Hi guys, Atelier here.
Now, as we all know, the world is made up of many different types of people. From continent to continent we speak different languages, wear different clothes, and have fascinatingly disparate cultures. However, you may not also know that the human race has an impressive diversity of contraptions for depositing our waste products, of both the liquid and solid variety.
I will take you by the hand (but please, don't forget to wash them after we've finished) as we look at the many different varieties of toilet out there.
Squat Toilet
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Squat-toilet-with-tank.jpg)
This here is a squat toilet. As the name suggests, one positions themselves over it in a frog-like fashion for delivery of waste. The squat toilet is most commonly found in Africa and Asia, although they can be found elsewhere - believe it or not, the one pictured is actually in Michigan, USA!
Chemical Toilet
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Portable_toilet01a.jpg)
Found worldwide, the chemical toilet is invaluable at concerts and building sites, where there is no established sewage system. The body is positioned similar to how you would use a flush toilet (see below).
Flush Toilet
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Toilet_370x580.jpg)
This is a typical flush toilet, and could be said to have a monopoly on the toilet world. Many of you will be familiar with the design. Some have two different power settings, which allows the user to respond to the situation in accordance with its severity.
Wow, what a fascinating variety of toilets we humans have produced! If you would like to learn more, there's probably a subreddit for this kind of thing. Atelier out.
I am most appreciative of Atelier for starting this long-overdue topic. I actually learned a lot at the beginning of the OP about squat toilets! But surely there are more than just the three varieties of toilets listed above....:P For a species of remarkably similar anatomy across ethnic lines and national borders, I was always led to believe that humanity was infinitely inventive when it came to disposing of the waste that anatomy must regularly expel.
This is my personal favourite:
(http://www.strangetravel.com/images/content/150136.jpg)
When I was a kid we had to freeze our bums off sitting on the bumper! This looks 1000% more comfortable. Of course this kind of toilet works best on isolated back roads and up in the bush, not something you'd want to try, say, on a driveway or a parking lot. ;)
I'm surprise that someone will find the Squat Toilet weird. It's everywhere here. :tongue:
Quote from: Iceboty V7000a on Tue 20/05/2014 06:33:27
I'm surprise that someone will find the Squat Toilet weird. It's everywhere here. :tongue:
Same goes for Pakistan. Although, I'm noticing an increasing number of flush toilets (commonly known here as: western toilets) too. Mainly, they are used by older and/or weak people who find difficulty in squatting.
Also, when we are discussing Squat Toilets, how can we forget Lota (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lota_%28vessel%29)? :grin:
[imgzoom]http://i00.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/137156584/PLASTIC_LOTA.jpg_250x250.jpg[/imgzoom]
People don't use toilets. Toilets do.
I'm sorry, am I in the wrong thread?
Back here civilians must build their own toilets, it's mandatory.
Here's my lovely crafted toilet made by this here hands:
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm54/miguel20000/toilet_seat2_zpsc2cb8fe5.jpg)
Notice how I cleverly wrote NO on the seat? Means NO it's a NO! I'm the only one to use it!
Do you think it's funny?
You wouldn't if your alternative was the community toilets (lots of fun but a bit messy):
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm54/miguel20000/toilet_seat1_zpsb65ad8a5.jpg)
Extra points if you could take a dump while in the air! Good times!
I'm in Japan where this is a common sight.
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f349/Captain_Stu/Japan/Hotel%20Room/STA60039.jpg)
The warm seat and bum-squirter mean hours of cosy, sexy fun.
Quote from: Stupot+ on Tue 20/05/2014 11:13:20
I'm in Japan where this is a common sight.
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f349/Captain_Stu/Japan/Hotel%20Room/STA60039.jpg)
The warm seat and bum-squirter mean hours of cosy, sexy fun.
I envy you so much!
QuoteI envy you so much!
Hey! What's wrong with my toilet? Do you prefer the shit baths of the second image?
