Atlanta blogs today: Toilets, mustaches, earwax November 01 2007

We live in an old house that still has a 5 gallon toilet. But you know what? I replaced mine in my bathroom (separate bathrooms: the key to a long and happy marriage) with a 1 gallon toilet and I like it soooo much better. The water jets out with more force, fills up quicker, and I think does a better job.But my plumber loves the 5 gallon one. He tells me you can still get them in Canada.

— Erick at PeachPundit discussing the benefits of separate bathrooms, low-flow toilets, and why Canada is not just cheap drugs, funny accents and Dave Coulier.

If I promise to support Glenn’s tax pony, will he grow back his mustachio? Because he would be taxed if his barber shaved it off for him.

— Flack Attack at Tondee’s Tavern poses a question to state House Speaker Glenn Richardson about the new website advertising the speaker’s pet project, the GREAT tax plan. The site, FA says, is paid for with taxpayer dollars.

You know, I thought we’d hit the bottom of the barrel in politics with the year of the outing of the gay Republicans--Mark Foley having dirty IMs with male teenage pages, Larry Craig trying to get gloryholed in an airport bathroom, etc. but the truth is we apparently have seen absolutely nothing yet. The Australians have actually shocked me in a way I never thought possible with the scandal that is sweeping their Parliament.

— Sara at Going Through the Motions catches us up on the latest scandal keeping all of the Land Down Under atwitter — a politician caught on videotape eating his earwax.