:23:34 PM

the_rhino: Arrogant Zimbabweans. We send them millions on aid, and for what? They have toilets for Christ's sake! They need to pull themselves up by their asses and fix their own problems.

They don't all have refrigerators yet. Until most of them get those we can consider them truly poor.

Sgygus		2012-09-23 04:32:51 PM

Ficoce: expecting everyone to flush a toilet at the same time

In this country, it's called "half-time".

brantgoose		2012-09-23 06:18:17 PM

It's important to do things together as a nation.

So how about that space programme? Want to give it another go (so to speak)?

Jeng		2012-09-23 08:12:19 PM

Ficoce: They should just do it the way it's done here in the states. Instead of expecting everyone to flush a toilet at the same time once a year, pass a $200 Million bond to have new pipes put in and spend 100's of thousands a year to have guys drive around with cameras to look at the clogged pipes.

I think the solution is to first supply everyone with TV's, then broadcast a long sporting event with advertisements that encourage people to consume liquids, and then when it ends everyone will run to the bathroom and flush all at once.

Orange Guy		2012-09-23 08:16:01 PM

Tax Boy: [www.museumgagetown.ca image 320x240]

No one had these problems when it was Rhodesia, what what.

Actually, that's pretty true.

glassgnost		2012-09-23 08:46:32 PM

Jeng: I think the solution is to first supply everyone with TV's, then broadcast a long sporting event with advertisements that encourage people to consume liquids, and then when it ends everyone will run to the bathroom and flush all at once.

Don't forget the ~~illuminati conspiracy~~halftime show.

Candygram4Mongo		2012-09-23 10:35:03 PM

Synchronization? They have watches?

Thaddeus Mutton		2012-09-24 02:38:18 AM

Rufus Lee King: Depends upon what sort of toilets are involved.

[www.inpapasbasement.com image 400x300]

It's a Ferguson!

/BA-WOOOSH

pseydtonne		2012-09-24 03:08:10 AM

FirstNationalBastard:
www.quantumleap-alsplace.com

Ziggy says things might go a little ca-ca.

2000 Flushes are not enough for Yueh!

chatoyance		2012-09-24 06:14:12 AM

as someone who used to work in the wastewater industry, I would strongly encourage all Zimbabweans to stay the hell away from all toilets at the appointed time, to avoid the risk of a shiat shower

Tatterdemalian		2012-09-24 10:25:41 AM

chatoyance: as someone who used to work in the wastewater industry, I would strongly encourage all Zimbabweans to stay the hell away from all toilets at the appointed time, to avoid the risk of a shiat shower

THIS.

Seriously, this sounds like the sort of "remedies" Pol Pot forced Cambodian citizens to do.

/not a wastewater technician
//just knows how gravity works

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