Seat warming seems like a nice feature, although I'd need more details about this "bum squirting" before I sign on for that... :-\ The rustic charm of Miguel's home-made toilet seems quaint, but I'm secretly disappointed that he didn't get adventure-game creative with some sort of needlessly complex but hilariously ingenious plumbing arrangement. Similarly, I would find it more sporting if there was some sort of fraying or burning rope that could be used to swing over the communal cesspool, but to each his own. (roll)
To the opposite end of the technology spectrum, can somebody please explain me this:
(http://img.izismile.com/img/img2/20090924/iss_toilets_00.jpg)
In my country you only find squat toilets in gas stations and old bars.
Quote from: Baron on Wed 21/05/2014 02:40:27
To the opposite end of the technology spectrum, can somebody please explain me this:
(http://img.izismile.com/img/img2/20090924/iss_toilets_00.jpg)
in space noone can hear you fart!
especially when all fluids, more or less stable stuff, sounds and smells get sucked in!
after 'Alien', 'Lost in space' and 'Sharktopuss in space', the new horror shocker:
diarrhea in space!
and on a slightly more serious note, can you even get diarrhea on the ISS when you arrive there in stable condition, don't bring any viruses with you and your ugly food can basically never rot away as it is packaged for eternity. Can there even grow mold on food when there are no spores around in the first place?
about that 'bum' squirting, the ladies will probably enjoy this too ;)
Quote from: Baron on Wed 21/05/2014 02:40:27
(http://img.izismile.com/img/img2/20090924/iss_toilets_00.jpg)
It's obviously a ten cock toilet. Political correctness and all. And in any case. I don't like change! You'll have to grab a flush toilet from my COLD DEAD HANDS!
Quote from: selmiak on Wed 21/05/2014 16:25:23
Can there even grow mold on food when there are no spores around in the first place?
There's plenty of Spore in space. Mr. Molyneaux saw to that. Some are cock-shaped.
Quote from: selmiak on Wed 21/05/2014 16:25:23
about that 'bum' squirting, the ladies will probably enjoy this too ;)
Indeed they can. There are separate settings for ãŠãÂâ€"ã‚Š(oshiri) which targets the anus and ãÆ'“ãÆ'‡(bidet) which the ladies can enjoy.
Thank you for the wkind words of appreication guys, I'm very galf to know that you appreciate the wondeful collection of Crapparian devices as I do. I certainly would not put any of my orificies close to something with as many high pressure d tubes as that picutre illustrates.
cheers atelier :-D
Quote from: Atelier on Fri 23/05/2014 00:03:19
Thank you for the wkind words of appreication guys, I'm very galf to know that you appreciate the wondeful collection of Crapparian devices as I do.
Hafl Live 3 confirminated! 8-0
I just want to say that vacuum anal devices are forbidden in my country.
Quote from: miguel on Sat 24/05/2014 00:47:41
I just want to say that vacuum anal devices are forbidden in my country.
And I was just thinking to myself this morning: "
Self, what do you think the chances are that Miguel will get into trouble with the customs agents at the border of his country when he tries to cross with his impressively diverse collection of vacuum anal devices?" :P
Hm, yes, I was wondering when you'd ask, Herr Baron.
My vastly knowledge of personal disguises allowed me to create the perfect way in and out of the country. As a onion seller I can carry my impressive and diverse collection of vacuum anal devices inside a cart pulled by Armenian associates.
Or not. There's no way of telling if I, Miguel, am telling the truth or a decoy lie to fool internet custom agents. Ha!
Quote from: miguel on Sat 24/05/2014 08:28:51
There's no way of telling if I, Miguel, am telling the truth or a decoy lie to fool internet custom agents. Ha!
Lies within lies.... Your James Bond lifestyle will one day lead you to be tied to a stainless steel table with a laser beam slowly inching closer to severing your testicles. ;) But so long as you live in the Now, things are good: illegal vacuum anal devices galore! :=
Here's another high-tech marvel. I understand that it will keep public urinals much more sanitary in future, probably because people will just hold it instead of risking a HAL moment while it's their turn.... (wrong)
(http://www.oddballdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/7-robot-toilet.jpg)
I can't let you do that, Dave!
