Synchronised Toilet Flush To Clear City Sewer

Sky News HD ^ | September 23, 2012 | Sky News

[Makana]

Residents of Zimbabwe's second-biggest city have been asked to flush their toilets simultaneously on Monday at 7.30pm.

Up to a million people will take part in a synchronised toilet flush in an attempt to unblock sewers in Zimbabwe.

Authorities in Bulawayo - the country's second-largest city - have appealed to residents to flush their toilets at 7.30pm on Monday to clear built-up waste.

Water is rationed in the city for up to 72 hours each week, which has led to waste accumulating in the sewer network.

The city's mayor, Thaba Moyo, said the mass flush will become a weekly event.

"We are going to have a big flush every Monday to push all the waste that would have accumulated during the water rationing.

[Makana]

In the 1970's, the NE Patriots opened a new stadium. At Half-Time, the plumbing literally blew up. Simultaneous flushing was deemed the cause.

Zimbabwe remains undeterred.

[ssaftler]

I’m guessing a few missing enemies of Mugabe may show up after the flush.

Let’s hope Obamugabe doesn’t get any ideas...!

[2banana]

so flushing the 4 working toilets at the same time is going to help?

[MarineBrat]

Things are bad over there. Some people are never seen again...

[RegulatorCountry]

They’re going to blow manhole covers sky high with $#!t geysers, at least where the manhole covers haven’t been stolen and sold for scrap.

[YHAOS]

What kind of a situation might we call this?

[MasterGunner01]

If the Zim government thought up this synchronized flushing plan, what could possibly go wrong?

[Track9]

It’s going to happen en masse on November 4th.

[Uncle Miltie]

Can we do this to the Senate and WhiteOutHouse?

[deport]

Authorities in Bulawayo - the country’s second-largest city - have appealed to residents to flush their toilets at 7.30pm on Monday to clear built-up waste.

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The best laid plans...........

[kaehurowing]

If it doesn’t work, I predict they are going to have an awful big mess on their hands. . . .

[shadeaud]

I see a new Olympic event synchronized flushing !!

[treetopsandroofs]

“It’s going to happen en masse on November 4th.”

Don’t count on your polling place to tell you to show up two days later.

[nevergore]

The USA will do a syncronized flush of our Kenyan turd on November 6th.....

[The Duke]

There's a college dorm joke in here somewhere ... (e.g. "Flush twice, it's a long way to the cafeteria")

[Track9]

Ahh, you see. I’ve been telling dimocRats to vote on November 8th.. and now I’ve got myself messed up.. ;)

[donhunt]

Constipation.

Sounds like a bunch of crap to me.

[canuck_conservative]

Back in 1977 - when there were only 3 networks - the series “Roots” had such a large share of viewers each night it was on, the water companies had to hire extra personnel to handle the load during each commercial break.

[NormsRevenge]

Synchronised Toilet Flush

someday, they may have this kind of thing in the Olympics.. as an actual event.. medals and all. ooooh the pressure..

[bicyclerepair]

Season 2 (I think) of Prison Break, in the Panamanian prison, SENA, Michael (Wentworth Miller) blew out the obstruction in the prison plumbing, thus earning himself respect from the “head honcho” there. And made the water flow.

What a great series that was.