Posted on 05/02/2006 4:39:15 PM PDT by moog
LONDON (AFP) - London mayor Ken Livingstone has lifted the lid on his toilet habits, revealing he has not flushed the loo in 15 months.
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Livingstone said there was "no earthly reason" to bother if there was just urine in the bowl, he said Tuesday.
He said people were misguided about what urine actually is -- and said bluebottles steer well clear of his.
The mayor flushed out any misconceptions and tried to spark a chain reaction as he urged Londoners to waste less water when getting rid of their own waste.
"Red Ken" said it was all based on the old adage "if it's yellow, let it mellow" and advised gardeners to fill up a bucket and hurl it on the plants as the region around London suffers its worst drought for a century.
"If we continue to waste the amount of water that we do, London will run out of water," Livingstone, 61, told The Independent newspaper.
"A third of all the water you use you flush down the loo, and actually there is no earthly reason that you need to flush the loo if you have merely urinated. That's a huge saving of water.
"The experiment in my home, which is now into its second year, has been a success. We continues with it right through the summer and never once did a great bluebottle come into the bathroom.
"After all, why would a bluebottle with to slurp up a little bit of nitrogenous waste? It has no nutritional value at all. It's just that people have a perception that their urine is some sort of liquid form of their excreta.
"A lot of gardeners put their urine in a bucket and actually use it. Plant roots love it."
I've found out the source for all that fertilizer you've been putting in your garden!!!
I wish that worthless peice-of-sh!t commie would flush himself.
ping!
Reminds me of that Indian prime minister who used to drink his own urine every morning.
Certified Grade-A loon, he is. A freakin' loon.
If you ever listen to his radio show you will notice he gets real creative with the "recipes" he gives out for various garden uses.
Well, I've heard that "Yellow is mellow" rhyme too. I won't repeat the rest of it. But this may be the only sensible thing Red Ken has said in several years. In an urban water shortage, it makes sense.
I wish that worthless peice-of-sh!t commie would flush himself.
He has to wipe first.
Well, I've heard that "Yellow is mellow" rhyme too. I won't repeat the rest of it. But this may be the only sensible thing Red Ken has said in several years. In an urban water shortage, it makes sense.
Sounds like a straight flush to me.
Bloody loon you mean. :)
If you ever listen to his radio show you will notice he gets real creative with the "recipes" he gives out for various garden uses.
Maybe I don't want to hear how he makes chocolate cake and lemonade.
Reminds me of that Indian prime minister who used to drink his own urine every morning.
No wonder he looked so pale. I thought it was just a case of jaundice.
Urine the money now.
Oh I can think of at least one reason. Can you imagine what his loo must smell like after 15 months of not flushing??
Yuck. We left unflushed urine in the bowl while on vacation, and the whole house smelled like a kennel upon our return. But hey, it keeps bluebottles out of the bathroom (I suppose that is supposed to be imporant for some reason).
APf
In order to save the planet my dimmi boss' hubby doesn't flush urine..It is nasty, and it smells. I finally refused to clean their toilets anymore..
It may look like a toilet full of log cabin syrup, but it ain't..yuck.
Oh I can think of at least one reason. Can you imagine what his loo must smell like after 15 months of not flushing??
The smell could pee-ter out though.
I wouldn't want to flush either, if I'd just deposited my brains into the bowl.
There is nothing "mellow" about the smell of stale urine. Eeewww.
It may look like a toilet full of log cabin syrup, but it ain't..yuck.
Let them eat their own pancakes....with the new special syrup--great idea.
What a pisser. :(
There is nothing "mellow" about the smell of stale urine. Eeewww.
"mellow yellow"---THE new flavor in urine tests...
I wouldn't want to flush either, if I'd just deposited my brains into the bowl.
What brains?? Maybe he hasn't "thought" about flushing.
ping?
and the whole house smelled like a kennel upon our
Gotta let those dogs out more. :)
'you-can't-make-this-sh*t-up' ping.
The mayor flushed out any misconceptions and tried to spark a chain reaction
Imagine that BOMB!
It is, Ken, unless it got there from doing a Vulcan mind-link with yer terlit...
I saw that one two. HEHE
I don't get the joke. Sorry.
APf
Hey, one of Jerry Baker's fertilizer recipes calls for half a can of beer (allowing the gardener to get creative with the other half) so he can't be all bad.
"smelling like kennels...."
Hey, one of Jerry Baker's fertilizer recipes calls for half a can of beer (allowing the gardener to get creative with the other half) so he can't be all bad.
It might increase wine sales in France....:)
I could almost believe he hasn't had to defecate in 15 months.
I think he's defakeating it.
Bottle it and serve it to your "guests"...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625610/posts
-"Maoists made hostages drink urine, says govt"
Bottle it and serve it to your "guests"...
Moght taste Mao better then.
Me too! And you're full of it! :P
I'm worried about you, honey....seems you have WAY too much fun on the pee pee threads! Don't hold it back! :)
"Elecktrickal bananah, is going to be a sudden craze,
"Electrickal bananah, is going to be the very next phase,
"They call it Mellow Yellow (Quite Right-ly!)
"They call it Mellow Yellow (Quite Right-ly!)
Geez, what a dumb post! Tell Red Livingstone to fill up his swimming pool with it, then tell him to do Mao Tse-tung swimming the Yangtse (the great Yellow River).
This is sick! Can't go on.
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if it's yellow, let it mellow
It was Iranian...
It seems that Red Ken is yellow in more ways than one.
More of a tinkle.
Um...does he ever do a number 2? Or does he save "the jar" for that?
Red Ken IS number 2.
No wonder he never flushes!
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