Damn! Don't know if the name's Dave or not, but that toilet looks better than the girls working at my regular whore house! Yeeehaaaa! :=
Baron, those techno-toilets of yours belong in a Charlie Foxtrot game.
Meanwhile, this toilet in Thailand has a strict no-peper policy.
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ad41/l2vups4omn51xozfg.jpg)
Quote from: Baron on Mon 26/05/2014 03:10:01
(http://www.oddballdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/7-robot-toilet.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaC0vNLdLvY&t=1m15s
I see these "trough toilets" at concerts and things sometimes:
(http://s3.media.squarespace.com/production/1355031/16118201/.a/6a00d8341dfb4b53ef0105365f071d970c-500wi)
Always have to wait for someone else to use it first to make sure I'm not peeing in the sink.
Don't have any pictures, but in some public places I've seen those "trough toilets", but as only one, built into the wall, all along the wall, with a slope going from one end to the drain at the other end. So....everyone pissed into one "container", and the piss would combine with everyone else's piss and go down the drain in a river of urinity. Pleasant image!
I'm not the sort of person to take pictures of toilets (nor did I hang about in there longer than necessary), so I don't have pictures, though.
My old "Junior High" (7th and 8th grade) had those "trough toilets"... I always opted for the stall. There were two of them if I remember right. I'd be damned if I was going to pee next to someone else with no divider @_@
Quote from: monkey424 on Mon 26/05/2014 13:15:48
Baron, those techno-toilets of yours belong in a Charlie Foxtrot game.
If the power goes out, it would add a whole new dimension to an "escape the room" sequence! ;)
The environmentalist in me likes the idea of the trough toilet: as long as there are enough tributaries, there's no need to waste any water flushing. := But, in order for it to work, folks like Snake have to step up and
squirt pull their own weight. Otherwise it's just another tragedy of the commons scenario.... (wrong)
I wonder how many households pets have ever mistaken chamber pots for drinking bowls.
Quote from: Atelier on Tue 27/05/2014 16:22:29
I wonder how many households pets have ever mistaken chamber pots for drinking bowls.
(http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131107225712/mlp/images/b/b0/Brain_bleach.jpg)
For all you pet lovers....
(http://www.vanwijst.com/games/Published/fish_toilet.jpg)
;-D
What happens to the fish when you flush?
Yesterday I was in a shopping centre and went to the toilet. There was a squat toilet and an electric sexy bum-squirter in adjacent cubicles and I was about to take a photo of the pair when I heard someone dispensing toilet roll in a third cubicle, and ran out. I'll go back some day soon to get that elusive snap.
I travel for work at textile mills in Mainland China, and so I've been forced to at least have a technique for the dreaded hole in the floor; I also come armed as it is BYOP. Once I heard a weird buzzing sound near one of these holes, walked over for a glance, and was ambushed by 1000 flies (God knows what they had been feasting on) that came pouring out and was chased out of the restroom.
Yep, Japanese toilets are my favorites.
Imo the fish toilet is just downright cruel. The ones in the seat basically live their life in two dimensions, not to mention they're pretty much eternally suspended, staring into a vortex that could swallow them up!
Quote from: Stupot+ on Wed 28/05/2014 03:55:52
I'll go back some day soon to get that elusive snap.
I've heard but few men claiming to see it, lesser still have managed to capture it in its natural habitat. I wish you luck!
....and now, presented for your consideration, the ice toilet:
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01689/ice-toilet_1689920i.jpg)
I've melted my name into more than a few snowbanks in my day (and if I've had a few beer, I can usually manage to dot the i's and cross the t's as well ;-D ), so I'm a little confused about the actual functionality of this model. Let's just say you probably don't want to be the last guy in line. ;) This particular model appears to be in South Korea, where apparently brown shirt-tails are very fashionable.... (roll) Still, better to crap into the back of your coat than to catch a chill, I suppose.... :P
Quote from: Baron on Thu 29/05/2014 03:08:31
....and now, presented for your consideration, the ice toilet:
I think you got that wrong, Baron. This is clearly the home of a wealthy, well-off polar bear, and what you thought was a toilet is, in fact, his priced, stylish kitchen device. Probably a blender.
