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An internal memo circulated at Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska) Washington office and given to ITK this week contained pungent warnings for Murkowski staffers: Limit Internet use, stop listening to iPods during the day and stop using the inner-office bathrooms.

“This is a subject I always hate to bring up, but if you have a long, magazine-reading bathroom trip planned (and you know what I mean), please go to the public restrooms,” the memo reads. “We don’t want to subject our staff or constituents to any fowl-smelling [sic] odors while they are in the office.”

Murkowski’s spokeswoman, Danielle Holland, sounded nonchalant about the memo and the fact that it was leaked (so to speak). “It went out from our office manager on Friday,” Holland said. “It’s a routine reminder. We’ve got some new staff on board. Just want to make sure everyone is working from the same page. We get stuff like this all the time.”

Asked if foul smells are a problem, Holland replied, “I don’t sit near the restrooms, so I don’t know — and I certainly don’t deal with administrative stuff during the day.”
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