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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

"What If Everybody in Canada Flushed At Once?"

Posted by on Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:37 PM

It's been said that 16.6 million Canadians watched the gold medal hockey game against the US a couple weeks ago. And last week, a water utility company in Edmonton published a graph of the country's Edmonton's water consumption during that four hour period. As you can see, water usage skyrockets at the end of each period, and plummeted when the game went into sudden death. It's pretty amazing to see how it correlates with the game:

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Read more about it at Pat's Papers.

 

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Julie in Eugene 1
That is pretty damn awesome. I ♥ graphs.
Posted by Julie in Eugene on March 9, 2010 at 1:43 PM
Mahtli69 2
They have flush toilets in Canada?
Posted by Mahtli69 on March 9, 2010 at 1:45 PM
MR. Language Person 3
That's cool, but to be nitpicky, that's just Edmonton. Not the entire nation.
Posted by MR. Language Person on March 9, 2010 at 2:29 PM
Irena 4
Ha ha -- that is hilarious! That was me, all right.

Posted by Irena on March 9, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Will in Seattle 5
@2 - yes, they also have faster Internet speeds.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on March 9, 2010 at 3:33 PM
yelahneb 6
Equally amazing: someone bothered to make this graph.
Posted by yelahneb http://www.strangebutharmless.com on March 9, 2010 at 3:47 PM
STJA 7
HOORAY FOR SCIENCE!!!
Posted by STJA on March 9, 2010 at 3:56 PM
ADoodle 8
More Sewer Sociology: sewer patterns on holidays, http://www.adsenv.com/default.aspx?id=28… and for something less-light-hearted, on 9/11 http://www.adsenv.com/default.aspx?id=28…
Posted by ADoodle on March 9, 2010 at 6:40 PM
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Sir Thomas would be so proud!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crap…
Posted by fickles52 on March 9, 2010 at 7:29 PM

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