Toilet Fishing Banned at Winter Olympics

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Laura Vitto
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Toilet Fishing Banned at Winter Olympics
In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, two female toilets sit side by side at the security screening facility outside the Main Press Center at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. Credit: AP Photo

Olympian fishing fans, don't pack your rods just yet.

As the Winter Olympics draw near, athletes are getting settled in Sochi before the opening ceremony on Feb. 7. Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant tweeted this photo of the oddly specific rules for using bathrooms in Sochi. Most notably, officials frown on toilet fishing.

Well that's interesting... Sochi rules in the bathrooms!! #haha #olympics pic.twitter.com/xacSVimwXY— Sebastien Toutant (@SebToots) February 1, 2014

This may be the second strangest find in Sochi's Olympic bathrooms. The first is, of course, its too-close-for-comfort toilets.

Toutant's tweet caused a stir online as fans pondered the fishing rule and offered guesses as to the meaning behind the poster's last panel.

@smartfootball @SebToots I think I’m most intrigued by the fisherman. If you’re fishing in a toilet, fishing may not be for you.— Ty Hildenbrandt (@tyhildenbrandt) February 1, 2014

Sochi rules: Sit up straight. No back-splashing. No puking. No hovering. No fishing. No spiking $5 footlongs pic.twitter.com/SomeeQkGfH— Anthony Crupi (@crupicrupicrupi) February 1, 2014

@smartfootball @SebToots Lower right: "don't draw red x's on the bathroom wall?— CaptainTouchback (@CaptTouchback) February 1, 2014

Bathroom shenanigans should be kept to a minimum, but it would seem that Olympic athletes have better things to do than go fishing in the bathroom plumbing. You know, like dominate in actual sporting events.

BONUS: Games Time: 14 Photos From Sochi as Olympics Approach

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