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Topic: Which Ship has the best Flush?

Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 12-05-2000 07:52 PM

I'm only Joking...I don't really want to know!

(Mind you the Mercury's flush was so powerful that it made my ears pop and the cabin door slam. If everybody, in every cabin flushed simultaneously, I'm sure that we would all have been sucked into a parallel universe?)

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 12-05-2000 08:42 PM

On HAL ships they have a sign above the loo warning you not to flush while sitting on the "john"! Somewhere I heard a story of a woman being stuck, maybe it was on this forum!
True story: One evening while having after-dinner coffee with the Chief Engineer on the Westerdam, he was called away by one of his assistants. When he returned, he had a BIG SMILE

on his face and quietly told us the problem. Seems one of the loos was plugged and when they went in to see what the problem was found a pair of women's panties - guess she either in a hurry or didn't pay attention to the warning sign. We all had a good laugh over this.
Green - do you remember this?

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Steve Read (sread)
First Class Passenger
Member # 788

posted 12-05-2000 08:44 PM

Malcolm: That's a brilliant description!! Can't stop laughing!

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Barryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 33

posted 12-05-2000 10:26 PM

Sympatico, I told a story about a women getting stuck on the toilet aboard the Song of America....in fact (not to be gross or anything, but..) her innerds where pulled out a bit too, and the doctor had to come and assist her. She was a very large woman, she created a seal around the rim and flushed while sitting. Because of her huge size, her innerds were pulled out a bit. I was there, and I was the one who had to call the ship's doctor.

I know it's a gross story sorry.

we use to play a game on the Song of America, where we would put a glob of toilet paper with a real long tail that was strung out about 50 feet down the hall, and then flushed.....it was so funny to see that toilet paper squiggle down the hall and into the toilet.

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 12-05-2000 10:52 PM

Barryboat - I knew I had heard it somewhere - that was gross!

And they say there is no fun for the crew on board ship. You know the breakfast orders which are hung on the doors in the evening before retiring - did you ever go around to each one and mark off "prune juice"?

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 12-06-2000 05:39 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Barryboat:
....in fact (not to be gross or anything, but..) her innerds where pulled out a bit too

So Barry, if that is not 'gross' what is?

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PauloMestre
First Class Passenger
Member # 1613

posted 12-06-2000 07:35 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Barryboat:
.. Because of her huge size, her innerds were pulled out a bit.

OUCH!!!! Poor woman!!!
If it was a man than it would be a bit more dangerous... go on a cruise and get an free vasectomy!!!

P.S. 100 posts!!! Now I'm only 1800 away from Malcolm...

Regards

Paulo Mestre

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Bernard
First Class Passenger
Member # 1038

posted 12-06-2000 09:19 AM

Captain Peter Bos of the MS Rotterdam joked about the toiletsystem almost every day during the voice from the bridge.

A lot of passengers were flushing weird stuff in the vacuum system.

One day he listed some things they crew found that day which included Underwear, T-bone steak, Canvas Holland America Line tote bag (For your shopping pleasure), glasses and a wallet.

The day that everything was OK again this is what the Captain and the Cruisedirector said on the PA.

CD: Knock Knock
Captain: Who's there ?
CD: The toilet repairman.
Captain: Toilet repairman who ?
CD: The Toilet repairman of the Rotterdam
Captain: Go home Toilet repairman of the Rotterdam, we don't need you anymore.

Most passengers really enjoyed this captain.

Bernard, Amsterdam, The netherlands

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 12-06-2000 10:56 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Barryboat:
her innerds where pulled out a bit too, and the doctor had to come and assist her.

What was her reply " I don't remember eating that"?

(Look who's being gross now! Oh dear I seem to have started a 'toilet humour' thread)

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BigUFan
First Class Passenger
Member # 1382

posted 12-06-2000 04:01 PM

Malcolm, you're too funny!

Sounds like the flush we had on the Triumph. Better not still be on the bowl when you set that one off, or you'll be Great White fodder.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 12-06-2000 04:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by sympatico:
Seems one of the loos was plugged and when they went in to see what the problem was found a pair of women's panties...

Sympatico, the panties probably did not belong to the woman in the cabin, but were in fact sucked through from the 'Parallel Universe' that I was telling you about! See it is true!

Although we hear lots of talk on this forum about ship propulsion and hull design, it is the area of sewage disposal that is by far the most interesting technical area.

Many cruisers are not aware that modern cruise ships actually employ 'Cosmic Black Hole' technology to power their waste disposal systems. After all, how else could you possibly power more than a 1000 'Johns' simultaneously, first thing every morning?

(The truth is out there).

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 12-06-2000 05:08 PM

quote:
One day he listed some things they crew found that day which included Underwear, T-bone steak, Canvas Holland America Line tote bag (For your shopping pleasure), glasses and a wallet.

Bernard,

1) Underwear - this is obviously a big thing on American cruise ship. Disposable underwear never really caught on in the UK?

