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GSA Emails Recount Inside Story of Exploding Toilets

Posted by samzenpus on from the watch-where-you-sit dept.

First time accepted submitter v3rgEz writes "Six months ago, the toilets of the General Services Administration started exploding, injuring two employees and beginning the agency's spiral down the drain of bad press (this is the same GSA now under fire for pricey Vegas conference flings). E-mails just released under FOIA now show the culprit: Compressed air + ancient plumbing + leaving it all unattended."

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  1. It really is Rome all over again by mc6809e · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A corrupt government allows one of the most basic necessities of civilization, indoor plumbing, to decay while money is literally spent on wine, clowns, and magicians.