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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 10:21 PM
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Poll question: How many toilets on your roof is too many?
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Officials in Monaca, about 20 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, last week sent Tom Suica a letter telling him the 10 commodes on the roof of his garage had to come down because they could be a breeding ground for mosquitos and West Nile virus (news - web sites).

Suica, a plumber and Democratic candidate for councilman in the borough of 6,300, claims efforts to get rid of the toilets have more to do with politics than public safety.

"West Nile? Don't you think that's a little much?" Suica said.

The borough soon rescinded its request that the commodes come down after discovering Suica taped the bowls to keep water out.

Suica began his potty protest in 1999 to stop a bank from building a parking lot next to his home. Suica said the toilets symbolize his view that his neighborhood should remain residential.

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Wolfman 11 Donating Member (444 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 10:24 PM
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1. the Max Headroom avatar is greatness.
n/m
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 10:29 PM
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2. This guy's apparently ignorant...
of the fact that mosquitoes breed in standing water. Either that, or he doesn't give a fuck. Either way, he's wrong.
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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 10:30 PM
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3. He taped them shut. nt
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Ohio Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 10:31 PM
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4. More than one is too many.
Edited on Mon Oct-06-03 10:31 PM by Ohio Dem
Anybody will tell you that. Hell, the men can just go off the side. Actually, I can live with two if you're having a party.
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inthecorneroverhere Donating Member (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 10:47 PM
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5. none
No toilets in the roof:

1) standing water ----------> mosquitoes
2) when taking a leak, there's nowhere to hide from all the folks who look UP :D
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xJlM Donating Member (955 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 11:22 PM
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7. Taking a leak is one thing
I'm not going to take a dump on the roof.
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Generic Other Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 11:03 PM
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6. Use Saran Wrap--an old sophomore trick
I hope he chased the bank away, anyhow!
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-03 11:55 PM
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8. Although I've been tempted to shingle my roof with toilets...
...more than 100 is a serious threat.
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Throckmorton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-03 08:15 AM
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9. Down with the Facist Roof Toilet Haters,
Edited on Tue Oct-07-03 08:16 AM by Throckmorton
and Free the Indianapolis 500!!!!
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maxanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-03 09:06 AM
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10. he even decorates them
for holidays! I love this guy.

What a great protest. Every one of us should put a toilet on the roof, to symbolize what the right is doing to the Constitution and to our country.
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Throckmorton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-03 04:46 PM
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11. This deserves a bump.
So, back up you go.
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populistmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-03 06:19 PM
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12. I have no clue as to why someone would do this?
Gross!
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-03 08:55 PM
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14. Advertising!
The guy's a plumber--guess what they do.

No worse of an advertising gimmick than the Terminex fiberglass termites on the truck roofs.
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-03 06:28 PM
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13. You know, the timing of this post is interesting
because our building at work is being reroofed (ah, the smell of hot tar permeating the building - so lovely and refreshing), and I noticed this morning the lazy bastids have the porta-potti on the roof. Now, you have to understand, half my family is roofers, so I've lived with roofers most of my life. Never have I seen a roofing crew with the toilet on the roof before. They always climbed down the ladder to do their business. This is a new pinnacle of weirdness to me.

One toilet on the roof is too many! What if the damn thing falls over? Our roof already leaks - that's why they're hot-topping it! I don't even want to THINK about that leak!
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patdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-03 09:01 PM
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15. This deserves a dump...er uh pump...so back up it goes!
:kick:
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KCDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-07-03 09:08 PM
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16. were they working?
I mean, you buy a toilet, but before it's hooked up to plumbing, there's no water. So why would it be a WN hazard?
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