Toilets

Posted by Anonymous On 1:26 AM

I've been thinking a lot about toilets lately, Cachinnatees.

Seriously, isn't the whole idea of a toilet a bit strange? Deconstruct it: it's a bowl filled with water that you poop in. You then push a lever and the water carries the poop away. It's pretty much just a variation on the system used by ancient Greeks and Romans.

Isn't that idea odd? We poop in a hole in our house and push it away with water. Do you think we'll ever improve on that technology? What if we pooped into a laser box instead. Like we would poop in the box, close the lid, and then lasers would fry everything in the box leaving no waste behind. Maybe the gases emitted could even be used to power our houses or something.

Anyone got a better idea for building a better toilet?

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10 Cachinnations

  1. Fork Said,

    Litter box?

    Posted on 3/27/2008

     
  2. Rex Said,

    To you, I offer this:

    http://tinyurl.com/rhoy4

    A healthier & better way of going?!?

    Posted on 3/27/2008

     
  3. Anonymous Said,

    I knew this post would take us down some dark dark roads...

    Posted on 3/27/2008

     
  4. The Cliff Said,

    Rex, Squatty Potties are not the greatest...there is splashing and ricochets

    Laser poop zapping wouldn't do either...think of the smell!!

    I think something with a some kind of blue liquid...

    Posted on 3/27/2008

     
  5. Bibb Leo File Said,

    Why not recycle the poop?

    Straight from the porcelain pot to the flower pot! Just affix a tube that runs from the toilet to your vegetable garden and to your car's gas tank. I mean, methane is a combustible gas.

    Why hasn't anyone thought of this before now?! Poop hybrids!

    Posted on 3/27/2008

     
  6. Seth Ward Said,

    I would be nervous to sit on a toilet lasered my load. I'd be afraid one of the laser beams would go funky and sear of one of the boys.

    Posted on 3/27/2008

     
  7. diadelkendall Said,

    If we lived in Oregon, you'd probably already have a...
    http://www.compostoilet.com/sunmar1.html

    Posted on 3/28/2008

     
  8. Moderator Said,

    I somtimes use my blog as a toilet.

    Posted on 3/28/2008

     
  9. FancyPants Said,

    Gross!

    Posted on 3/29/2008

     
  10. Douglas Said,

    diadelkendall,

    I knew some folks who had a composting toilet, but they didn't live in Oregon. They lived 30 minutes away in Washington state. :-)

    MB

    Posted on 4/03/2008