India to Host World Toilet Summit

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | October 16, 2007 | By Duncan Hooper and Agencies

[Secret Agent Man]

Wow, they beat out San Francisco.........

[ZOOKER]

And I thought my job sucked.

[Bean Counter]

yah...what good is giving all people a toilet if they don’t know what to do with it?? Besides, you need to provide a sewer system, sewage treatment facilities, and civic infrastructure to people who would just as soon go squat behind a bush.

More symbolism over substance.

[doc1019]

Now I guess we will get an “expert” from India on the line the next time we have a problem with our toilets … great.

[Past Your Eyes]

Those cruel people are going to put hard working folks out of a job.

[pandoraou812]

When Risa was in India she found that there are few real toilets. Most places have a hole in the ground & sometimes a strange seat. No bath tubs either. Just a shower head or hose & a bucket.

[balls]

We need help here in the U.S. too. New flushing standards mean it often takes two or three flushes where one was perfectly adequate in the old days.

[Past Your Eyes]

Don’t drink the water.

[mikrofon]

I hear they're having a special guest speaker...

[The_Media_never_lie]

There’s something about this meeting that doesn’t smell right.

[pandoraou812]

I don’t travel anymore outside of this country. But my daughter was in school in England & was sent on a job to India. She didn’t drink the water . She said its very dirty there & she ended up in the hospital from eating bad peanut butter.

[doc1019]

I’m fortunate in that I have one of them there new fangled toilets. Press once for the general “pee” flush, hold for a few seconds longer for a more in-depth and longer flush (second flush) … for … well, you get the picture. Bought the house second hand and took several months to discover this neat feature. ;-)

[Charles Martel]

Do you suppose that the plumbing salesman from History of the World - Part I will have his cart set up at the summit?

[12th_Monkey]

I didn’t know the dimocRATS were having there convention over seas...

[Past Your Eyes]

Probably they dump the contents of what they carry on their heads into the peanut fields. So don’t drink the water and don’t eat the peanut butter either.

[Secret Agent Man]

They use squat toilets. I suppose people don’t waste a lot of time in the bathroom when you’re in that position.

[Secret Agent Man]

I just recently bought a new toilet as the tank on my old one cracked. I did some research beforehand about different models (on the internet) and how well they got rid of stuff. Found a GREAT toilet I was looking for at Home Depot - and on sale, no less. The thing is extremely well-designed.

I didn’t get the one you did with the liquid/solid waste different flushes but I have to say this 1.6gal boy flushes better than the old 5 gallon one did. They’ve made the size of the flapper tube about 2-3 times bigger than the old one, and there is so much force to push the bowl contents out, it’s just engineered so much better.

[DustyMoment]

So many sarcastic replies, so little bandwidth . . . . . .

(sigh)

[doc1019]

Toilet evolution in progress, Darwin would be proud. ;-)