TFD: How many Penguins fans does it take to flush a toilet?

A bit of fun.

June 1, 2010 at 9:41PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

First off, for those wondering where Clearance Clarence is: the artist is apparently hopped up on pain medication after enduring a softball injury a couple weeks back. He hopes to return to full strength soon and fears he is hallucinating because he saw Michael Cuddyer playing second base last night. And now, for a fun story. From the AP:

The Pittsburgh Penguins are looking for 250 students to help with an important task and there's only one major requirement: You must know how to flush a toilet.

Construction is near completion on the NHL team's new arena, the Consol Energy Center. But like with any new arena or stadium, officials need to simultaneously flush all the toilets and urinals to make sure everything is working. The Penguins are calling the June 10 event the "Student Flush," a spinoff of their popular ticketing program known as "Student Rush."

Students already involved in the ticketing program can enter for a chance to win. Students must be 18 or older to participate in the flush-apalooza.

In all, there will be 400 flushers, including some construction officials, on hand that day.

So apparently these are college kids or super-seniors? Still, if we were of that age and living in Pittsburgh, there is a good chance we would 1) have nothing to do and 2) would go flush a toilet in a new arena just to say we did it. (Image found here).

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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