Big Lavatory Concept

Researchers at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences put on their thinking caps and came up with a revolutionary idea. They call it the "Big Lavatory Concept" or BigLavC for short. Their idea is to take existing airplane toilets and make them jumbo sized, so they'll be easier for overweight and disabled people to use. [news.com.au]

I'm all for bigger toilets, but since there's a limited amount of space in an airplane, if you make the bathroom twice the size, won't that mean you'll end up with fewer bathrooms overall? And thus longer lines for the loo?

But of course, I'm being naive. These big bathrooms will probably only be for first-class passengers. And to make room for them they'll get rid of the economy-class toilets entirely and just hand out buckets.

Posted By: Alex - Thu Apr 11, 2013 - Comments (7)
Category: Bathrooms, Flight, Air Travel and Airlines

Swimming in sewage

I'm pretty sure Chuck has reported on other cases of people found swimming in the human waste pits found beneath outhouses, so I'll just offer this recent case as yet another example of how this scenario might occur. An elderly man visiting Carters Lake in Georgia must have thought the outhouses there were some kind of newfangled way of going to the bathroom. Because of sitting down to relieve himself, he stood on top of the toilet seat, slipped, and fell down into the sewage pool below. It was over an hour before people realized he was missing and started looking for him. [Dalton Daily Citizen]

Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 25, 2013 - Comments (2)
Category: Bathrooms, Swimming, Snorkeling, and Diving, Excrement

Follies of the Mad Men #192

I wish Mr. Indigo Blue and Mr. Beamish Bright had become as popular as Goofus and Gallant. What adventures they could have had while conquering constipation!

Original ad here.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 24, 2012 - Comments (4)
Category: Bathrooms, Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1940s

Chocolate Toilet

This chocolate toilet was created by artist Art Domantay and displayed at The Project (Fall 2002 - Winter 2003). He titled it, "Sweet Ass."

But his toilet appears to be missing a toilet seat cover. Never fear. Creative Chocolates of Vermont offers a white-chocolate toilet seat cover for $15.



Note that the chocolate toilet is considered art, whereas the white-chocolate toilet seat cover is just a novelty item.

Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 03, 2012 - Comments (7)
Category: Bathrooms, Food, Chocolate

Post-Poo Drops

Available from Aesop chemists. Only for use after "vigorous activity has occurred in the bathroom." I guess that's a euphemism for 'after you've taken a large and smelly dump.'

Posted By: Alex - Fri May 18, 2012 - Comments (6)
Category: Bathrooms, Scatology, Products, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, Body Fluids, Excrement

Sega’s New ‘Toylet’ Urinal Game

The more you pee, the higher your score. So the obvious strategy is to keep drinking until you're ready to burst, and hope there isn't a line to play the game. (via pcauthority.com.au)

Posted By: Alex - Mon May 07, 2012 - Comments (5)
Category: Bathrooms, Body Fluids

The Toilet Art of Adrian Rodriguez

His art involves spending a lot of time staring into toilet bowls. He calls his creations "toilygraphs."

Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 31, 2012 - Comments (3)
Category: Art, Bathrooms, Photography and Photographers

Hygienic Equipment for Men

Since most men usually wear their pants while using urinals, I can't imagine how this would work without getting their pants wet. Bonus weirdness is the cheesy music, heavily accented narration, and use of a plastic fish as a phallic stand-in.

Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 10, 2012 - Comments (4)
Category: Bathrooms, Hygiene, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, Body Fluids

Last Minute Shopping?

I was originally going to display three or four of the most unique items from Archie McPhee's web store to give you an example of the true weirdness you can find there (vengeful unicorns, remote controlled hopping yodelling lederhosen, bacon bath soap, inflatable toast). But once I started digging deeper to find just the right ones, I realized there was no way I could stick to just a few. My fellow WUvians needed to see all of the zany craziness that McPhee's has to offer. And how can you resist any company whose motto is "Slightly Less Disappointing Than Other Companies". So if you're in need of a last minute gift idea for the weirdo on your list, this is the place for you.

Posted By: Nethie - Tue Dec 15, 2009 - Comments (6)
Category: Animals, Art, Bathrooms, Body, Humor, Shopping, Toys, Candy

Inventions of Buckminster Fuller, Part 4: The Dymaxion Bathroom

This was the finishing touch to Fuller's Dymaxion House.


More in extended >>

Posted By: fyshstyxx - Wed Jun 03, 2009 - Comments (3)
Category: Architecture, Bathrooms, Futurism, Inventions