Or maybe the bear is also BATMAN and this is the place where he grows his sidekicks. Robin, y'know? That could be a lab. A fancy, icy, Bat-Icebear-Man Cave lab.
Maybe Mr. Frost helped design it.
__
EDIT:
Maybe that IS Mr. Frost! As a kid!
That's how he got his powers, by sitting on Batman's icy toilet!
Brrrr.. :(
I'd expect there'd be some major goolie shrinkage going on there with poor old mr freeze on batman's ice loo!
But think how incredibly fertile those goolies would become. :=
What?
Now Switzerland has figured out how to design a toilet that cures constipation: I've soiled myself just looking at the picture! (nod)
(http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Awesome+toilet.+I+want+same+one+Subscribe_1a8f11_3521295.jpg)
My weird sense of humour made think of a terrible joke involving a famous driver naming that model, glad I didn't post it because...you know...bad karma and shit...
Instead, I bring you this, on a much brighter note:
What looks like a cardboard set is actually a virtual simulator and pretty much everything can happen:
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm54/miguel20000/ski_suit_zpsf561bc21.jpg)
Once you take a sit you're in for a trip!
Do you know why Doom is in 1st person perspective?
That space marine. He's sitting on a toilet the whole time.
He pushes it around on tiny wheels with his big beefy arms.
That's also why the "urnhg" sounds when checking for secret doors is so convincing.
He's trying to get rid of that huge huge caber.
I see your ripped spandex + thong and raise you a prude-gate.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j5drrY4OKcc/Tc6eQzdRJaI/AAAAAAAAAZA/WhcvDOiflbg/s1600/Funny+toilet+design+picture+%252828%2529.jpg)
I mean, seriously, what is the gate concealing from my imagination? Has civilization advanced so far in other parts of the world that people cringe at the sight of the clothed back end of a guy taking a leak in public? (roll)
I look at your picture with fear and disgust. I imagine the spatter of urine and it's not a pretty thing. I hope those shoes aren't Italian and that the picture the man is facing is not porn or pron or a poster of Tron.
Here's my contribution:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SY4wXTkOtEA#t=25
Quote from: Khris on Mon 09/06/2014 11:59:48
Here's my contribution:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SY4wXTkOtEA#t=25
Finally a chance to use this emoticon: :-X
I saw this a few months ago:
(http://f.kulfoto.com/pic/0001/0026/rMrZ425023.jpg)
Quote from: Khris on Mon 09/06/2014 11:59:48
Here's my contribution:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SY4wXTkOtEA#t=25
Oh Man! Brilliant! Her reaction was amazing.
Hey, are there any German Marxists out there who can make any sense out of this one? :undecided:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6226/6347832650_ea2b753588_z.jpg)
Quote from: Baron on Sun 15/06/2014 03:42:35
Hey, are there any German Marxists out there who can make any sense out of this one? :undecided:
Yes. The tagline translates to "All good things come from above". It's a two-storey toilet. The upper door is for management, the bottom one for employees.
So basically, a German employee can rest assured that the management will literally shit on them, and that IS A GOOD THING and he WILL LOVE IT.
It's German humour, so it's not required to be funny. Also it's toilet humour.
And NO, I am not a Marxist.
I think it's international humor...
(http://mikesblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/management-levels.jpg)
Quote from: Ghost on Sun 15/06/2014 03:58:35
It's German humour, so it's not required to be funny.
Silly Germans.... :P ;) I hear you folks are into efficiency over there: this should help! :=
(http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002016507/728478791_Velorution20_20Toilet20Tricycle_xlarge.jpeg)
On the theme of efficiency, statisticallt we spend 3 months of our life on the toilet, and think of how that extra time could be used. Well, the clever Twairwnese have come up with a toilet themed restaurant in order to full that time.
