Sent in by my good friend Emmi. She and Mike want a new house with a bathroom just like this.
Thursday
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
Mr Brainwash, aka MBW, provided an art instillation at the Levi's/Fader Fort for it's temporary 4-day venue during last week's CMJ festival in New York City.MBW is known for creating street art, often consisting of provocative depictions of modern cultural icons, and this new installation is definitely consistent with his bold aesthetic (you can’t really get much bolder than splattered paint on a toilet.)
From Juxtapoz
Friday
Fish and Flush
The Fish 'n Flush is an aquarium for your toilet. According to the manufacturer's site, "Fish 'n Flush... makes a fun-fashion statement for the homeowner who wants to have something unique in the bathroom. It's $299 and fits most standard tank/bowl configurations.
Tuesday
Diaroogle: At last, a toilet search engine
Diaroogle helps you find quality public toilets from your mobile phone. It's for the discerning, on-the-go defecator who is brave enough to use a public bathroom, but still demands a hygienic and private bathroom experience.
Friday
Body of woman, 90, found on toilet in inhabited home
A sheriff's deputy discovered the remains of a 90-year-old woman on a toilet in a house she apparently shared with a woman and two children.
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!)
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
This museum consists mostly of toilet seat lids decorated by Barney Smith, a retired master plumber now in his eighties.
At last count, Smith had 645 toilet seats and lids in his garage at 239 Abiso Avenue in the San Antonio suburb of Alamo Heights (210-824-7791). Each item has a different theme. Some themes are more serious than others. "The last toilet seat I hung up was of the Columbia (space shuttle)," Smith said. "I've got the patch that they wore on the front, nd on the back I've got a newspaper clipping that says 'Columbia Is Lost.'"
Deceased hornets are glued to one toilet seat and lid combination. "Please open slowly, do not disturb," reads the message on the lid. Lift the lid and you see the bugs underneath.
"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.
"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.
Another lid has a photo of Miss America on it. (Miss America probably didn't figure she'd end up being so honored, right?) Another toilet seat lid is covered with dog tags (from dogs, not soldiers), and still another is decorated with somebody's swizzle stick collection of swizzle sticks.
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.
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.
Ironically, the museum has no bathroom. "I got plenty of toilet seats, but no toilet," Smith admitted.
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