On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:05:30 +0000, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

it's impossible. No kidding - you just can't make this stuff up.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24670784-2,00.html

"There have already been calls by Australian experts to reduce the
amount of water wasted through toilet flushing with a proposed new
toilet tax."

Of course - a toilet tax.

Nothing like taxing sh....er...human waste.

Australia just had it's worst drought in 100 years. IIRC, they couldn't
irrigate their crops. You have to make choices. If you don't have food
to eat, flushing becomes optional. ;-)

http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsst...6934/story.htm