See here, with probably even more bad English than this post: http://www.moderntoilet.com.tw/en/about.asp
I know I'll spend much more time on the toilet. It's a good place to think things over.
Quote from: miguel on Fri 20/06/2014 01:42:12
It's a good place to think things over.
It's true: I often get some of my best game puzzle ideas while sitting on the toilet. Like the inaugural puzzle in Charlie Foxtrot, where you have to escape the floating death droid by flushing yourself down the alien toilet, or the prank-flushed Archaeology Cowboy VHS puzzle in Blue Lobe Inc., or the whole Besieged game about a medieval dung-shoveller. Wait.....am I a one-trick pony? 8-0
I love sitting on the toilet. Reading, doing sudoku etc. I guarantee I've already done more than 3 months worth.
I was thinking about this, in films and stuff people always sit and read on the toilet. I can't comprehend why it takes enough time to warrant sitting down with a full-on novel. Like, yall dudes been skipping on fibre.
(http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/pulpfiction-travoltaontoilet.jpg)
Is this the normal thing to do? Is it more about the "ride rather than the destination"? Have I been toiletting wrong all these years? Am I abnormal?
From my observations, the maximum time you can spend in a toilet is: Half an Hour. Hence I believe this time is enough to read a newspaper and/or a booklet.
Human life is short. Our time is finite. It's best that we should make most of our time and multitask as much as possible.
I've read Joyce's Ulysses on the toilet.
I will often take a book or puzzle with me, sit in the bog, do the business within 30 seconds, and then proceed to sit there for upwards of half an hour. Sometimes, if its a bad one, I'll even flush and wipe first and then sit back down. (laugh)
Quote from: Stupot+ on Fri 20/06/2014 12:17:11
Sometimes, if its a bad one, I'll even flog and whip first and then sit back down. (laugh)
Why not just sit it on the naughty step? (roll)
...you people! YOU PEOPLE!
You know what so much unnecessary extra time on the toilet means? PILES!
ARE PILES WORTH GOOD TOILET PUZZLES?!
(http://cdn2.stbm.it/zingarate/gallery/foto/le-toilets-piu-strane-del-mondo/wc-ghigliottina.jpeg?-3600)
Ah yes, a wonderful example of a French urinal circa the Revolution.
and there I thought it was portuguese...
I prefer it to be a bit more comfy like Atelier :grin:
(http://www.lachfabriek.nl/plaat3d/funplaat2/a-f-b3.jpg)
I'm not sure I like all that wiring, though.
If you might be able to convince yourself for making an exception and sit,
there's no risk for accidentally peeing on a wire :grin:
super absorbing toilet, no need to flush:
(http://www.mindjunker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/513.jpg)
Quote from: selmiak on Fri 20/06/2014 16:58:57
and there I thought it was portuguese...
It's close, very close.
OK, what's with the scissor seat here? Anybody?
(http://www.copleymovie.com/Magic/SmallPics/9.6.13/ScaryToiletSeat.jpg)
Seems kinda.... dangerous to me. Is it from Portugal?
IS that for the heavyweights?
It's probably designed to benefit men from the tedious task of lifting the seat to piss. That's some pretty tough shit these women expect from us.
Yup, that's Portuguese.
No, I think it's a ball rest - one arm for each ball.
(http://southparkstudios.mtvnimages.com/shared/downloads/images/season-14/1403/1403_randyWheelBarrowA.jpg)
Another Portuguese one:
(http://funny-pics-fun.com/wp-content/uploads/Toilet-Peace-And-Relaxation-13.jpg)
I picture this being carried by a James Bondesque type in a suit, going into an enemy office to wage a bit of "dirty" war. (laugh)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sbpVmwun9bg/SS0y43TiZuI/AAAAAAAAA5c/4LLWGBdl2hQ/s1600/gottagobriefcase198ca6ck5.jpg)
The world needs to Weird Foreign Toilet thread now more than ever.
This is probably from one of those "high-density" countries where space is at a premium....
(http://axisofinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/0031.jpg)
Don't cross the streams!
That's just so not Portuguese, dudes! Men caught pissing crossways would have their testicles removed in the moment!
