Two and a half pounds of carrots. Four complete chess sets. Three pounds of gummi bears. Eighteen large hot dogs. Three and a half pounds of grapes. Twenty golf balls. This toilet is awesome. [more inside]
posted by jbickers on Mar 8, 2009 - 45 comments

Rose George wants you to start talking about waste. And no, she isn't concerned with your recycling habits, your fluorescent light bulbs, or the packaging on your electronics. She's concerned with your, ahem, human waste. Ms. George has written a book on the way both first and third world societies deal with sewage, and now Freakonomics is talking with her about it.
posted by aliceinreality on Nov 24, 2008 - 31 comments

Let's talk crap. An interesting interview about toilets (NSFW, music, talking, interesting) and bathroom habits and expectations. Greasemonkey script for Salon premium-pass.
posted by nevercalm on Oct 20, 2008 - 25 comments

Tired of getting busted for illegally peeing* in New York City? Try Diaroogle.com, a toilet search engine that "helps you find quality public toilets from your mobile phone." [more inside]
posted by dhammond on Aug 6, 2008 - 40 comments

The Incinolet (possible product name: The Crap Zapper!) is a waterless toilet which, according to its fans, is cleaner, less expensive, and more eco-friendly than its counterparts because it uses fire instead of water.
posted by fandango_matt on Sep 15, 2006 - 47 comments

Big John vs. Great John.
posted by me3dia on Dec 23, 2004 - 83 comments

A lesson every woman needs to learn. I myself practise "hovering" and what the article leaves out is how it can work wonders for one's thigh muscles (ha ha). Seriously, for women, going to the bathroom is a complicated process.
posted by livingsanctuary on Dec 3, 2004 - 52 comments

"A WTO conference has begun in Beijing." No, not that WTO. This WTO. Love that logo...
posted by gimonca on Nov 19, 2004 - 9 comments

dogblog, bogblog, fogblog, cogblog, logblog, zogblog, jogblog, yogblog, gogblog, wogblog, nogblog, vogblog, hogblog, smogblog, frogblog.
posted by reklaw on Aug 10, 2004 - 28 comments

The Australian National Public Toilet Map.
posted by hama7 on Jul 6, 2004 - 7 comments

The Writings on the Stall :: a new compendium of bathroom graffiti
posted by anastasiav on Apr 16, 2004 - 17 comments

Toilets of the World :: a photoblog, sort of...
posted by anastasiav on Apr 5, 2004 - 6 comments

Climb on Board Seemingly in line with the tenor of much of the discussion here lately, I present for your delectation World Toilet Day 2003 on Nov. 19, brought to you by the folks at the World Toilet Organization. My good buddy AL's on board....
posted by Pressed Rat on Nov 17, 2003 - 4 comments

Antique Loos from the Thomas Crapper Company.
posted by angry modem on Nov 11, 2003 - 5 comments

You've got to be impressed by Smith College's Brown Fine Arts Center. Not only do they have traveling shows, permanent works, and student installations, they've got one thing few other museums can boast: Restrooms As Functional Art. Check out the photos to see the different ways the men's and women's rooms became works in an of themselves.
posted by mathowie on Sep 16, 2003 - 13 comments

Hey, Asswipe! Sadly, there's a dearth of literature on toilet hygiene. Here in Portugal, being a clean-living people, after wasting a forest of bunched-up paper, we thoroughly wash our arses/asses in a bidet after - pardon my French - taking a dump. Men, it must be said, carefully wipe their dicks with toilet paper after a pee and flush twice. Women, though deprived of dicks in the tradition of old Freudian "penis envy", do the same. I wonder whether this is a universal tradition. Pray tell. Ugh!
posted by MiguelCardoso on Aug 23, 2003 - 84 comments

Filthy secrets of medieval toilets: Featuring the Royal Water Closet of French King John the Fearless. "Lesser mortals of course had less sophisticated apparatus... Some were no more than holes built into the wall, others were primitive outhouses perched with wooden supports onto an upper story. A series of mediaeval illuminations at the exhibition shows that accidents in these contraptions were common." Mon dieu!
posted by eyebeam on Jun 13, 2003 - 9 comments

Urinal Interface Design. Our aim is to keep this place clean. Your aim will help. [via guuui]
posted by kirkaracha on Jan 18, 2003 - 33 comments

The demise of the honey bucket. Many of us take running water and sewage services for granted. The Alaska Dept of Environmental Conservation is slowly converting rural Eskimo villages from a "fill and haul a bucket" sewage/water system to modern services. A fascinating look into the logistics required to bring these services into remote Artic villages.
posted by patrickje on Sep 23, 2002 - 1 comment

Diary for a New America: Because a toilet seat is a terrible thing to waste. Poison drummer Rikki Rockett says the "days of useless acts of hotel destruction are over." Now he's leaving his artistic mark in hotel loos nationwide. See for yourself in the gallery.
posted by acornface on Aug 1, 2002 - 12 comments

Toiletology 101. Everything you wanted to know but were too busy to ask.
posted by Spoon on May 11, 2002 - 8 comments

The iToilet. Oh, it's not like you weren't expecting it. I'm surprised it took this long, actually.
posted by Su on Apr 20, 2002 - 15 comments

Do you support the WTO? No one protested the WTO 2001 Summit. Perhaps because you were too busy going to the bathroom 10 times a day. Don't miss the thousand names contest.
posted by fleener on Dec 23, 2001 - 6 comments

American Standard 6.0L type R Exploring the dark side of heavily modded porcelain. Check it out!
Hurst plunger
Recaro racing seat
50hp dry methane shot
Carbon fiber flush handle
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posted by jonnyp on Dec 6, 2001 - 6 comments

Restrooms of the future! Ladies, now you too can stand up and pee in a urinal. What a concept, where's that piss on Osama screen when you need it?
posted by redhead on Oct 10, 2001 - 6 comments

It's time to potty. First, you might want to drop in on the Toilet Museum. If you're in Tokyo, the Tokyo Toilet Map may come in handy, although the data's a tad stale. Japanese-style toilets are different, but not too difficult to use. Turkish toilets are also different. Just remember to be neat about it and you'll be a-okay!
posted by hijinx on Apr 5, 2001 - 6 comments

Finally, the promise of the internet realized. Your online guide to the best public toilets (by city). Memorize them all.
posted by thirteen on Oct 10, 2000 - 18 comments

School installs unisex toilets The headmaster claims not to have seen Ally McBeal. I have to wonder, though. But let's face it: it's going to be horrific.
posted by holgate on Sep 7, 2000 - 5 comments