If it's brown, flush it down. If it's yellow, let it mellow.

[skadistic]

More water less coffee/ beer. When you find yourself running from the loo screaming "sweet lord" its time to hydrate...

I don't drink java or beer and piss more often then most folks and it comes out clear. Maybe I just ooze extra funk.

 

[Fugitive Sisyphus]

But aquifers is where we get most of our freshwater, and that is not a renewable source. Not only humans depend on aquifers or other water resources.

In that case, I could argue that there is no such thing as a renewable resource. Aquifers do replenish themselves even if it is a slower rate than we extracting water from them.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

* Doesnt understand, so fearful *

There was a thread quite a while back by Elta, discussing the uncommonly used punchuation called an interrobang, which is basically a questionmark superimposed over an exclamation point, and means the same thing as "?!" For a while after that thread, it was custom to put <insert interrobang here> at the end of a sentence which would have ended with "?!" I was reminded of that when I wrote that post, and that, combined with my weirdness, was what you read.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Do you abide by the Focker code?

The saying is alot older than the Focker movie.

 

[Leonel]

Fresh water is not an unlimited resource.

Then what's rain water?

 

[El_Machinae]

Water is recycled through nature automatically. And there are always rivers to collect rainwater, treatment plants to make it drinkable.

Everyone who thinks that fresh water is unlimited should do a quick search of their local aquifer levels; it's not an unlimited supply. Each year, a certain amount of water falls in our regions, and (usually) we use more water than we get. This means that our aquifers are being depleted.

We have a natural budget, but most places are well exceeding it. Sometimes for stupid reasons, like watering the lawns during the day and the like.

To answer the OP: because we like to save water, we usually flush every third or fourth pee, but we always flush after a poo (and before, if the water is yellow). This means that we flush, on average, at least half as much as other people do.

As well, because the water treatment process required that toilet water be 'aged' for a certain amount, not flushing each time actually takes some strain off of the local waste treatment plant (because we're introducing more aged waste water than normal). So, it's also easier (in our micro way) on our tax dollar. Therefore, not flushing each time allows us to: more efficiently use our aquifer water, reduce our water bill, and reduce our strain on the infrastructure.

 

[GenMarshall]

Nope, I flush no matter what.

 

[Old Spice]

I like to stand in the bathroom and flush away, this saving fresh water bid has gone on long enough.

 

[Irish Caesar]

I like to save water when I get a chance, this is a good opportunity.

I also walk around my apartment shutting off lights. Assuming nobody else is in the room, that is.

 

[Perfection]

I eat asparagus frequently, so no.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

I like to stand in the bathroom and flush away, this saving fresh water bid has gone on long enough.

If youre doing your business standing up, no doubt you also use up alot of water hosing yourself down, and mopping the floor.

 

[Old Spice]

Thanks for the great idea Bozo! I'm sure that will increase the wastefulness of my actives!

 

[Bozo Erectus]

No problem. They dont call me Bozo "Find ways to waste water" Erectus for nothing.

 

[CaptainF]

I once read somewhere that it's only in the United States where toilets flush with fresh water. The rest of the world's toilets use already "dirty" water to carry refuse to the sewer.

Explains a lot I think.

 

[Neomega]

I just cannot understand why dogs will eat anything except vegetables. Does that stuff taste good to them?

I would really like a scientific explanation for why my dog eats my cats poo.

Aghhh... dogs...



I remember my dog having cat litter on it's mouth and all the logs missing from the litter box.




My mom called them "crappy snacks"

 

[Elrohir]

You guys need to learn to flush. Seriously, what's wrong with you guys?

 

[Zelig]

I urinate in the sink/bathtub/shower/out the window, etc. so I don't need to flush for that.

 

[CCA]

I urinate in the sink/bathtub/shower/out the window, etc. so I don't need to flush for that.

I find that Urine in pot plants make them grow faster

 

[bhsup]

There most definitely are different flush levels on toilets in America, at least on newer ones. It may not be a different button, but the handles take care of it with different lengths to hold the handle down. A quick push on the handle and just a bit of water gets cycled through, kind of diluting it real well. Holding down the handle longer will force a standard flush. How do I realize this? Because I thought a new toilet I bought not long ago was broken and not flushing right. Finally, a gent at Home Depot explained it to me.

That said, I get my water from the Missouri River, and I'm not keen on urine aging in my loo, so I do a complete flush.

 

[Shylock]

I generally let urine sit.