It's effectively the peelympics equivalent of the 7-10 split. :P
I like how there's like a foot and a half (45cm) between the one corner urinal and its nearest neighbour to the right. But edge it over a bit to open up some space? No way! Peeing right next to another dude would just be too weird!
Quote from: Baron on Tue 08/07/2014 23:28:37
But edge it over a bit to open up some space? No way! Peeing right next to another dude would just be too weird!
I'd like to wager that it's poorly planned blueprints and a plumber who either has a sick sense of humor by plumbing in the urinal regardless of the error, or is dumb as shit and abides by the prints faithfully.
Edit: My brother is a framer who builds houses, and he has mentioned of numerous occasions where plans are so messed up that inside doors wouldn't fully open due to hitting a wall, or staircases that would only have a few feet of head clearance if he completely followed the plans. Luckily for his builders, he isn't that dumb or crude.
I also have to say this is my favorite thread! ;)
I just remembered this funny moment from An Idiot Abroad - the China episode.
Karl Pilkington (a.k.a. the idiot abroad) visits a Chinese public toilet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTyxo5j4Hug&feature=kp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTyxo5j4Hug&feature=kp)
And for those who can't access Youtube (e.g. People's Republic of China): http://www.mediafire.com/watch/jkd0f8luzxf7f2i/An_idiot_abroad_-_Toilets_in_China.mp4 (http://www.mediafire.com/watch/jkd0f8luzxf7f2i/An_idiot_abroad_-_Toilets_in_China.mp4)
I am familiar with the squat toilets in Beijing, but don't recall seeing any stalls without a door! Karl must just be lucky. :-D
Open up!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XU9x8G7khv0/Sf4eLLpgb6I/AAAAAAAACo8/8lGH50uDxAM/s400/cool_toilet_5.jpg)
Bollocks, sorry, cocked up my posting. Ignore this post..
Quote from: Baron on Tue 08/07/2014 04:41:00
The world needs to Weird Foreign Toilet thread now more than ever.
This is probably from one of those "high-density" countries where space is at a premium....
(http://axisofinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/0031.jpg)
That toilet would be perfect on a 3-legged pub-crawl!
Quote from: Ryan Timoothy on Thu 10/07/2014 01:29:20
Open up!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XU9x8G7khv0/Sf4eLLpgb6I/AAAAAAAACo8/8lGH50uDxAM/s400/cool_toilet_5.jpg)
Don't make it laugh or it blows piss out its nose. :P
It looks like you flush this by pressing the gem on his forehead.
Please tell me it IS so. If we can somehow turn that into a Pawlow's Reflex, hilarity WILL ensue.
Is Pawlow Pavlov? I guess that makes sense.... So, whenever you ring a bell the toilet dude salivates (thereby flushing)? This hilarity requires slightly more explanation, my good Ghost. ;)
Quote from: Baron on Sat 12/07/2014 03:02:29
This hilarity requires slightly more explanation, my good Ghost. ;)
Well, let's assume there are many of these toilets.
And you need to press that jewel on the guy's forehead in order to flush.
Cue people learning from the ground up that, when you see a guy with a jewel on his forehead, you MUST PRESS IT.
Hilarity ENSUES.
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I should stop posting at 4 am. My brain's not really up to the task anymore.
(http://cdntrickster.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/mens-restroom-toilet-492x0_q85_crop-smart.jpg)
I would always line up for the shocked face. ;)
I'm more of a measuring tape kind of guy myself.... (roll)
Check out this Australian urinal:
(http://www.vanwijst.com/games/Published/shark.jpg)
Australian sharks pee from their mouth...
Why GARGOYLES hate their job.
(http://www.bestwestern.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/best-western-the-croft-hotel-darlington1.jpg)
The cafe where you get the best of both worlds...
(http://img.youtube.com/vi/ZkQfgcw-1JU/0.jpg)
...and where you're served with STYLE.
(http://www.impactlab.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/curry-toilet.jpg)
That reminded me, one of the pubs in my former village has you pissing into the bell of a tuba.
