This Video About Dropping a Brick Is Worth a Few Laughs and 67 Million Gallons of Water

Part poop joke, part drought relief

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If you're going to drop an upper-decker, you might as well help fight a drought in the process.

"Drop A Brick" is a nonprofit Indiegogo project created by a partnership of several California businesses, including San Francisco agency BarrettSF, that encourages you to buy an eco-friendly rubber brick filled with hydro-gel that expands 200 times its size when water is added. Putting the brick in the top tank will displace half a gallon of water, saving about 50 gallons a week for a family of four.

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