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A one-way flap after the U-bend that floats open when water
hits it.
A close delaying mechanism is used so that the flat does not
drop shut after the initial burst of water and trap any wee
jobbies.
Why? you might ask. Well, children and some adults fear rats,
snakes and ghoulies coming
round the U-bend and chomping
on their tender morsels.
Some things that are octopus-proof
http://marine.alask...topus/fish-data.php
[mouseposture, Jun 02 2011]
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It's not a strength issue, they would need opposable thumbs or possibly suckers to pull open the flap. Damn, it's not octopus proof, but then, what is? |
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"Don't be scared of the grown-ups' toilet. The only things that could possibly crawl out and drag you into the sewers are octopuses, giant leeches, and that "stretch" guy out of the X-Files we show you before bedtime". |
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[marked-for-tagline]* it's not octopus proof, but then, what is? |
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*Is it ok to nominate your own comment? |
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I think this would block the toilet. |
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You could go for the more expensive option of having something like a waste disposal unit in the pipe, which would also allow you to have a smaller outgoing pipe. |
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// that "stretch" guy out of the X-Files // |
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And there's the 'Flukeman', of course. |
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//Tooms// That's the one. If I recall, he was foiled by a simple child safety latch on the toilet lid. Which was odd, since he could undo screws from the wrong end. |
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And the Dragon of Unhappiness ... |
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//it's not octopus proof, but then, what is?// <link> |
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[mouseposture] If octopus remains were found inside them they are clearly not octopus proof. |
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Oops, sorry, my mistake. Octopus proof is the
special 103% absolute pharmaceutical grade ethanol
available to licensed octopus wranglers. |
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(And anyway, topologically, the lumen of the gut is
outside, not inside. So there.) |
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// the lumen of the gut is outside // |
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I've drunk some stuff that made me feel my guts were headed for the outside, but isn't' "lumen" a unit of light? Is this "octopus proof" stuff making your innards glow after you heave them up? |
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Ask [bungston], he's the one who's into all that weird shit. |
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'Lumen' means both 'opening' and 'light'. The inside of any tubular structure is called the lumen in biology. |
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//isn't' "lumen" a unit of light? // It has two
meanings: 1)the SI unit of luminous flux, and 2) the
central cavity of a tubular or other hollow structure
in an organ |
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Convenient for people of whom it's said "They think
the sun shines out of their arse." |
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(Edit: oops, [spidermother] got there first.) |
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