(https://fbcdn-photos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-0/10463889_10152621194056495_2569228649840546106_n.jpg)
Quote from: Baron on Tue 15/07/2014 02:15:33
I'm more of a measuring tape kind of guy myself.... (roll)
Check out this Australian urinal:
Spoiler
(http://www.vanwijst.com/games/Published/shark.jpg)
Gurok: Look what's happening in your country. Why didn't you know of this one already? What the fuck are you doing, for the sake of God, dude? >:( :P
Here's a little contribution of mine. I don't know its whereabouts but it does seem useful:
(http://www.fun2video.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mobile-toilet-funny-style.jpg)
Also, this image perfectly describes the "rent-a-toilet" scenario in Pakistan. I'd say the photo is outdated, since they are charging 10 times more now! But it's still true, nevertheless. (laugh)
(http://pakistaniat.com/images/toilets-pakistan.jpg)
Can you guess what does "long" and "short" toilet mean? ;)
The long toilet is for distance shooters, the short one for speed gushing? :P
Here's a creative and convenient TP hanging idea. Well, convenient so long as you aren't using the toilet for "short" purposes. :P
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQtH3Ch5pbBN7xoTlMeEs2XCmB-g9cg7PxOiY6J9pgNGR_trrhwYw)
World is indeed sooo unfair (http://s7.directupload.net/images/user/140719/vbhwsbuq.gif)
(http://kuwaitiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/captivemedia-toilet-game.jpg) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/embed/smpEmbed.html?playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fplaylists.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftechnology-15923434A%2Fplaylist.sxmlitle=Toilet%20technology%20targets%20boredom%20in%20the%20men's%20urinals&product=news)
click it for the news about those
Quote from: Baron on Sat 19/07/2014 03:03:52
Here's a creative and convenient TP hanging idea.
Hmm... another flaw is, it's not hard to imagine some circumstances where you don't know how much paper is "live", ie how many sheets you'll rip off. If the live section is hanging vertically without any user support, any subsequent user input may cause another unwanted sheet to dispense into the live section. Industry experts have known about this problem for years.
Edit: more importantly, why is he sitting there with his trousers on?
Quote from: Tabata on Sat 19/07/2014 04:49:37
(http://kuwaitiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/captivemedia-toilet-game.jpg) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/embed/smpEmbed.html?playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fplaylists.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftechnology-15923434A%2Fplaylist.sxmlitle=Toilet%20technology%20targets%20boredom%20in%20the%20men's%20urinals&product=news)
Why can they think up an awesome idea like touchscreen technology over a urinal, but not wall mounted hand-sanitizer next to it? :-\
Quote from: Atelier on Sat 19/07/2014 10:18:34
Edit: more importantly, why is he sitting there with his trousers on?
Those "jeans" are actually ass-less chaps: PM Ponch for details. ;)
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/67be/yrzr1u8nllaqs46fg.jpg)
Could have alternatively gone in the 'mug shots' thread.
Here's a simple solution to the squat toilet mention early on...
Found this yesterday in a Ramen shop in Kamogawa.
It's the same thing but on a raised step so that if you really wanted to, you could sit on it like a normal person.
(https://fbcdn-photos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-0/10553527_10152633994076495_699613606696953715_n.jpg)
Also couldn't resist the selfie opportunity... But I did resist the urge to poo in it before taking the picture.
Quote from: Stupot+ on Mon 21/07/2014 00:35:39
But I did resist the urge to poo in it before taking the picture.
Let me be the first to commend you, sir, on your most admirable self-restraint. Sometimes urges can be ...powerful. ;)
Also, the Weird Foreign Toilet thread has exceeded 100 posts! I thereby infer that there is hope for the future of humanity yet. :=
Puh-lease, if anyone knows where this is located, send me the address. Better yet, meet me there with a lot of beer and asparagus. :=
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR1eWHFGP953-KMsR-5oghetTMtD2MBmDNyu3oPBewCHYRcrkik)
Quote from: Baron on Mon 21/07/2014 03:10:58
I thereby infer that there is hope for the future of humanity yet. :=
Nope. We're all going DOWN THE DRAIN!!111!
