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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 12:03 AM
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Driving across Iowa, I came to an interesting realization...
I don't trust automatic toilets. Really. Lots of gas stations on US-20 and interstate 80 have these. I felt the need to push the button, to make sure they flushed, rather than wait for them to do it on their own. I just don't trust the damn things.

I wonder what deep-seated issue causes this.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 12:06 AM
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1. You should check on the light in your refrigerator
Edited on Sun Apr-26-09 12:06 AM by rucky
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 12:07 AM
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2. Good point! I will!
Seems to be on. All the time.


That can't be good.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 12:10 AM
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3. I think we've lost Critters for the night, folks.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 12:15 AM
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4. I remember when they first installed those where I worked last.
I'm getting ready to do the paper work, and it flushed all by itself! Scared the crap outta me! LOL!
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 12:17 AM
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6. That's what it's supposed to do!
:evilgrin:
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 12:19 AM
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8. Yeah, but they didn't warn us!
:rofl:

:hi:
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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 12:25 AM
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10. The first automatic toilet I ever used was adjusted badly
They should have just put a sign up on the door, "BIDET!" It not only flushed at the drop of a, hmmm, hat, it flushed when you breathed, shifted, thought about getting paper, whatever. And it not just flushed, it squirted. Straight up. I stuffed a whole roll of paper down it just to be annoying.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 12:45 AM
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12. This one needed some adjustments too. It flushed about 3 times!
I went back and warned my co-workers. They laughed their butts off. Fuckers.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 12:16 AM
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5. I salesman I once knew had a realization about Iowa
"You know what could catch on here... CORN"

:rofl:

Idiots
Out
Walking
Around
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 11:07 AM
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13. WTF underpants?
:shrug:

:grr:
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 12:18 AM
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7. I hate those things! It seems like every time, I put the the seat-doily down,
turn around, and the stupid autoflush activates and pulls the doily down the drain. :grr:

And then once I've won the doily battle and done my business, the sore-loser-device refuses to flush, so I have to find the little button and do it myself anyway. Fecking machines...
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 12:25 AM
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9. Wouldn't you hate to be in one of those biffy places, where it starts shooting water up your nether?
I think I'd have a stroke if I were not expecting it.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 12:38 AM
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11. I went to France with my French Club when I was 16.
You can easily imagine the scene...4 or 5 teenagers from western Illinois, standing around trying to figure what this thing in our hotel room was. :rofl:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 11:12 AM
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14. My view of Iowa
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