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[Still Waters]

www.huffingtonpost.com said:

There was a lot of potty talk by government workers after toilets exploded in a federal building last year, sending one woman to the hospital.

"I am scared to pee," was the subject of an email sent by one employee in the General Services Administration, according to a probe of the infamous john incident by MuckRock.

There was reason to worry. "DO NOT flush toilets or use any domestic water," stated an internal GSA memo leaked to media after flying porcelain fragments injured two workers in the September blowup in Washington, D.C.

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[BiffSplitkins]

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I work in that building. Walking through that building always makes me want to puke when I come in in the morning.

On that day, we had to be evacuated for hours until they completed their check. Not a surprising incident since it's a know fact that human sewage creates methane gas. I wonder if that person was trying to smoke in the bathroom. Leading to this situation may be the fact that, if you walk through the stairwell, and in the early morning before the ventilation is turned on, the hallways smell of raw sewage. The building was completed around 1938. It's old. I don't think GSA ever made any repairs to the sewage system.

Definitely sounds like faulty plumbing to me. Of course being a government building it's probably Bush's fault.

[Taun]

Reminds me of back in the 70's, when I was stationed in Italy...

One day the unit commander went into the men's room to 'take care of some business' and after taking care of business... he glanced down and saw some metallic object laying in the bowl...

He came out in a hurry (trousers still down) and called the bomb squad (the Red October terrorist groups were very active at that time)...  The EOD guys showed up, blocked off the area (and of course we were all rubbernecking trying to see what was going on...) hooked a clip and line on to the 'device' and pulled it out - only to find out it was a metal cigar case that someone had disposed of in the toilet...

Needless to say that guy was 'talked to' extensively about proper disposal of trash!  

[Eldorado]

Yep... when toilets explode, the £%$& hits the fan..... literally.

[Hilander]

I think I would have to think twice about using the toilet again.

[and then]

Is nothing sacred?