Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Magically appearing toilets

This may be the greatest invention since sliced bread. The Jinan Environment Sanitation Science Research Centre is developing China’s first hidden public toilet just in time for the 2008 Olympic Games. Wait, what?

When the toilet is hidden from view only a sculpture located on top of it can be seen. These toilets will be installed on lawns beside the sidewalk along main streets and bus stops and will be operated by inserting a 1 yuan coin. One second there's a sculpture, the next second up pops the toilet out of the ground.

You've got to be kidding me. God bless you China. This is an awesome idea until someone winds up stuck underground after dropping a deuce and suffocates to death. Not the best way to go, no sir.

HT: Spluch

-WCK

3 comments:

Noce said...

wow. just...wow.

Kevin Hayward said...

You know, I kind of like the idea, except that once people wise up, they'll look at those rocks or sculptures or whatever and know exactly what's going on under there. Either that, or that's one crappy smelling rock!

Anonymous said...

Was it Confucius who said, "Out of sight, out of mind?"

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