2) T-bone Steak - what is odd about that? Over the years I've lost a number of meals down the John.

3) Canvas Bag for shopping pleasure - is this like 'consumerism bulimia'? You buy lots of goods, then flush them away out of shame?

4)What no sets of False Teeth? (Often found along with the T-bone)

[This message has been edited by Malcolm (edited 12-07-2000).]

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Steve Read (sread)
First Class Passenger
Member # 788

posted 12-06-2000 07:41 PM

Don't you just love the noise, though? That positive, forceful "Tshhh...woooooWAP!" sound? It's so ... final.

And everyone in the corridor and three cabins either side of you knows that you've, ahem, "been".

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emgrace
First Class Passenger
Member # 1618

posted 12-06-2000 08:48 PM

I have to say Malcolm that you've opened the door for some of the most disgusting stories I've read on this forum!

However,you guys have got me in tears laughing.One of the things I love about this forum is that I rarely leave here without a good chuckle!

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PORTER
First Class Passenger
Member # 1414

posted 12-06-2000 11:18 PM

I remember my first " TsHHH...woooooWAP!"
Damn near jumped into the shower stall

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 12-07-2000 01:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by emgrace:
I have to say Malcolm that you've opened the door for some of the most disgusting stories I've read on this forum!

It's a priviledge

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nycruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 960

posted 12-07-2000 04:50 PM

This is a little off the topic but I read in Porthole magazine that they fill the toliets with salt water. Does anyone know if this is true?

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Scottylass
First Class Passenger
Member # 420

posted 12-07-2000 05:02 PM

Nycruiser

quote:
Originally posted by nycruiser:
This is a little off the topic but I read in Porthole magazine that they fill the toliets with salt water. Does anyone know if this is true?

Hmmm Salt Water - I dont think anyone is going to try and find out for you.

Cheers
M.

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 12-07-2000 05:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Scottylass:
Nycruiser

Hmmm Salt Water - I dont think anyone is going to try and find out for you.
Cheers
M.

Mary - I think I have heard that also, but
I'm not going to try it!

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Scottylass
First Class Passenger
Member # 420

posted 12-07-2000 05:24 PM

Diane

I will not be trying to find out either.

It won't be long now until you leave for your HAL Christmas Cruise, I bet your glad you are getting away from all that bad weather. It seems like a mass exodus from Canada.

Have a wonderful time when you are away....

Cheers
M

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Jesse C
First Class Passenger
Member # 1678

posted 12-07-2000 06:11 PM

If you are north of the Equator (Think New York, Tokyo, London, or Paris), the toilet will flush counter-clockwise. :0

If you are South of the Equator (Think Rio De Janeiro, Johannesburg, or Sydney), the Toilet will flush clockwise. :0

Check which way it flows on a cruise ship. Any difference?

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Steve Read (sread)
First Class Passenger
Member # 788

posted 12-07-2000 06:30 PM

Jesse C ... you mean you actually make a study of the motion of the motions? You really should get out more!!

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Ryndam
First Class Passenger
Member # 1315

posted 12-08-2000 04:59 AM

Toilets on board modern ships are using fresh water (I never tried it!) produced with thew ship evaporators or taken from ashore while in port. The resons why fresh water is used instead of salt water are:
- salt water will damage this delicate system (for the same reason the sprinkler system pipes are full of fresh water, and only in case a sprinkler head get broken a pump will take salt water in);
- only one line is necessary to bring water to passenger cabins (we don't need a salt water line for toilets and a fresh water line for showers and sinks).
There is also a particular reason why vacuum toilet systems are used on board: to save fresh water and to have less black water to be treated; the quantity of water used used during a vacuum flush is minimal compared to the traditional system we have on board. Jesse C is right when he said that toilet water is rotating in opposite directions depending on which hemisphere you are. For the same physical law, the wind of a cyclone, eddies and whirpools are rotating counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. In the center of a cyclone the atmospheric pressure is lower than around it (in a toilet or in a sink being discharged the level in the center is lower); the fluid (air or water) moves from the point of higher pressure to the point of lower pressure. Without the Earth rotation and at an altitude of more than 1000 meters or 3300 feet (where the Earth friction can be considered absent), the wind would move with a direction normal to the isobars. The eastward Earth rotation causes a deviating force, known as the "Coriolis force", acting to the right of the direction of the boby motion in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern one. If the isobars have a circular shape the centrifugal force must be considered and the wind in a cyclone will blow with a counter-clockwise spiral direction.
I hope you've understood my explanation, but without drawings it's really difficult to clarify it, and also English is not my mother language.

Ryndam

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K&K
First Class Passenger
Member # 1040

posted 12-08-2000 08:54 AM

Ryndam; You sound like you would know the answer to my curiosity. If I remember correctly only a certain level of vacumn can be acheived under normal conditions. If this is true why would some ships have a louder and then presumable stronger vacumn.
Kevin.

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 12-08-2000 09:16 AM

This started out as a funny post - now we are getting too technical! Let's go back to the funny stuff.

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