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The Greatest Toilet Seat I’ve Ever Seen

8:50AM January 13, 2012 | Brent Rose

Hidden away in a remote CES corridor, amidst a sea of gaudy phone cases and chargers, something catches my eye. What’s a toilet doing here? Oh, you know, just revolutionising how you use the bathroom. No biggie. More »

News

Toilet Trouble On Navy Carrier Leaves Sailors Doing Pee-Pee Dance

8:20AM November 16, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

Remember when your dad would’t pull the car over so you could go to the bathroom? Now imagine that your dad is the US Navy and that the car is aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush (CVN-77). More »

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Young Zuck, Circuit Toilets, And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

5:00PM November 2, 2011 | Brian Barrett

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. More »

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Take A Leak In A Replica Wall Street Power Toilet (in A Greek Diner)

1:00AM October 1, 2011 | Sam Biddle

So what do Wall Street’s captains of industry do when they’re not repeatedly punching the global economy in the neck for their own thrill and gain? Taking dumps in lovely bathrooms like this one — recreated in a greasy diner. More »

Computing

Tons Totally Tooting While Tweeting From Tablets Taken To Toilet

10:40AM August 24, 2011 | Mat Honan

More than one third of tablet owners use them in the bathroom. Mull on that, next time you see a Twitter update sent from an iPad. A new study reveals interesting tablet-use facts, but I’d love to see even more. More »

Science

Why Drinking Purified Poo Water Is Gross, Even When It Shouldn’t Be

8:10AM August 17, 2011 | Kwame Opam

There’s a reason you don’t drink out of the toilet. It’s gross. Even if you got a super toilet that only flushed diamond rain water, it’d still be disgusting. But that’s the thing. The only thing keeping you from drinking cleansed pisswater is you. More »

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Men Can’t Resist Pissing On Pictures Of Insects In Urinals

7:15AM August 17, 2011 | Adrian Covert

According to University of Illinois professor May Berenbaum, men “have a deep-seated instinct to aim at targets” in the urinary sense. Logically, sticking a picture on the back of a urinal will cause men to aim for it like lemmings. More »

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Could You Pee With A Lady’s Voice Giving You Instructions?

3:40AM August 17, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

A small town in England is being terrorised by a talking, lady-like toilet. Men in the town are complaining that a GLaDOS-like woman’s voice in public restrooms is disconcerting, presumably leaving them too shaken to do their business. We think. More »

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This Toilet Seat Will Support Up To 453kg

11:30PM August 5, 2011 | brent rose

America didn’t invent obesity, but we brought the game to a whole new level. And that’s why we have products like the Adjustable Advantage — a toilet seat that fits any rump — and can hold up to six average-sized bloggers. More »

News

Aussie Caught In Exploding Toilet Baffles Military Leaders

11:20PM July 27, 2011 | Kwame Opam

What the hell? A Royal Australian Air Force man suffered severe burns yesterday after he was caught in a porta-potty explosion. And no one seems to be sure why it happened. I smell a conspiracy. More »