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Wednesday
Monday
toilet montage
This is the toilet of an internationally known artist. Can you guess who it belongs to?
Sunday
Japanese Toilet by TOTO
This is of the 'washlet' variety. After you 'go', you can press a button which then releases a nozzle which squirts warm water right where you need it! The first time is a bit disturbing - especially when you don't realise you also need to hit the 'stop' button when you've had enough! - Just think of all the paper that can be saved!
- These toilets are more common in Japan than you think they'll be - even Youth Hostels have them!
Thursday
Friday
Fish and Flush
Tuesday
Diaroogle: At last, a toilet search engine
Friday
Body of woman, 90, found on toilet in inhabited home
Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth charged 35-year-old Tammy Lewis and 57-year-old Alan Bushey on Friday with two felony counts of being a party to causing mental harm to a child. Southworth also charged Lewis with obstructing an officer, a misdemeanor.
According to a criminal complaint filed Friday, Bernice Metz contacted the Juneau County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday and asked if a deputy could check on her 90-year-old sister, Magdeline Alvina Middlesworth. Metz said no one had heard from Middlesworth for some time.
When Deputy Leigh Neville-Neil arrived at the house in the town of Necedah, she encountered Lewis, also known as Sister Mary Bernadett, the complaint said. Lewis initially refused to allow the deputy to check on Middlesworth, telling her Middlesworth was on vacation but she didn't know where or how long she would be gone.
The deputy told Lewis she needed to be sure Middlesworth was alive and well. Lewis began to tear up but told the deputy Middlesworth was fine.
When the deputy asked to come inside again, Lewis told her she had to go in and call her "superior."
When Lewis returned, she seemed calmer, and she let the deputy inside.
The house smelled of incense and burnt wood, had religious materials everywhere and also had religious hymns playing on the stereo, according to the complaint.
Body of woman, 90, found on toilet in inhabited Wis. home
No photos available (Thank God!)
Wednesday
Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum
"These are yellow jackets," Smith said. "One of them stung me on my head, and I just said, 'I'll put you on my toilet seat.' " Now that's what I call a payback.
Smith selected toilet seats as his motif because he has connections in the plumbing supply business who give him damaged toilet seats they can't sell. He said the neighbors don't complain because the garage museum hasn't attracted a lot of tour buses.
Saturday
Known as the Toilet House, this unusual building was designed by Sin Jae Duck to mark the launching of the World Toilet Association (he’s one of the head guys) . Made of steel, white concrete and glass, it looks rather sanitary. If you really need to go, it’s located in Seoul, Korea.
Thanks Sellsius!
Woman sits on boyfriend's toilet for 2 years
Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said a man called his office last month to report that something was wrong with his girlfriend.
Whipple said it appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman’s skin had grown around the seat. She initially refused emergency medical services but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital.
Monday
Union Officials: Supervisor Told Workers to Use Urinal Bags to Cut Down on Bathroom Breaks
The Qwest supervisor handed out disposable urinal bags to about 25 male field technicians so they wouldn't leave the job site to find a public bathroom, according to a Rocky Mountain News report.
"We deal with a lot of silliness in corporate America, but you've got to admit, it takes the freakin' cake," Reed Roberts, a spokesman for the Communications Workers of America, told the Rocky Mountain News.
The supervisor's company says there is no policy that requires workers to use the bags.
"They are there for convenience, and they are there because employees asked for them," Jennifer Barton, a spokeswoman for Qwest, told the Rocky Mountain News.
Qwest and other companies with workers in the field offers portable urinal bags to workers. One of the bags is called "Brief Relief," by San Diego-based American Innotek.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency ordered 2.5 million bags after Hurricane Katrina, said Ryan Hiott, a regional director for Innotek.
From Fox News: Supervisor Told Workers to Use Urinal Bags to Cut Down on Bathroom Breaks