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TwoDaLoo, For Couples Who Share Everything
Posted by Charlie White at 2:15 AM on November 29, 2007
It's too far away from April Fools' Day for this to be a joke, so we'll just tell it to you straight: The TwoDaLoo is called a "supertoilet," created to "save rocky marriages and the planet." Not fancy enough for you? Get it with a 7-inch LCD TV and an iPod docking station, so you won't have to look at each other while you pinch a loaf. Hey, wait a minute. Haven't we seen this somewhere before? We have video:
That's where we've seen this before. Saturday Night Live, about ten years ago.
Sure, other cultures have different levels of privacy expectations, and the toilet's site even mentions a $US1400 price, but something's fishy here. Its maker claims a single flush will save water, but that's obviously bullshit because there still needs to be enough water to fill both bowls.
The TwoDaLoo is being offered to wholesalers in a minimum order of 12 units, but this can't be for real. For instance, where do the TV and iPod dock go? We're thinking the Chinese who created this graphic (because there's only one view of it, and it's looking a whole lot like a Photoshop job to us) either have a low, cynical opinion of Americans, a warped yet derivative sense of humor, or both. [WiseRep, via bb Gadgets]
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Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 2:33 PM 28/11/07
Yes... now why don't we start sharing toothbrushes... and also using them to clean the toilet.
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
mikeysnipa
Posted 2:16 PM 28/11/07
finally.
mikeysnipa
samuelk
Posted 2:09 PM 28/11/07
This was originally shown as an SNL parody commercial. It was called the "Love Toilet". The commercial featured Kevin Nealon and Victoria Jackson.
samuelk
sammy baby
Posted 1:31 PM 28/11/07
I'd believe that a single flushing mechanism could save water over two separate ones... if you're using together every time. But if you're going to go solo, you've doubled your water consumption for no good reason.
Also, I can't believe I just responded semi-seriously to this story. What has become of my life?
sammy baby
Munch
Posted 1:17 PM 28/11/07
Only useful after a late-night trip to the burrito joint. Unpleasant, but useful.
Munch
sho38
Posted 12:50 PM 28/11/07
ugh!! 2 girls in a cup to a whole new level!!
sho38
ideaman2020
Posted 12:49 PM 28/11/07
The feng-shui is all wrong.
The couple should be facing each other...
ideaman2020
CaptainKodak
Posted 12:33 PM 28/11/07
Brings a whole new meaning to love seat...
CaptainKodak
fastharry
Posted 12:32 PM 28/11/07
All conceived by a woman to destroy the last vestige of peace and quiet for the man of the family...
fastharry
bueller929
Posted 12:29 PM 28/11/07
@frieze:
please repeat the first line below the video...oh, you already did.
bueller929
antidayjob
Posted 12:29 PM 28/11/07
guess I should read all the comments to avoid the double comment.
antidayjob
antidayjob
Posted 12:28 PM 28/11/07
Umm...that SNL skit was 20 years ago. Yes...you are that old.
antidayjob
ceilingFANBOY
Posted 12:05 PM 28/11/07
@G-Lumps: Sadly, I could only find this transcript.
ceilingFANBOY
matt1978
Posted 11:56 AM 28/11/07
10 years ago? That's Kevin Nealon, let's shoot for more like 20.
matt1978
flyboy
Posted 11:42 AM 28/11/07
Have you seen BA business class?
flyboy
easy2panic
Posted 11:23 AM 28/11/07
Pfff... That's nothing. "Pilot to Co-Pilot" is the way to go (side by side facing the same way).
I couldn't find any pictures of those but I found a picture of a "Pilot to Bombardier"
easy2panic
Mr. Black
Posted 11:12 AM 28/11/07
The fetish market is already all over this...
Mr. Black
dingus
Posted 11:11 AM 28/11/07
Ah... Serendumpity...
dingus
hakubak
Posted 11:10 AM 28/11/07
Do not want.
What kind of sick, twisted freak...?
hakubak
strider_mt2k
Posted 11:08 AM 28/11/07
We have separate bathrooms and it's better that way.
She claims mine has bad water pressure.
Hers doesn't have a fan.
