People of Sweden, why do you build miniature urinals into your rain drainpipes?

  • UPGRAYEDD@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Im assuming this is a joke, but just in case it isnt, those are actually downspout filters. So when leaves/etc get into the downspout, they dont clog the plumbing.

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      13 days ago

      No joke. I never saw this so abundant in other countries or maybe I just never noticed. Thanks for the explanation.

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        13 days ago

        I never really saw them until i moved to portland. I think it has something tondo with downspouts going straight into drains, as opposed to just dumping onto the ground.