# Check out this toilet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205 "2004-07-21T17:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/1 "2004-07-21T17:10:52Z")
Check out this [toilet](http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/toilet.asp). Are the guys thinking what I’m thinking. . . ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/2 "2004-07-21T17:22:28Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Are the guys thinking what I’m thinking. . . What? Something about joining the mile high club at ground level? ---
**Author:** ![Fox\_Paws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85e7bf/32.png) [@Fox\_Paws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fox_Paws)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/3 "2004-07-21T17:24:56Z")
Lemme guess, you’re thinking “Hey, I bet if I got really close and looked reeeeeeally hard, I could see a vague, shadowy outline of some chick taking a dump!” Am I close? ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/4 "2004-07-21T17:26:45Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > What? Something about joining the mile high club at ground level? That, or, if you’re just looking for a new way to spruce up the action by yourself. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/5 "2004-07-21T17:27:00Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Check out this [toilet](http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/toilet.asp). > > Are the guys thinking what I’m thinking. . . Yes. But how could we fit that many watermelons into an airplane? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/6 "2004-07-21T17:30:50Z")
Do remember, however, that one-way glass becomes two-way if it’s illuminated from the other side, so if there’s a light inside this thing, you don’t want to use it at night… ---
**Author:** ![arjee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@arjee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arjee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/7 "2004-07-21T17:54:53Z")
There is **no way** I could ever use this thing! Gah! I have nightmares about sitting on the toilet and that people can see me! Even if my privacy was guaranteed, I couldn’t get over the illusion! (BTW, I’m female, in case anyone was wondering…) ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/8 "2004-07-21T18:57:53Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Do remember, however, that one-way glass becomes two-way if it’s illuminated from the other side, so if there’s a light inside this thing, you don’t want to use it at night… Also, if there is not a light inside this thing, you don’t want to use it at night (thinks: ‘Gee it’s dark in here, I hope I’m aiming the right way!’). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/9 "2004-07-21T19:03:22Z")
Plus, I’d be tempted to honk every time I drove past it… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/10 "2004-07-21T19:16:53Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Do remember, however, that one-way glass becomes two-way if it’s illuminated from the other side, so if there’s a light inside this thing, you don’t want to use it at night… That’s the first thing I thought of. I don’t think I could use it. :X ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/11 "2004-07-21T19:40:32Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Plus, I’d be tempted to honk every time I drove past it… Yeah, or walk by holding your nose and waving your hand in front of your face, even though there might not be anyone inside. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/12 "2004-07-21T19:53:06Z")
I would have to be pretty darn desperate to use that. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/13 "2004-07-21T21:35:33Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Are the guys thinking what I’m thinking. . . My first thought that there would be two extremes: those who have shy bladders and couldn’t go in there if they wanted to, and those who have exhibitionist streaks and would love to let loose “in plain view.” My second thought was… “gee that would make a great ‘wanking blind’ for pervs.” My third thought was… “isn’t that a prison toilet?” My fourth thought was… “how dark does it have to be outside to defeat the 2-way mirrors?” Which one of those was your thought?? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/14 "2004-07-21T21:46:33Z")
I read about a [restaurant in New York](http://64.227.165.55/restaurants/peep.shtml) recently that has a similar deal – except you can watch people eating while you’re in the bathroom. Apparently there’s a hotel in Australia (Brisbane, if I remember right–) that takes it a step further – the Men’s has a trough-style urinal that’s one-way glass, looking out onto the bar area. You pee against the glass and gawk at the other patrons swilling their beer. (Any Aussie Dopers who can elaborate on that? Sounds like a hoot.) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/15 "2004-07-21T21:51:11Z")
Psshhh…throw a few beers in me and I don’t need _any_ kind of inclosure, illusory or not, to piss in public. ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/16 "2004-07-21T21:55:57Z")
“See if I give a shit.” I’m thinking the construction workers didn’t have a problem using it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/17 "2004-07-21T22:02:13Z")
I’m probably thinking what you are thinking. I’m also thinking I wouldn’t want to clean that under any circumstances. What dipshit designed that thing? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/18 "2004-07-21T22:24:33Z")
> [@gatopescado](#): > > What dipshit designed that thing? Monica Bonvicini (that’s her on the left). Other creations of hers are [Stairway to Hell](http://www.thebrooklynrail.org/arts/nov03/images/IstanbulBiennial.jpg), [Fuckeduptimes](http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/reviews/lamm/lamm12-15-8.asp), [Break it / Fix it](http://www.secession.at/art/2003_bonvicini_e.html) (with Sam Durant), [Bedtimesquare](http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/dnaimages/030627/bonvicini4.jpg), [Black](http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/dnaimages/030627/bonvicini3.jpg), and [this](http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag99/july99/martinez/martin7.jpg) which doesn’t have a title indicated. That last one is simply a room containing a continuous 75MPH wind. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/19 "2004-07-22T04:11:37Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > [Stairway to Hell](http://www.thebrooklynrail.org/arts/nov03/images/IstanbulBiennial.jpg) I don’t get it. > [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > [Fuckeduptimes](http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/reviews/lamm/lamm12-15-8.asp) I don’t get it. > [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > [Break it / Fix it](http://www.secession.at/art/2003_bonvicini_e.html) I don’t get it. > [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > [Bedtimesquare](http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/dnaimages/030627/bonvicini4.jpg) I don’t get it. > [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > [Black](http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/dnaimages/030627/bonvicini3.jpg) I don’t get it. > [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > [this](http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag99/july99/martinez/martin7.jpg) I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205/20 "2004-07-22T14:25:39Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I don’t get it ×6 She’s the architectural world’s version of a performace artist. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-toilet/256205.md?page=2)