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Title: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: Syt on March 26, 2013, 01:38:13 AM
No.

Stolen from Facebook.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_MOP_SINK_CONFUSION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-25-17-33-31

QuoteIS TENN. CAPITOL SINK FOR MUSLIM FEET WASHING? NO

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Sometimes a mop sink is just a mop sink.

In Tennessee, legislative staffers and building managers have sought to reassure a few concerned lawmakers that recent state Capitol renovations didn't install special facilities for Muslims to wash their feet before praying. State officials say a new sink is instead meant to make it easier for custodial staff to fill buckets and clean mops.

Senate Clerk Russell Humphrey said he had been approached by two lawmakers to inquire about a new basin, which replaced a utility sink that had been mounted higher on the wall.

State Sen. Bill Ketron said he had asked about the change after being approached about it by a fellow Republican, Rep. Judd Matheny. Ketron said the answer dispelled any potential concerns, while Matheny said he couldn't recall raising questions.

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Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: The Larch on March 26, 2013, 07:33:53 AM
Tennesee lawmakers must be really busy if they worry about this kind of things.  :lol:
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: Valmy on March 26, 2013, 07:39:09 AM
Well that was pretty random by Rep Matheny...allegedly anyway since he seems to have forgotten ever voicing concerns about this.
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: Razgovory on March 26, 2013, 09:53:21 AM
Quote from: The Larch on March 26, 2013, 07:33:53 AM
Tennesee lawmakers must be really busy if they worry about this kind of things.  :lol:

Law makers in Tennessee are always on the look out for potential Muslim infiltration.
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: The Larch on March 26, 2013, 10:34:12 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 26, 2013, 09:53:21 AM
Quote from: The Larch on March 26, 2013, 07:33:53 AM
Tennesee lawmakers must be really busy if they worry about this kind of things.  :lol:

Law makers in Tennessee are always on the look out for potential Muslim infiltration.

Of their precious bodily fluids, I guess.
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: fhdz on March 26, 2013, 11:19:54 AM
I'd be more concerned drunk politicians would use it as a urinal.
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: dps on March 26, 2013, 11:51:32 AM
I guess the real problem is that washing is such a foreign concept in Tennessee that they ascribe it to Moslems.
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: Syt on March 26, 2013, 12:33:35 PM
I bet the course of events was:

Matheny: "Seen them there new sinks? What's them so low for? Muslims washing their feet before prayer? LOLOL"
Ketron: "No idea, bubba. I'll better check. LOLOL"

Ketron, to building maintenance: "Btw, what's with them low sinks?"
BM: "It's for cleaning mops, filling buckets, that sort of thing."

Ketron: "The sinks? It's for the cleaning staff."
Matheny: "What sinks again?"
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: Malthus on March 26, 2013, 12:35:39 PM
Heh, I'm reminded of this ad:

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/11/09/is-your-washroom-breeding-bolsheviks/

Muslims: the bathroom bolsheviks of the new millenium.  :lol:
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: Admiral Yi on March 26, 2013, 12:49:06 PM
Matheny?  Ketron?? :unsure:
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: Razgovory on March 26, 2013, 01:02:36 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 26, 2013, 12:49:06 PM
Matheny?  Ketron?? :unsure:

Those are the names in the OP.
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: lustindarkness on March 26, 2013, 01:02:49 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 26, 2013, 11:19:54 AM
I'd be more concerned drunk politicians would use it as a urinal.
That was what I thought when I saw the pic, and I'm not even drunk.  :blush:
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: dps on March 26, 2013, 01:15:21 PM
Note to self:  Never hire Lusti as a janitor--he can't be trusted around a mop sink.
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: derspiess on March 26, 2013, 01:23:38 PM
Quote from: Malthus on March 26, 2013, 12:35:39 PM
Heh, I'm reminded of this ad:

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/11/09/is-your-washroom-breeding-bolsheviks/

Muslims: the bathroom bolsheviks of the new millenium.  :lol:

There's still apparently mileage in Red Scare tactics.  Even a local union got into the act here in Cincinnati recently, connecting the proposed Workplace Freedom Act with "what is done in communist countries"  :D http://protectohiosmiddleclass.org/
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: Admiral Yi on March 26, 2013, 01:33:13 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 26, 2013, 01:02:36 PM
Those are the names in the OP.

Damn.  Those are some fucked up names.
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: mongers on March 26, 2013, 01:38:35 PM
On a practical note, good to see someone has had the forethought to fix a  protective wire mess to ward off damage from metal mop buckets.   :)
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: derspiess on March 26, 2013, 01:49:02 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 26, 2013, 01:33:13 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 26, 2013, 01:02:36 PM
Those are the names in the OP.

Damn.  Those are some fucked up names.

What's wrong with Matheny? I will grant that the other one sounds like a fuel additive.
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: Admiral Yi on March 26, 2013, 02:40:01 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 26, 2013, 01:49:02 PM
What's wrong with Matheny? I will grant that the other one sounds like a fuel additive.

Is it a first or last name?
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: derspiess on March 26, 2013, 02:42:58 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 26, 2013, 02:40:01 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 26, 2013, 01:49:02 PM
What's wrong with Matheny? I will grant that the other one sounds like a fuel additive.

Is it a first or last name?

Last.  Kinda like this one:

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Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: Admiral Yi on March 26, 2013, 02:46:01 PM
My bad.  Thought those were first names.
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: derspiess on March 26, 2013, 02:57:15 PM
:lol:  Give it some time & they will be.  Lord knows people love using last names as first names these days.
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: Valmy on March 26, 2013, 02:58:38 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 26, 2013, 02:57:15 PM
:lol:  Give it some time & they will be.  Lord knows people love using last names as first names these days.

Heck they have loved doing it for centuries :genealogist:
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: fhdz on March 26, 2013, 03:03:36 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 26, 2013, 02:57:15 PM
:lol:  Give it some time & they will be.  Lord knows people love using last names as first names these days.

I actually like "Smith" as a first name.
Title: Re: Is Tennesee Capitol Sink For Muslim Feet Washing?
Post by: derspiess on March 26, 2013, 03:05:06 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 26, 2013, 02:58:38 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 26, 2013, 02:57:15 PM
:lol:  Give it some time & they will be.  Lord knows people love using last names as first names these days.

Heck they have loved doing it for centuries :genealogist:

There's been an uptick recently, if my kid's pre-school is any indication.