It’s the Big Game, and you, like millions of other TV viewers, adamantly wait until halftime to use the bathroom.

According to Scott Tissue, during the halftime of the SuperBowl “more than 350 million gallons of water will flush through our toilets as an estimated 90 million people use their facilities. That amount of flushing equals seven minutes of water flowing over the Niagara Falls.” Actually, they admit that this is a legend, but they’ve created a website to cash in on the legend: halftimeflush.com. However, I don’t know how they arrive at the figure of 350 million gallons. (I assume they’re just making up the figure of 90 million people flushing the toilet.) I thought that the average toilet uses about 2 gallons per flush. In which case, the volume of water used would be closer to 180 million gallons… and so equivalent to only about 3 1/2 minutes of water flowing over Niagara Falls.But where are they getting their facts about the volume of water flowing over Niagara? According to this site, 150,000 gallons per second flows over the American Falls, whereas 600,000 per second flows over the Canadian falls. So, assuming that they’re talking about the Canadian falls, 350 million gallons of water flushed down the toilet would be equivalent to almost ten minutes of water flowing over Niagara.

The SCOTT Clog Clinic, a leading authority on common-sense solutions for eliminating clogged toilets, is back to provide support. This year, SCOTT® Tissue has teamed up with football superstar Mike Ditka to educate people about how choosing the right toilet paper can spell the difference between a quick flush and a big gush. “During the Big Game, the pressure to win is always intense in the locker room,” said Ditka. “And, the thing is, not only does the team feel the pressure, but the fans and their bathrooms do too. See, during halftime, so many johns are flushed, they go into overtime mode. All that water pressure can cause serious clogs so, it’s important to prepare!”

SCOTT “Share Your Cloggiest Moment” Contest.

The SCOTT Clog Clinic invites Americans to share their worst toilet clog disasters in the SCOTT “Share Your Cloggiest Moment” Contest. Emotional trauma loves company and, by visiting the Clog Clinic’s online headquarters at www.ScottClogClinic.com, people can describe their most traumatic clog experiences. Judges will review the entries and select the Cloggiest Moment of 2007. The grand prize? SCOTT!

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