Posted on 05/02/2006 4:39:15 PM PDT by moog
LONDON (AFP) - London mayor Ken Livingstone has lifted the lid on his toilet habits, revealing he has not flushed the loo in 15 months.
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Livingstone said there was "no earthly reason" to bother if there was just urine in the bowl, he said Tuesday.
He said people were misguided about what urine actually is -- and said bluebottles steer well clear of his.
The mayor flushed out any misconceptions and tried to spark a chain reaction as he urged Londoners to waste less water when getting rid of their own waste.
"Red Ken" said it was all based on the old adage "if it's yellow, let it mellow" and advised gardeners to fill up a bucket and hurl it on the plants as the region around London suffers its worst drought for a century.
"If we continue to waste the amount of water that we do, London will run out of water," Livingstone, 61, told The Independent newspaper.
"A third of all the water you use you flush down the loo, and actually there is no earthly reason that you need to flush the loo if you have merely urinated. That's a huge saving of water.
"The experiment in my home, which is now into its second year, has been a success. We continues with it right through the summer and never once did a great bluebottle come into the bathroom.
"After all, why would a bluebottle with to slurp up a little bit of nitrogenous waste? It has no nutritional value at all. It's just that people have a perception that their urine is some sort of liquid form of their excreta.
"A lot of gardeners put their urine in a bucket and actually use it. Plant roots love it."
I've found out the source for all that fertilizer you've been putting in your garden!!!
I wish that worthless peice-of-sh!t commie would flush himself.
ping!
Reminds me of that Indian prime minister who used to drink his own urine every morning.
If you ever listen to his radio show you will notice he gets real creative with the "recipes" he gives out for various garden uses.
Well, I've heard that "Yellow is mellow" rhyme too. I won't repeat the rest of it. But this may be the only sensible thing Red Ken has said in several years. In an urban water shortage, it makes sense.
I wish that worthless peice-of-sh!t commie would flush himself.
He has to wipe first.
Well, I've heard that "Yellow is mellow" rhyme too. I won't repeat the rest of it. But this may be the only sensible thing Red Ken has said in several years. In an urban water shortage, it makes sense.
Sounds like a straight flush to me.
Bloody loon you mean. :)
If you ever listen to his radio show you will notice he gets real creative with the "recipes" he gives out for various garden uses.
Maybe I don't want to hear how he makes chocolate cake and lemonade.
Reminds me of that Indian prime minister who used to drink his own urine every morning.
No wonder he looked so pale. I thought it was just a case of jaundice.
Urine the money now.
Oh I can think of at least one reason. Can you imagine what his loo must smell like after 15 months of not flushing??
Yuck. We left unflushed urine in the bowl while on vacation, and the whole house smelled like a kennel upon our return. But hey, it keeps bluebottles out of the bathroom (I suppose that is supposed to be imporant for some reason).
APf
In order to save the planet my dimmi boss' hubby doesn't flush urine..It is nasty, and it smells. I finally refused to clean their toilets anymore..
It may look like a toilet full of log cabin syrup, but it ain't..yuck.
Oh I can think of at least one reason. Can you imagine what his loo must smell like after 15 months of not flushing??
The smell could pee-ter out though.
I wouldn't want to flush either, if I'd just deposited my brains into the bowl.
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