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Brazil Forest Group: Go Green _ Go in the Shower (Save the Atlantic Rain Forest!)
wtop.com ^ | August 04, 2009 | federal news radio

Posted on 08/05/2009 2:01:10 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - New TV ads are encouraging Brazilians to save water _ by urinating in the shower.

Brazilian environmental group SOS Mata Atlantica says the campaign, running on several television stations, uses humor to persuade people to reduce flushes.

The group says if a household avoids one flush a day, it can save up to 4,380 liters (1,157 gallons) of water annually.

SOS spokeswoman Adriana Kfouri said Tuesday that the ad is "a way to be playful about a serious subject."

The spot features cartoon drawings of people from all walks of life _ a trapeze artist, a basketball player, even an alien _ urinating in the shower.

Narrated by children's voices, the ad ends with: "Pee in the shower! Save the Atlantic rainforest!"


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brazil; dumbstuff; environmentalists; envirowhackos; water
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1 posted on 08/05/2009 2:01:11 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay
Brazilians watch Seinfeld?

GEORGE: Nothing, I... said it was a little problem.

ELAINE: Yeah? What was it?

GEORGE (defensive): Well...I was in the locker room showering, and I...I had to go, so...

JERRY: Here we go.

GEORGE: Anyway, I think the guy in the shower opposite saw me. He gave me a dirty look.

ELAINE: You went...in the shower?

GEORGE: Yeah, so what? I'm not the only one!

ELAINE (to Jerry): Do you go in the shower?

JERRY: No, never.

ELAINE (to Kramer): Do you?

KRAMER: I take baths.

GEORGE: Well, what was I supposed to do? Get out of the shower, put on my bathrobe? Go all the way down to the other end? Come all the way back?

ELAINE: Ever hear of...holding it in?

GEORGE: Oh, no...no, that's very bad for the kidneys.

ELAINE: How do you know?

GEORGE: Medical journals!

JERRY: Do the medical journals mention anything about standing in a pool of someone else's urine?

2 posted on 08/05/2009 2:08:28 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I am Legend)
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To: Responsibility2nd
ROTFLMAO! That's the first thing that came to my mind too!
3 posted on 08/05/2009 2:11:24 PM PDT by colorado tanker (I'd like to trade in this clunker - President Obama.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

Hmmm....so much for reusing the “grey” water for the garden.

It’s a nation/world of pinheads.


4 posted on 08/05/2009 2:11:32 PM PDT by EggsAckley (There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply. W.C. Fields)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Seriously, as a mother of boys, former baseball coach, scout leader, ect. I am in no way shocked by this. Please can we get to more important things.


5 posted on 08/05/2009 2:12:02 PM PDT by indyhome
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To: indyhome

For some reason my family had always brushed their teeth in the shower. I know this is a little off topic...


6 posted on 08/05/2009 2:14:57 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: fight_truth_decay

This is the reason I avoid pubic swimming pools.... ..it happens...


7 posted on 08/05/2009 2:16:08 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
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To: Responsibility2nd
Still laughing @ "I take baths" line...
8 posted on 08/05/2009 2:26:43 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: Responsibility2nd

Enough with all the pee pipe stuff...


9 posted on 08/05/2009 2:30:12 PM PDT by wireman
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To: fight_truth_decay

My poor father sent me to a very expensive private school and all they ever taught me was that a gentleman doesn’t pee in the shower.


10 posted on 08/05/2009 2:35:49 PM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus (Hey, Mr. Obama, please don't kill my gramma! NO on socialist healthcare!)
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To: indyhome
Please can we get to more important things

I know I said the same thing to myself when I posted this. But I can't be serious 100% of the time. (...head down in shame for the 1%!)

However...you may not think this so minuscule in importance when the little " black bean counter" thingy is attached to your Toliet Bowl by a yet to be appointed "Water Closet Czar" in accordance with Section TBWA-389OOP and "if this counter is unlawfully removed or tampered with, you will be subject to a fine of ____ and/or punishable by or up to____"......"

;)

11 posted on 08/05/2009 2:40:14 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: Responsibility2nd

“It’s all pipes!!”


12 posted on 08/05/2009 2:42:16 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Impeach the sumbeech)
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To: fight_truth_decay

It would crap my style to take 6 showers a day plus a few extra on Saturdays during college football season.


13 posted on 08/05/2009 2:45:23 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Obama--POtuS.)
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To: Rebelbase

cramp?


14 posted on 08/05/2009 2:46:15 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay

oops.


15 posted on 08/05/2009 2:48:24 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Obama--POtuS.)
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To: fight_truth_decay

Not trying to offend you - please. I’m just probably defending myself more than anything. We practice water conservation for many reasons at our home. We go by the “if its yellow let it mellow, if its brown flush it down.” Yeah, nasty to some, but its green in the checking account and household budget. Urine from a health body is basically sterile, so no need to waste money on flushing. Besides the city government bastards just cringed when we cut our water/sewer bill by 50% - gotta laugh at that.


16 posted on 08/05/2009 3:14:40 PM PDT by indyhome
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To: indyhome
You may be saving money on your water bill; but I doubt that you are actually practicing water conservation. Why ? Because “yellow mellow” is very bad for water quality. Mellowing in the bowl, along with low flow toilets, cause people to use significantly more and stronger chemicals to clean their toilets. This has a significant impact on water quality.You might save a few gallons; but what you do produce is way more polluted, and requires more treatment.
17 posted on 08/05/2009 3:22:57 PM PDT by Red Boots
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To: fight_truth_decay

Interesting reading but I have to get in the shower now........To much coffee


18 posted on 08/05/2009 3:33:41 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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To: indyhome
Urine from a health body is basically sterile,

I believe you can drink it under extreme circumstances life or death scenario.

I have well water with plenty of rain this year and so good all the time even in dry spells....

19 posted on 08/05/2009 5:45:42 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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