Posted on 02/17/2023 2:03:34 PM PST by nickfrost1
Russians left desperate for the loo as toilet exports are banned to 'punish' Putin Sinking to grimy lows, Russian troops are well-known for thieving lavatories out of Ukrainian homes to send back to their families as Western sanctions of "bidets, lavatory pans, [and] flushing cisterns" bite
The EU included lavatories, bidets and flushing cisterns in its list of banned products The EU included lavatories, bidets and flushing cisterns in its list of banned products
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Lowe’s is chuck full of toilets made in China. Putin will be just fine.
The US should send over the large flush capacity toilets that were removed to save water in the US.
Then Russia would use up their water and have a drought.
This is pretty petty stuff.
Yeah, lack of lavatories is going to cause a societal collapse in Russia. Next thing you know they’re going to be forced to use bidets!
they’re going to be forced to use bidets!==
Bidets also are sanctioned by this article)))...
One would think Russia might have enough trees to make its own TP.
Doesn’t take much technology to cast and kiln toilets.
Russia is a space faring nation.
(And know-how and manufacturing for the infrastructure fixtures.)
The UK is only screwing over their own companies doing this, it’s not like these items have a military use.
For one, the commode is located in a room the size of a small closet. There's nothing else in there. No sink, no bathtub, just a crapper.
The water tank is mounted on the wall above your head. Hope it doesn't come crashing down on you while you're taking a dump.
The commode itself is a different design than what we're used to. Instead of crapping in a bowl filled with water (which helps to mask the stench), your turds pretty much fall on a dry ledge where they sit until you are finished and ready to flush. Inside a cramped closet with a warm, fresh turd sitting on a ledge, the smell is something else entirely.
And when you're finished, you flush, and most of it usually goes down the drain hole.
Now in the train station in Kiev, I was treated to squat commodes. I held it until I boarded the train, which featured a normal commode that opened up onto the tracks below. They would lock the restroom when the train approached populated areas and only unlock them when the train was in more rural locations.
Was there a shortage before?
A toilet is not of strategic importance in war. Sell them the damn toilets and take their money.
Ukraine gives me the *hits that’s for sure.
Biden
Bidet
Some of the Russian soldiers in Ukraine have stolen toilets while looting civilian houses there. And yes, they shipped the toilets back to Russia. Outhouses are common in rural areas and villages.
The irony is that many of those homes in Central and the Far East don’t have running water yet.
One would think Russia might have enough trees to make its own TP.
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They do but the mill workers steal the TP and sell it on the black market
Its only in the space race because of the Soviet system, modern Russia not so much.
Same in rural Turkey and many other countries.
The interesting thing about public restrooms in Ukraine is that they still operated on the Soviet "full employment" concept.
Each restroom was staffed by three women. One would charge you admission, the second would dispense to you about six inches of toilet paper (I wisely brought my own roll), and the third manned the mop and would swab the floor after each visitor.
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