What's the etiquette here??

Best practice is to paper down on the ledge, this will allow the “deposit” to sluice into the water without any marks being left behind.

Dreadful “system”, without the water the smell is much worse.

Very big on "examination", your Germals. Drop one (or more) off, have a good look at it/them before you send on its way.

And people say the holocaust was the worst thing they ever did?

Horrific design. Thankfully never made its way to Ireland. What we haven’t escaped is those fancy Italian styles - the one with a splash radius of about 4 inches. Then with a tiny little tank and most of the porter man’s scat stuck to the bowl walls.

The classic Armitage Shanks was a late Victorian design designed to deal with heavy and loose loads.

Head of water there to rival Ardnacrusha.

You'd need a stately mansion to have a ceiling high enough to accommodate that yoke.

We had a more modest model when I was growing up, visitors could rarely get the hang of using a chain as opposed to a handle even then, and that was 40-odd years ago. There was a knack to it for sure but once mastered, results were always highly satisfactory.

I walked into the jacks in Heuston Station earlier and had to run out again almost immediately. Every single trap was closed and the absolute BANG of freshly baked effluence emanating from each trap was too overwhelming for me to wait there any longer. I’m on the train to Limerick now and the stench is still lingering in my nostrils.

Seems to be happening a lot more regularly these days. You’ll visit a public convenience, enter the stall, and see a fúcking dead otter peering up at you.

I have embarked on a horticultural adventure and have grown a substantial amount of habanero chillis from my balcony. As it's been a stinking hot summer in QLD and the chillis are getting blasted with heat from the outside aircon unit, the abundance of fruit has been staggering. I have been making chili flakes, chili jam, and last weekend I made chili sauce using 15 of the firey little b@stards. The sauce is delicious but as each day passes, it is improving in taste, but is also getting spicier! Yesterday we had pulled pork tacos for dinner and I slathered them in my evil little potion, they were delicious and washed down by a can of cheap German lager. All was well and very uneventful until my journey to work this morning. I was on the ferry when I had the "pang" from below deck, and the rear admiral signaled danger was coming. Bad news, I exited the vessel and I had a 2km walk to encounter, in 30c heat and all uphill. A pitstop to visit the throne was also not an option en route. I hot-footed, jaywalked, and powered my way to work, all the while I was trying to prevent an eruption from the brown ring of fire. The badge was twitching like a kangaroo's nose at this stage. I get to work with the jocks unscathed, just, and I headed for the jacks. I was in position, pumping out sweat from the power walk and the brutal heat, but I was also experiencing the dreaded chili sweats, an unfortunate combo. As expected, the evacuation was like squeezing a brown sauce bottle with an aggressive grip and having a faulty lid, but the sting would bring a tear to a glass eye. Thankfully it was a swift visit to the pot but a stressful start to the day which required a delicate cleanup operation. I'm back at my desk and I don't think I am out of the woods yet lads!

was reading back on this thread...very educational stuff ive to say...on the civil service offices...surely they arent that regimented...?

Just logged out a fine Friday specimen. Serious log - one end half way up the U-bend and it still hadn't cleared the bomb bay doors.

I'd say even after processing in Ringsend it could still pose a hazard to small craft in Dublin Bay.

@spacetweek Some of the older stuff might not have been brought up to the current standards yet. I know it's Germany but not everything there is gleaming high-speed ICE trains. Probably have some old East German stuff still in service on the more out of the way places.

I do like the idea that there's a lever in the cab which could cause a shít explosion if incorrectly used, however.

Just heard a good one there on the radio

" better an empty house than a bad lodger" 😀

Agree Bobby, took on a fair cargo yesterday before going to the in laws for dinner.

Fcukers were going down to the ‘place in Spain’ today so shunted forward.

Anyways just after the ‘entree’ felt a ‘pot roast’ in the nether regions was getting ‘shovel ready’.

Hit for the downstairs and barely made it leaving a gush of drittle like an underdone savory omlette all over the pan.

Fcuking bang of yesterdays ullage of Tyskie and Karpackie was hanging over the gaff.

Theres a logo ‘We care for Carpathian wolves’ on Karpackie cans—-The fcuking stench from the downstairs would bring down a full pack of the fcukers!

An awful dose of ‘stomach flu ‘ . Running to the bog when I feel it coming on . Pure run oil . Plus having to throw clothes out when I don’t make it in time 😡

Maybe it was one of the 3 birds who left it,any of them big units?