:)
strider_mt2k
gokor
Posted 11:08 AM 28/11/07
I can imagine someone's wife sitting and the guy comes in and has to piss...having some of the backsplash come up and hit her in the face (I know, it's gotta be pretty strong splash, but it could happen).
gokor
stonefry
Posted 11:06 AM 28/11/07
This would go great with some Super Colon Blow.
stonefry
ANoel
Posted 11:05 AM 28/11/07
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
Of a toilet made for poo.
We will go 'tandem'
As man and wife,
Daisy, Daisy!
'Crapping' away
Down the road of life,
I and my Daisy Bell!
(apologies to Harry Dacre, 1892)
ANoel
G-Lumps
Posted 11:02 AM 28/11/07
This is not the first time an SNL commercial parody has become a real product. Shortly after twin-blade razors were introduced, SNL had a parody for a three or four blade razor, can't remember exactly, showing how more razors means a better shave, with the catchline, "because you'll believe anything." I'm sure it's on YouTube somewhere. What could be next? Maybe General Mills with come out with "Quarry."
G-Lumps
BigDanInTX
Posted 11:00 AM 28/11/07
We have two toilets in our house. Only time the other one's used is when the first one's tied up. Fortunately for us all, it is located in ANOTHER BATHROOM!! Using the toilet is not a social time. Besides, we rarely need to resort to the second toilet. MAYBE 4 times a month, we'll both need to go at the same time. Personally, I'd rather have a social bathtub or shower. ;-]
BigDanInTX
weatherman
Posted 10:55 AM 28/11/07
So true.
weatherman
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 10:55 AM 28/11/07
@FredicvsMaximvs: It's not the most comfortable place to sit, yet is strangely the most relieving.
Kaiser-Machead
FredicvsMaximvs
Posted 10:47 AM 28/11/07
I just don't understand peoples' fascination with adding entertainment options to the toilet. It's easily the least comfortable place to sit in the house; why on earth would you want to spend MORE time there?
FredicvsMaximvs
Razta
Posted 10:47 AM 28/11/07
Might help for pottie training
Razta
Evan394
Posted 10:46 AM 28/11/07
do you think that the writers of the original SNL commercial on this are going to get any royalties? Wait, I just answered my own question (have to be sold to equal royalties).
Since when does having twice the water tanks and twice the plumbing (at least until it hits your main sewer line in the basement) save the planet.
Not to mention that so far years of living with my wife has conditioned our bodies NOT to shit at the same time.
SO, I gotta remodel my bathroom and install some new plumbing. We can't even agree on what to watch on TV, now you us to simul-shit?
sheee-IT!
Evan394
origamimavin
Posted 10:45 AM 28/11/07
it's strange that the snl version is more aesthetically pleasing.
origamimavin
Noobs-R-Us
Posted 10:43 AM 28/11/07
This idea stinks, literally.
Noobs-R-Us
frieze
Posted 10:40 AM 28/11/07
Oops. nevermind.
frieze
frieze
Posted 10:39 AM 28/11/07
This is an old saturday night live joke.
frieze
bishopneo
Posted 10:34 AM 28/11/07
Considering some of the odors emanating from the bathroom when my wife goes, saving my marriage is the least of my worries. Especially when it puts my life at risk :)
bishopneo
mwalker05
Posted 10:31 AM 28/11/07
first of all, there are no handles on that toilet to flush with. secondly, there is no leg room on this thing. and thirdly, who installs a toilet in the middle of the bathroom, since thats the only place this could go and give both partners the ability so sit down semi comfortably?
mwalker05
Mayor McRib
Posted 10:22 AM 28/11/07
Put my wife next to me on this thing and you get an rare episode of "Fear Factor" where nobody wins.
Mayor McRib
Michai
Posted 10:21 AM 28/11/07
A rather 'Un'Holy Shit.
Michai
banmojo
Posted 7:53 PM 28/11/07
I actually have no comment to write here....oh, wait, DAMMIT!!!
banmojo
deusdiabolus
Posted 8:25 PM 28/11/07
There needs to be a platform or shelf there somewhere for things like reading or doing crosswords. And storing the inevitable can of NeutraAir.
deusdiabolus
yougottabekidding
Posted 12:13 PM 29/11/07
So what was wrong with sharing the same toilet at the SAME time? Oh right! Because that would be disgusting and some things just need to be kept private.
yougottabekidding