Posts Tagged ‘porcelain god’

The Water Closet. The can. The commode, head, john, latrine, lavatory, outhouse, potty, privy, powder room, throne. However you identify it, we pay homage today to the porcelain god.

Today is the 8th annual World Toilet day. Many organizations and countries, including the United Nations, endorse this day to the toilet.

The day was set up in 2001 to promote awareness. While you might think being aware of your commode is funny, in all reality, there is a lot of thought put into the “toilet of the future”.

I got to hear Dr. Michio Kaku a couple months back. He talked about what we might see in 50 years. While he really didn’t talk about the self-cleaning toilet, he did talk about how a toilet could determine if you might have cancer. It might be able to break down your fluids to let you know what you should eat today to balance yourself. It might even help in the aid of using the restroom….

..but that is the future. For now, give your throne a good cleaning. Throw in a new 3000 flushes. Change the magazines on top of the tank. Put in a box of Rid-X. Put the Toilet paper on the spool. For this is the toilets’ day.

Remember – if it wasn’t for advancement, we would just be using a tree…