Terrifying toilets
1. When I was a kid my gran still had an outdoors loo. It was made of corrugated iron and next to the coal bunker, and when you were using it her neighbour Mrs Northsworthy would occasionally come out and bang a steel pan on the side. We never worked out whether she strongly objected to the concept of bodily functions or just liked to sow terror.
2. A glass-enclosed toilet in Japan was recently named the world's largest because it's in the middle of a 56sq m garden. Architect Sou Fujimoto aimed to design a toilet for users "to enjoy this scenery and that feeling of release".
3. My friend is Australian and during a conversation about the Diversity and Prevalence of Wildlife in Australian Suburban Settings, he told us a story about how he was at a hotel once and he had to go to the toilet in the middle of the night. He sat down because he was tired and soon felt a very cold, very small, slightly moist ... hand, every so gently touch his bum. He got up and and saw that what he experienced was a frog's way of telling him "woah there buddy, occupied". (Via Metafilter)
