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Dutch official: Save H20, pee in shower
upi.com ^ | Jan. 9, 2013 | AA EN HUNZE

Posted on 01/09/2013 11:27:10 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

A local government official in the Netherlands is recommending people save money and resources by peeing in the shower.

Bert Wassink, a council member in the Drenthe municipality of Aa en Hunze, said residents can reduce water consumption by combining shower time with toilet time, DutchNews.nl reported Wednesday.

Wassink made his comments as part of the council's 2013 sustainability initiative, which has saving water as one of its focal points.

The official said peeing in the shower "saves lots of clean water and is good for the environment."

"If you combine showers and peeing, you save a lot of water and money, so why not?" asked Wassink, who said he makes the practice a daily habit.

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To: Slings and Arrows

Sammy didn’t have to fill a room in Vegas.


81 posted on 01/09/2013 1:41:20 PM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

If the Dutch only ‘wasted’ more water, they wouldn’t need to spend so much money on dikes...


82 posted on 01/09/2013 1:46:52 PM PST by Moltke ("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
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To: eyedigress

.........:o)

Stay safe !


83 posted on 01/09/2013 1:46:52 PM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

This would never work, Liberals don’t know how to pee standing up..............................


84 posted on 01/09/2013 1:54:19 PM PST by PeterPrinciple ( Lord save me from some conservatives, they don't understand human nature any better than liberals.)
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To: shibumi

True.


85 posted on 01/09/2013 1:55:20 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Great place to go window shopping .....


86 posted on 01/09/2013 1:55:20 PM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: opus86

Everything goes back to Seinfeld.


87 posted on 01/09/2013 2:12:14 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Adam Carolla would say that the Dutch Official in question is obviously too short to be able to pee in the sink. :-)

But sseriously, showers are a huge waste of water. Anyone that’s camped out in a motorhome or gone on long trips on a sailboat knows that you never waste water on shower, you sponge bathe.

This guy claims of saving water by peeing in the shower is as ridiculous as Al Gore’s claims of saving energy by having his office in his 30.000 sqf house.


88 posted on 01/09/2013 2:44:10 PM PST by RatSlayer
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To: Bobalu

Well, if you have the garbage disposal in there...


89 posted on 01/09/2013 3:29:20 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Pray for revival. <BCC><)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
I always chuckle when I have to flush the water efficient toilets two sometimes three times to get everything to disappear.
91 posted on 01/09/2013 6:25:30 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: a fool in paradise
They are built on a swamp, by the way. Plenty of water everywhere.
They must have stolen all that water from their colonies. That’s why so much of Africa is a desert now!
92 posted on 01/10/2013 2:36:23 AM PST by cartan
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