February 15, 2007

• Waterloo: No toilets were found in this area !!!
• Although it has never garnered the attention of the FP before, 'tis been seen here and here and here. Now, if I could get the opportunity to put this fine map to use!
• All, curiously, from 2004. Weird. Well, I was gonna FPP about the World's Only Ass-Kicking Machine, but the page is gone. *snif*
• That's my favorite! Post it! Post it!
• Australia has the greatest toilets in the world. Two different lengths of flushes to meet your needs, each a powerful straight-down flush instead of a slow circling flush, and troughs instead of urinals. The US could learn so much from them.
• Two different lengths of flushes to meet your needs Wot? Like a regular flush, and a super-sized flush? *googles australia toilets* troughs *shudders*
• Oh, Okay. Ahh - the classics!
• Just to clear things up for people: In the US, "toilet" refers to the bowl that we use to dispose our solid and liquid waste in. In the UK, "toilet" refers to the room that contains the a bolw to place our solid and liquid waste, a sink, and some handtowels. It is a whole room, not an object. In Australia, "toilet" refers to holes generally three or so inches in diameter located in the walls of stalls that people sometimes use to place their genitalia in the stall next to them for the benefit of others.
• ...and troughs instead of urinals. The now-mothballed Maple Leaf Gardens had troughs. Memories of between-periods hockey fans packed elbow-to-elbow, jostling for position.
• Wot? Like a regular flush, and a super-sized flush? A mini-length pee-sized flush, and a bigger "there's poo in there!"-sized flush.
• So, in other words, these Aussie toilets conserve water? Just a wee gentle flush for #1, and a big 'ol whooosh for #2. Are there two different flush handles?
• yeah, kinda. They're built into each other (the ones I seen). Use the small handle for number one, and both for number two. I didn't manage to conserve much water when I first encountered them. Spent a couple minutes experimenting with the flushing power. Couldn't help it.
• Kanga-loo.
• Thanks, fish tick! You learn something new everyday. *squints at massive US toilet* *feels ashamed* *runs out to the woods*
• You dropped your can opener, smt.
• The aussie dual flush toilets are common in France. They're a bit complicated to fix if you're used to the ballcock system, but the general principle's similar. I find the drainage of U.S. toilets mesmerizing. It just spins, and spins, and spins, and spins, and eventually...
• I loved British toilets when I was there. The seats were rounder, and the flush lever was on the stage-left side so us right-handed people didn't have to reach over the bowl to flush.
• Oh, alright... Monkeyfilter: the drainage of U.S. toilets Monkeyfilter: It just spins, and spins, and spins, and spins Monkeyfilter: she might have to go when she goes Monkeyfilter: there's poo in there! Monkeyfilter: a bit complicated to fix if you're used to the ballcock system
• HAY LETS ALL MAKE POSTS ABOUT URINALS TODAY
• I love this thread.
• I find the drainage of U.S. toilets mesmerizing. It just spins, and spins, and spins, and spins, and eventually... Yeah, that's another thing so cool about the toilets there. I knew that everyone I knew would ask me which direction the toilets flushed (and they did ask me). But they don't spin in either direction. They just go straight down. I don't even know that toilets could be cool until I went there.
• It's only February and I think I already know who's going to win the "Best use of 'Stage-Left'" award this year.
• Arrrrrrg! Fish tick! You've left me nuthin'. All I gotta says about this map is Go! you Aussies Go!
• Dammit, smt, now you've got me thinking about this again!
• AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! JUST WHEN I HAD PURGED THE CONUNDRUM OF THE UNUSED RURAL INDIAN TOILETS FROM MY ACHING HEAD DAMN YOU LARA! *pulls out own brin through nose, scrubs empty skull with SOS pads*
• That's it! The women and the children didn't use the toilets because THEY COULDN'T READ A MAP!
• Q E fuckin' D.
• *shakes fist at Lara* Oh bloody hell, I had forgotten about that thread for a good month now.
• The Australian toilet map has now made it into NZ headlines, after a recent study for the benefit of people with bladder problems discovered that people would rather pee in their pants than use some of New Zealand's public toilets. And although I have yet to soil myself in public (or private), I'd agree. I once had to send my poor preschool kid into one and I thought he'd die of the plague in there.
• Well, you could do what I do, and travel with a portable toilet and latrine tent. But then, you'd need to have room to pack them and time to set them up. My need for a portable toilet system is obvious, as sharing a porta-potty with a dozen construction workers (most of whom are illegal aliens) is not particularly appealing. Ick.
• MonkeyFilter: I have yet to soil myself in public (or private) Thank you. I'll be here all week--try the veal.
• Potable toilet? I'd rather drink from the fountain, thanks.
• nunia, your days of dragging a tent are over!
• Other festive decorating ideas for your trailer hitch.
• Lara, my portable toilet solution is much more private. And sanitary. Ralph, trucks that have balls hanging from their hitch only emphasize the fact that the driver suffers from Tiny Dick Syndrome.