Professor Toilet never expected to see the Daily Kos take on toilets.
But then again, it is three more years before another presidential race, so they have to talk about something.
On Sat Jun 27, 2009 post, “Timbuk3” is suddenly motivated to write a Daily Kos post about his toilet before 7 am because of a leak in his existing toilet. Armed with research, Timbuk3 reports that he brought home an American Standard Champion 4 toilet:
“This baby will flush a watermelon (10 out of 10 rating), features the ever-clean surface, and has a “whisper quiet seat” (hilarious to watch if you like “toilet humor”, it lowers the lid slowly onto the bowl when it’s closed to avoid that “lid slam” sound in the middle of the night), all for under 250 bucks… Not only is the flush much quieter than my last toilet, I’m going to use about 15% less water from now on.”
So what is the political connection? Timbuk3 said that the leaky toilet inspired “a great comparison between the Democrats of the early 90s and today’s Democrats.” Professor Toilet is entirely non-partisan, so must reluctantly pass on the plethora of potential rejoinders to that line.
Timbuk3 cited the toilet politics that first led to clogged toilets and frustrated flushing when the Democrat-sponsored Energy Policy Act of 1992 first took effect.
EPAct 1992 required all toilets to use no more than 1.6 gallons of water per flush. Noting that in spite of the initial problems, “toilet manufacturers stepped up, and second and third generation low-flow toilets were quickly on the market,” Timbuk3 concludes that today’s Democrats should not worry about initially “pissed off” constituents in moving policy forward.
Tags: Champion 4, EPAct 1992, leaky toilet
