Nine-Year-Old Boy Fascinated by Toilets!!

[Eve]

For some unfathomable reason, the funny monkeys at the AP thought this was "news"—

MASSILLON, Ohio (AP) -- Nine-year-old Joey Sinay is so interested in how toilets work that he wrote a letter to a toilet maker asking if they would produce a clear commode. "He thought it would be neat to have a clear toilet in his house, so he can see how it works," said Joey's father, Nick Sinay. The letter to Kohler, a Wisconsin-based plumbing product company, sent last year when Joey was 8, caught the company's attention. "It's pretty unusual to get a letter like that from an 8-year-old," said John Bashaw, the company's custom service director.

A clear toilet wasn't doable. But officials at Kohler wrote back twice. "We were so impressed by the fact that he took the time to write us a letter," Bashaw said. In December, the little plumber from Massillon got a present from Kohler - a state-of-the-art bulk flush toilet. Joey, who keeps a toolbox under his bed, was nearly speechless. A local plumber agreed to help the boy install his dream gift. With Dennis Potter of Ohio Spa & Parts taking the lead, Joey helped remove the old upstairs bathroom toilet and install the new one. Among his duties, Joey disconnected and carried out the old toilet tank. He unwrapped the new toilet seat, screwed it onto the bowl and discarded the product sticker. "Plumbers are guardians of the nation's health because they take care of everything," Potter told his apprentice.

—lieu, do you have a son you haven't told us about?

[Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor]

duckie go down the hole....teddy go down the hole...diaper go down the hole...

~~Tiny Toons

[plnnr]

"bulk flush toilet"

I'm now poking my mind's eye out with a sharp stick.

[Greywolf73]

"It's pretty unusual to get a letter like that from an 8-year-old," said John Bashaw, the company's custom service director.

I'd say that would be pretty unusual for a person of any age.

[haardvark]

Originally Posted by Greywolf73

I'd say that would be pretty unusual for a person of any age.

I dunno, I think a clear toilet would be kinda cool. Maybe what's needed are petitions and an organized letter writing campaign....

[Eats_Crayons]

Originally Posted by haardvark

I dunno, I think a clear toilet would be kinda cool. Maybe what's needed are petitions and an organized letter writing campaign....

Yeah, all we need is another excuse for guys to miss and pee on the floor after a drinking bender.

"I tried to pee in the toilet! I swear! I just couldn't see the damn thing!"

[meowpossum]

Originally Posted by Greywolf73

I'd say that would be pretty unusual for a person of any age.

Awwwww... I actually got misty reading this story. It's like that video with the pudgy little glasses-wearing dancing bee girl, who is a lonely misfit until she meets a group of dancing bee people who embrace her weird self. Yay, Kohler! And, you GO, happy little Toilet Boy!!!

[kung fu lola]

Originally Posted by meowpossum

Awwwww... I actually got misty reading this story. It's like that video with the pudgy little glasses-wearing dancing bee girl, who is a lonely misfit until she meets a group of dancing bee people who embrace her weird self. Yay, Kohler! And, you GO, happy little Toilet Boy!!!

That, incidentally would be Blind Melon's No Rain. My mom always ran to watch that video when it was on because she said it reminded her of me. (Not because I was pudgy or wore a bee outfit, but because I was a misfit for a long time until I got into a special High School). Sorry for the hijack. Please continue with the commode hijinks.

[Ponder Stibbons]

Originally Posted by Eve

For some unfathomable reason, the funny monkeys at the AP thought this was "news"

Well, "News of the Wierd" has to get its content from somewhere!!