Quote from: Baon on Thu 24/07/2014 02:50:56
Puh-lease, if anyone knows where this is located, send me the address. Better yet, meet me there with a lot of beer and asparagus. :=
Well, peeing in a likeness of Bush is one of the weirdest fetishes I've ever heard of, but live your life how you want to dude.
Well, peeing was one of the things I was going to do to him, yes. Me power! :=
Jaws?
(http://i.imgur.com/rBsWUqu.jpg)
http://imgur.com/gallery/HrOHO
Ok, which one of you made this album?
More: https://cards.twitter.com/cards/ominbo/abax
There's some repetition but some new ones too :-)
I liked the heat-sensitive urinal wall: that's classy. The first thing I'd try is to spell my name, but since I have such a long name you probably don't want to be the guy standing to my right.... :P
I also like that the Weird Foreign Toilet thread has been resurrected. Toilet Power! :=
:shocked::shocked: I am currently living in Australia and I was kicked out rather quickly when it was discovered that I was not wiping down the toilet after every use, not all Australians are this strict I've discovered however some of them are.
Your are expected to bend down and take these wipes called Dettol disinfectant wipes and wipe the top of the toilet where your sweaty back has lay and the bottom and lift it up and wipe under until its pristinly clean, :confused::confused:
Further more, they even have their toilets built into an entirely different room for hygiene issues and you'd better keep the door shut tight after you've taken a big dump and cleaned up the toilet. :tongue::cheesy:
If that's not enough sometimes they just have no room to separate the toilet from its surroundings so they've come up with this space capsule looking shower where you seal yourself inside to take a shower to remove yourself from the apparent poop particles that remain in the air after anyone uses the bathroom.
Toilets are in separate rooms, but nobody expects you to use Dettol wipes to clean the toilet, you just stayed with some freaks. The closest ritual I can think of is cleaning the bowl afterwards if you've got sticky number 2s. I'm sure everyone does that everywhere though. Whew, that's more talking about toilet business than I wanted to do today.
Indeed... The previous 2 houses I stayed in expected things to be kept extremely clean, this third residence is also sticklers for clean, they keep dettol wipes in both bathrooms requesting that each resident wipe the toilet seat after use, because as she put it "nobody wants to sit in your butt sweat", I've begun to think that its just Australian culture to keep everything clean.
I'd be less worried about butt-sweat and floating poo particles, more worried about the redbacks under the seat :-/
funny in my two years here Ive seen about 4 spiders, tho I still check the toilet for spiders ever time lol.
Ah, good old Australia:
(http://s3.vidimg02.popscreen.com/original/33/N3NrQ2RwNW9USUUx_o_giant-toilet-spider-attacks-my-foot.jpg)
You're checking for this, right?
Guys.
You're all just posting pictures of the same stye of toilet with different aesthetic designs.
So here I am now to take this thread up a level.
I hereby give you Chinese old-style public toilets:
(http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608047690322284539&pid=1.7)
(http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608034534839550752&pid=1.7)
(http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608030471798980715&pid=1.7)
(http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608031378034067230&pid=1.7)
Yes those partitioned areas are for shitting, and no they don't have doors.
As you can see, some of them just have a single trough which runs the length of the room, through every 'cubicle'. The flushing mechanism is automatic, so every 30 seconds or so, a big channel of water is let out from the cistern and all the poo is flooded away at once. Sometimes you'll see another person's poo wash by underneath you.
My university campus has toilets a little bit like the 3rd picture, the only difference being that the partitioning is better so you do get 'some' privacy. Not much though. Still no doors.
They made an article (http://indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com/how-to-use-all-the-weird-toilets-you-ll-find-outdoors-1714620265) from this thread. :-D
(http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAcpG2v.img?h=300&w=400&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f)
Hardly foreign to me, as a Canadian, but the rest of the world might get a kick out of it so I thought I'd share.