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Re: Spokane WA considering fine on oil and coal trains
Author: TJ
Date: 07-22-2016 - 11:45
> What next? Is the city of "SpoCant" going to require a camera in each and every home toilet
> and fine you for every turd you flush away? What happens if I poop those bon bons looking
> things instead of one big log? Pooping bon bons could get expensive! Better keep the
> Metamucil handy.
That Great State of Confusion; er, I mean California, is already way way ahead of you.
The city where my cousin lives passed an ordinance during one their many so-called droughts, requiring the placement of one or two bricks in the tank of each toilet. Seemed pretty laughable at the time, especially since most bricks will quickly disintegrate when continuously saturated in water. Just imagine a silt buildup in the city sewers from disintegrating bricks! lol!
But then it got quite unfunny when a city "code enforcement" officer sent him a letter demanding entry to his house, for inspection to see that it was actually there. He had put a half gallon milk jug full of water in one toilet instead, and his other one was already low-flow.
Since this would require that he take time off from work, and was highly annoyed anyway - he refused them. They then threatened him with legal action. But after his lawyer friend wrote back citing the 4th and 5th amendments, demanding that they come with warrant in hand, stating the probable cause for the search - they never bothered him again. I still wonder how many others were suckered in by this nonsense though.
But the mother of all municipal idiocies has to be Santa Barbara, California; where they knee-jerk banned an exotic sounding substance "dihydrogen monoxide", after hearing all about how a build up of too much in the body can eventually lead to heart failure; and that inhaling even small amounts, can and has lead to immediate death.
But what else could we have expected from "That Great State of Hysteria". Of course we all know and have always known, that plain old "water" does in fact have these dangerous traits. but hysteria abounds. . . . . .
And they make fun of tin-foil hats! Sheeeeesh!
> and fine you for every turd you flush away? What happens if I poop those bon bons looking
> things instead of one big log? Pooping bon bons could get expensive! Better keep the
> Metamucil handy.
That Great State of Confusion; er, I mean California, is already way way ahead of you.
The city where my cousin lives passed an ordinance during one their many so-called droughts, requiring the placement of one or two bricks in the tank of each toilet. Seemed pretty laughable at the time, especially since most bricks will quickly disintegrate when continuously saturated in water. Just imagine a silt buildup in the city sewers from disintegrating bricks! lol!
But then it got quite unfunny when a city "code enforcement" officer sent him a letter demanding entry to his house, for inspection to see that it was actually there. He had put a half gallon milk jug full of water in one toilet instead, and his other one was already low-flow.
Since this would require that he take time off from work, and was highly annoyed anyway - he refused them. They then threatened him with legal action. But after his lawyer friend wrote back citing the 4th and 5th amendments, demanding that they come with warrant in hand, stating the probable cause for the search - they never bothered him again. I still wonder how many others were suckered in by this nonsense though.
But the mother of all municipal idiocies has to be Santa Barbara, California; where they knee-jerk banned an exotic sounding substance "dihydrogen monoxide", after hearing all about how a build up of too much in the body can eventually lead to heart failure; and that inhaling even small amounts, can and has lead to immediate death.
But what else could we have expected from "That Great State of Hysteria". Of course we all know and have always known, that plain old "water" does in fact have these dangerous traits. but hysteria abounds. . . . . .
And they make fun of tin-foil hats! Sheeeeesh!
