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About as Funny as a Fart in a Spacesuit

Nick Gillespie | 5.28.2008 11:52 AM

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The main toilet aboard the International Space Station has broken down, forcing the three crew members to use the loo on the Soyuz escape craft that's permanently attached to the ISS, according to various media reports.

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  1. ?   17 years ago

    I'm glad they had a backup plan.

  2. irritant   17 years ago

    'Cause as anyone who's been to Wal-Mart's bathrooms knows, privately funded bathrooms never break down. If the ISS had been privatized, the bathrooms would smell like vanilla in the morning and lilac in the afternoon.

  3. Other Matt   17 years ago

    'Cause as anyone who's been to Wal-Mart's bathrooms knows

    Why am I reminded of Larry the Cable Guy's routine on the guy super glued to the seat in the bathroom?

  4. Guy Montag   17 years ago

    OM,

    I thought that was Home Depot or Lowes? Mighthavebeen WM.

    About as Funny as a Fart in a Spacesuit

    Was all geared up for another climate change thread 🙁

  5. GinSlinger   17 years ago

    What good is an escape craft that is "permanently attached to the ISS"?

  6. Cool Cal   17 years ago

    Reminds me of a joke ...

    What did Mr. Spock find in the toilet of the Enterprise?

    Captain's log.

  7. Guy Montag   17 years ago

    What good is an escape craft that is "permanently attached to the ISS"?

    So the crew always knows where it is?

  8. joe   17 years ago

    Oh, sh*t!

  9. EJM   17 years ago

    Maybe the problems were caused by the kimchi that Yi So-yeon brought along with her.

  10. Citizen Nothing   17 years ago

    Cool Cat, then what's that circling Uranus?

  11. Warren   17 years ago

    Cling-ons

  12. Dee   17 years ago

    Up shit orbit without a toilet. That has to suck. What a shitty situation to be in.

  13. Kim Scarborough   17 years ago

    So these guys trapped themselves... in outer space... with a toilet made in Russia.

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