Presenting the
NUMI by
Kohler. With features like programmable colored LED lighting, bluetooth for music streaming and custom playlists America is finally catching up in the so called,
Battle for the Bottom in the high end toilet wars.
posted by humanfont
on Apr 27, 2013 -
75 comments
Testing toilet flush performance naturally requires the replication of real-world loads. Striving for accuracy, a
Texas A&M study (PDF) evaluated polypropylene balls and Play-Doh sheathed in condoms before settling on a test payload of two
Water Wigglers per flush. In contrast, the
Maximum Performance project (scroll down for photodocumentation of MaP testing procedures) recommends the use of 350-gram specimens of extruded soybean paste ("specimens that float shall not be used").
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posted by bassomatic
on Apr 26, 2012 -
32 comments
Here are two stories about men hiding themselves under toilets for strange/unknown/sexual reasons. [
1] [
2a] [
2b]. NSFW, NSF people who don't want to read about men hiding under toilets.
posted by Meatbomb
on Mar 13, 2012 -
61 comments
Toilet gaming. [bbc.co.uk] When men use a public urinal they are cruelly left in full view, with nothing to do as they answer nature's call. Until now. British company Captive Media thinks it has developed a product that fills a gap in the market - a urinal mounted, urine-controlled games console for men.
posted by Fizz
on Dec 4, 2011 -
87 comments
Current TV
previously & previously, the media company founded by Al Gore after the 2000 election, has picked up the kinds of in depth long form journalism being rapidly dropped by major networks, but has been tantalizingly unavailable for those without cable; until now. They have been putting their Vanguard episodes up on their website and on YouTube.
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posted by Blasdelb
on Apr 30, 2011 -
24 comments
In April of 2007, College Humor conducted
an informal poll of their readership's
(ahem) wiping habits. This month, Drew Magary re-examines the results of that "study" for Deadspin, and comes to
the same shocking conclusions.
(Note: These links contain bathroom-related discussions that those with more delicate sensibilities probably won't enjoy.) [more inside]
posted by juliplease
on Dec 16, 2009 -
316 comments
Why do men pee standing up? To summarize, the author thinks there's too much messy splatter when you stand up. He makes this point by starting with an Adam and Eve story, then clarifies that he too used to pee standing up, then discusses possible reasons, then shares a messy personal story, then writes another paragraph, then another, then another ...
posted by jragon
on Sep 15, 2007 -
107 comments
Toto are marketing the
Washlet in America. A nicely designed site without any scatological references. Possibly NSFW intro.
[flash]
posted by tellurian
on Jul 12, 2007 -
50 comments
"Fortunately nobody was using the toilets when the fire broke out and there were no injuries," a company spokesman said.
"The fire would have been just under your buttocks." The
flaming toilets of Japan! Of course, if these kinds of problems with new-fangled techno-toilets continue, people might be advised to go back to the
traditional Japanese toilet. In which case, this refresher course in
How to Use Japanese Style Toilet Bowel [
sic] might come in handy. Happy squatting!
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Apr 19, 2007 -
24 comments
Urinal Sculpture - beautiful targets. (I think this site stands on its own. However, if you are in dire need and one of these lovelies is just too fare to run, here is a
guide to your local loo, or even better yet your loo on the run. For the true loooligist
this compendium is sure to satisfy.)
posted by caddis
on Aug 19, 2006 -
30 comments
The problem with public restrooms; a monologue for both
men and
women. [Flash animation; no pun intended].
posted by Effigy2000
on Jul 1, 2006 -
22 comments
This story made me wonder a bit. I'd never thought to wonder where all those old toilets disappear to. Maybe some lost tribes are out there right now hunting with the
remnants of these devices, which seem to have a
rich history.
Disclaimer.
posted by IronLizard
on Nov 8, 2005 -
16 comments
I have always viewed those large home improvement warehouse stores as dangerous places, but not exactly for
this reason. Whew.
posted by terrier319
on Nov 3, 2005 -
34 comments
Oh! that I were a T---d, a T---d,
Hid in this secret Place,
That I might see my Betsy's A----,
Though she sh--t me in my Face.
(Written under this in a Woman's Hand)
'Tis Pity but you had your Wish, E. W.
Boghouse (public toilet) poetry from 18th century london.
posted by Kickstart70
on Jun 26, 2005 -
27 comments
