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Russians left desperate for the loo as toilet exports are banned to 'punish' Putin
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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

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bidenteamnuuz; clickbait; fakenewsers; inthecrapper; putin; russia; ryanfahey; tabloiddotspam; ukraine
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Yeah it is a bold move making Russia to lose)))...
1 posted on 02/17/2023 2:03:34 PM PST by nickfrost1
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Lowe’s is chuck full of toilets made in China. Putin will be just fine.


2 posted on 02/17/2023 2:06:44 PM PST by JonPreston
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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.


3 posted on 02/17/2023 2:06:47 PM PST by Scrambler Bob
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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!


4 posted on 02/17/2023 2:07:09 PM PST by glorgau
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they’re going to be forced to use bidets!==

Bidets also are sanctioned by this article)))...


5 posted on 02/17/2023 2:08:38 PM PST by nickfrost1
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One would think Russia might have enough trees to make its own TP.


6 posted on 02/17/2023 2:09:28 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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Doesn’t take much technology to cast and kiln toilets.
Russia is a space faring nation.


7 posted on 02/17/2023 2:09:34 PM PST by Right Brigade (It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
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To: nickfrost1

(And know-how and manufacturing for the infrastructure fixtures.)


8 posted on 02/17/2023 2:10:16 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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The UK is only screwing over their own companies doing this, it’s not like these items have a military use.


9 posted on 02/17/2023 2:14:38 PM PST by jimwatx
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Residential toilets in eastern Ukraine are, um, interesting devices.

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.

10 posted on 02/17/2023 2:16:32 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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Was there a shortage before?


11 posted on 02/17/2023 2:18:00 PM PST by Professional Engineer (Looks like I'll have to buy the White Album again.)
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A toilet is not of strategic importance in war. Sell them the damn toilets and take their money.


12 posted on 02/17/2023 2:19:41 PM PST by cpdiii (cane cutter-deckhand-roughneck-oil field trash- drilling fluid tech-geologist-pilot- pharmacist)
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Ukraine gives me the *hits that’s for sure.


13 posted on 02/17/2023 2:22:59 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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Biden

Bidet


14 posted on 02/17/2023 2:28:17 PM PST by bgill
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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.


15 posted on 02/17/2023 2:33:43 PM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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The irony is that many of those homes in Central and the Far East don’t have running water yet.


16 posted on 02/17/2023 2:34:24 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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One would think Russia might have enough trees to make its own TP.


They do but the mill workers steal the TP and sell it on the black market


17 posted on 02/17/2023 2:35:19 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Right Brigade

Its only in the space race because of the Soviet system, modern Russia not so much.


18 posted on 02/17/2023 2:36:24 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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Same in rural Turkey and many other countries.


19 posted on 02/17/2023 2:37:40 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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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.

20 posted on 02/17/2023 2:45:34 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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