Toilet

Is This The World's Scariest Toilet?

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.02.2012

If you’re afraid of heights, this toilet might have you feeling a little flush. That’s because it’s suspended on a glass floor at the top of ...

Japan's Giant Outdoor Toilet For Ladies Who Like 'That Feeling Of Release'

Posted 04.25.2012

For anyone seeking the liberating experience of relieving oneself outdoors without the miserable stress of pooping in the woods, the search is over. ...

CHECK IT OUT: Space Shuttle's Amazing Zero-G Toilet

| Posted 04.18.2012

Nature's call comes in zero G just as it does in one G. And to keep astronauts copacetic when the call does come, NASA's now-retired space shuttles fe...

Strange Artifact Dug Up in 18th Century Toilet

Posted 03.28.2012

By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 03/26/2012 06:18 PM EDT on LiveScience Five telescopes made of bone and dating to the 18th ce...

"Live ... in the Can" Music Sessions With The Last Royals, J. Aims, and An Horse

Jon Chattman | Posted 01.31.2012

Jon Chattman

In this series, artists will perform their tunes in a restroom followed by a brief interview about the song and the experience. The acoustics in a bathroom, as it turns out, are quite remarkable.

Drinking Game Ends With Man Trapped In Toilet Seat

Posted 12.17.2011

A 26-year-old British man paid a shameful visit to the fire station on Thursday after a drinking game among friends ended with a toilet lodged around ...

Steven Hoffer

GREATEST FEAR: Exploding Toilet Sends D.C. Woman To Hospital

HuffingtonPost.com | Steven Hoffer | Posted 11.27.2011

If you thought you had a bad Monday... A female employee at a federal building in Washington, D.C., went to the hospital early this week after suff...

Russia Introduces Bomb-Proof Toilets

Posted 08.09.2011

A spate of deadly bomb attacks in Moscow have prompted city officials to introduce new "indestructible" public toilets which are vandal and terrorist-...

Race For The Bathroom! Toilet Racing Is The Real 'Super Bowl' (PHOTOS)

AOL Weird News | Ben Muessig | Posted 11.16.2011

When you gotta go, you gotta go -- fast! Speed demons in Austria have given new meaning to the term "portable toilet" by adding wheels to commodes ...

Paris Grandmother Trapped For 3 Weeks In Toilet Before Being Rescued

Posted 05.25.2011

A 69-year-old French grandmother was trapped in her bathroom for three weeks before finally being rescued Friday, the BBC is reporting. According to...

eBay's Literary Odditites

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Inspired by Salinger's toilet -- which was listed for sale on EBay for $1 million -- Jacket Copy decided to see what other literary-ish items are cur...

"Sink or Swim"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.17.2011

Jerry Zezima

As Harry spun the contraption's long cable through the pipe next to the washer, he spun tales of his many plumbing and heating adventures.

Poop Culture

Robert Rosenthal | Posted 11.17.2011

Robert Rosenthal

It seems inevitable that the potty is going public and the continued descent into indignity will be fed by our insatiable consumption of crap TV and tabloid fodder.

Green Clean Where the Sun Don't Shine: Use a Bidet

Lea Lane | Posted 05.25.2011

Lea Lane

I realized that by wisely moderating water use, trees can be saved with better cleaning achieved. You'll be saving paper and greening the planet in a basic way. Go for it!

Baby Survives Being Born In Toilet

Posted 05.25.2011

Heather Richard thought she would never have a baby - until one was born in her toilet. Richard, who is from Winnipeg, had been feeling unwell when...

Cities Contemplate Composting The Toilet

nytimes.com | Kate Galbraith | Posted 05.25.2011

In addition to catching raindrops, homeowners and building managers are trying out another way to conserve water: composting toilets....

Why I Don't Flush

Graham Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Graham Hill

There are now great composting and low-flow toilets out there, but just by flushing a little less often (number 1 only please!), the amount of water you can save is huge.

Life Cycle: Shit Happens

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011

Simran Sethi

Despite being chemically treated, sewage water is still rife with birth-control, anti-depressants and other pharmaceuticals we once ingested.

Green Your Toilet

Planet Green | Posted 05.25.2011

When Margaret Renzullo wanted to green her house on Greenovate, she called in her friend and green interior designer, Kristina Spencer. Kristina's rea...