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flushing toilet paper down the toilet (pg. 12)
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Wait, what? Are you telling us that you do typically flush your toilet paper?
It's the norm here where I live not to do that because it supposedly clogs the pipes. If this sounds disgusting to us you, tell anyone from Brazil that you drink tap water: we just can't believe you guys do that. |
This thread's timing is funny. I had never heard of not flushing toilet paper until I arrived here in Brazil a month ago. It's not so bad, as long as they clean out the bins often. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
This thread's timing is funny. I had never heard of not flushing toilet paper until I arrived here in Brazil a month ago. It's not so bad, as long as they clean out the bins often. |
Bem-vindo :)
I hope my fellow countrymen are treating you well. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Even if I believe a bin full of is odourless, can you not think of the problems with this? Surely it will attract flies, who are going to walk all over this ty paper and then fly around the rest of your house, land on surfaces, land on food. I don't even like putting meat in the indoor bins. |
What alternative do you propose? Brazil has much more to worry about than a few flies eating indoors. The cost of upgrading the sewerage systems would be immense.
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Bem-vindo :)
I hope my fellow countrymen are treating you well. |
Indeed. Haven't been mugged yet. :p |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
Indeed. Haven't been mugged yet. :p |
Good to hear :p |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
No flies, no odour, there's both a cap and a plastic bag for sanitary reasons, it's nothing special. You're just not used to it. |
Or I'm not being told all the details. I don't know what this "cap" you refer to means. And I don't see how you can keep flies out of a room. Flies could always get around my house, even when I deliberately kept windows and doors shut.
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
What alternative do you propose? Brazil has much more to worry about than a few flies eating indoors. The cost of upgrading the sewerage systems would be immense. |
The least you could do is get the ty paper out of the house immediately, rather than leaving it in a bin for days on end. I'd get rid of the bin and just have a sealable bag that goes outside as soon as the deed is done.
Besides, if Brazil can't afford good sewage systems then that's just hard luck. But there are Americans in this thread talking about the same thing, and I've never heard of special ting bins in the US. |
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| Lunar Phase 7 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Schadenfreude
I always thought that guys were messier than women, until i used the woman's restroom at a bar once and saw a used pad stuck to the stall door. Blood is not an appetizing colour when it is all dry...mmmm filthy bitches. |
Women on the blob ing stink. You can smell it standing next to them sometimes if they use them awful pad things.
The more you think about women, the grosser they are. |
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| Lira |
It reads "do not throw paper in the toilet". Where is your God now!? |
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| Adamo |
| where has this thread been in my life?!?!? :gsmile: |
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| Theresa |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
I've seen signs that say "please do not put paper in the toilet" at restaurants out here, totally disgusting. We don't live in a ing 3rd world country, I just ignore it. Another one I've seen is "please do not put feminine products in the toilet"...are there girls that flush their tampons/pads? Wtf? |
I flush tampons; they are usually quite little and narrow, so I can't see why they would be a problem to flush. You don't flush pads though... that would definitely up a toilet.
| quote: | Originally posted by MeLLyMeL
I flush my tampon all the time - sorry to be gross.
But the applicator I dump in the trash. There is no reason as to why a ball of cotton shouldn't flush down right away.
The applicator I get scared cuz some are cardboard or plastic. |
Exactly.
I only flush cardboard applicators because they biodegrade. I would never flush a plastic one, but I very very rarely have plastic applicators. |
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| osterzone |
| quote: | Originally posted by Schadenfreude
some places have toilets that can't take big dumps and paper.
At one of the schools i would tutor at in Seoul, they had these toilets with no pressure that would barely flush. One afternoon i had the case of the mega s from eating too much kimchi and bibimbap. I held it in until the end of class, and ran to the bathroom. I squeezed a mega log that must have weighed 5 pounds, and tried to flush it down. The ing thing was blocked big time. I tried the plunger, i tried breaking up the dookie, i tried scooping out the paper, but to no avail...the big stinky was there to stay.
The woman who cleans the place was also the lunch lady (small school, only 5 rooms) and i liked her a lot so I did not want her to know it was me...so i just left hoping that they would think it was someone else.
The next week (i was only at this location on Fridays) when i came back, on the toilet stall door there was a sign in English only that said, "Do note defecate" (the note part is not a typo, they spelled it like this). Considering i was the only English person who was ever in the building, they caught me.
Needless to say the lunch lady never gave me the biggest portions of food anymore, and when she would see me her forehead would crinkle up like a Boxer's. Some of the kids had heard about it and they called me Big Sheeba Teacher (big teacher.).
It was pretty awesome. |
I don't think I've ever laughed more at a post on TA than this one :stongue: |
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| FuzzQi |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Where is your God now!? |
Germany!
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| Chimney |
| quote: | Originally posted by FuzzQi
Germany!
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Actually, I think that's Sweden. |
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