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In Sochi, Russia, Don’t Touch The Water
CBSlocal.Chicago ^
| February 4, 2014
| John Dodge
Posted on 02/04/2014 11:13:36 PM PST by Daffynition
Well in Sochi, Russia, you had better not TOUCH the water, either.
When Chicago Tribune reporter Stacy St. Clair, who is covering the Winter Olympics for the newspaper, arrived at her hotel, she was informed that there was a problem with the water and it had been shut off.
Then hotel staff delivered an ominous warning: “Do not use on your face because it contains something very dangerous.”
Her tweet about the situation has gone viral.
Water was eventually restored, but it came out of the tap in a less than appealing color. (See above.)
“On the bright side, I now know what very dangerous face water looks like,” St. Clair tweeted.
“Also on the bright side: I just washed my face with Evian, like I’m a Kardashian or something.”
John Dodge, CBS Chicago
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Sports; Travel; Weird Stuff
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To: driftless2
Was in Puerto Rico a couple of times last year, and many “facilities” have signs to not flush toilet paper.
To: Daffynition
Well, I seem to remember that when Atlanta hosted the Olympics, visitors had to use port-a-potties. About the same thing.
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posted on
02/05/2014 4:23:32 AM PST
by
Apple Pan Dowdy
(... as American as Apple Pie)
To: Daffynition
Hey, it’s Russia comrade. Suck it up.
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posted on
02/05/2014 5:25:23 AM PST
by
metalurgist
( Want your country back? It'll take guns and rope. Marxists won't give up peaceably.)
To: Daffynition
Proof that communism is best. /S
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posted on
02/05/2014 5:39:15 AM PST
by
thebreeze756
(Live Free or Die. Death is not the worse of evils. Gen. John Stark)
To: Daffynition
Sochi, the Mexico of Eur-Asia.
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posted on
02/05/2014 6:34:15 AM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS.. We are DOOMED for several generations. . Who cares? Dem's did and voted!)
To: Tax-chick
This is common everywhere there are septic tanks. Really?
My father's house went from a two seater out house, to in door plumbing and a septic tank in 1950.
The paper was always flushed and every 5-7 years a honey dipper came and cleaner the septic tank.
He was forced to go to a municipal water/sewage plan in the mid-eightys and forgo his free well water and septic tank system.
Every time he got a water/sewage bill, he bitched about the rotten gummint.
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posted on
02/05/2014 7:01:12 AM PST
by
USS Alaska
(If I could...I would.)
To: USS Alaska
In Soviet Russia, Brown water drinks you!
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posted on
02/05/2014 7:01:56 AM PST
by
ConservativeMan55
(In America, we don't do pin pricks. But sometimes we elect them.)
To: DesertRhino
Maybe things are different there, but I once had occasion to flush a Soviet toilet. It went off like a rocket powered Martin Baker ejection seat. Something like 600 gallons of water blew through it in about 3 seconds. It actually kinda scared me for a second. It felt like it might suck me right in. 
"BA-WOOOOSH! Now that's a MAN'S flush."
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posted on
02/05/2014 7:03:25 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Tax-chick
This is quite common in all third world countries which is what Russia is. :-)
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posted on
02/05/2014 8:09:32 AM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Daffynition
Hey, that looks like Roosian beer! Nasty!!
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posted on
02/05/2014 8:29:25 AM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
To: OldPossum
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posted on
02/05/2014 12:16:54 PM PST
by
Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: DesertRhino
Could be the middle east...
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posted on
02/05/2014 12:17:58 PM PST
by
Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: metalurgist
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posted on
02/05/2014 12:20:58 PM PST
by
Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: lee martell
It’s a very deep metaphor ..... potatoes = Vodka ;P
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posted on
02/05/2014 12:22:31 PM PST
by
Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: DesertRhino
We'll have to wait for the summer 'lympics
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posted on
02/05/2014 12:25:15 PM PST
by
Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
02/05/2014 12:27:20 PM PST
by
Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: Moose Burger
Based on what we know about the Japanese obsession with terlits......all Olympics should be in Japan
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posted on
02/05/2014 12:31:23 PM PST
by
Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: Daffynition
Some very simple questions (I went to public schools) - If you can’t touch the water:
- How do you take a shower / bath?
- How do you brush your teeth?
- What do they use to wash vegetables?
- What do they use to cook with?
- What’s the purpose of the water?
Curiouser in Texas.
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posted on
02/05/2014 12:31:47 PM PST
by
jda
("Righteousness exalts a nation . . .")
To: thebreeze756; JSteff
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posted on
02/05/2014 12:33:57 PM PST
by
Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: jda
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posted on
02/05/2014 12:45:16 PM PST
by
Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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