Pimped Out John Sweepstakes
“Check your email, watch a movie, listen to your iPod^TM, play your favorite video game—without leaving the bathroom.”

Fish ‘n Flush
“A whimsical potty that turns your toilet into a nautical wonderland”

Flushing toilet takes medical prize January 20, 2007.
“Public sanitation, including the flushing toilet, was picked as the greatest medical breakthrough since 1840 in an international poll released in London.”

Ads over toilets help nonprofits: Sponsors get publicity; public gets place to go January 4, 2007.
““I noticed nonprofit events rarely budgeted for sanitation (needs), and when they do, it’s not enough,” said Wardy, owner of Sarabia’s Portable Jons and Blue Sanitation. So she recently decided the way to solve the nonprofit groups’ problem and extend her business was to get companies to sponsor portable toilets by paying for advertising banners above the toilets, portable sinks and portable restrooms.”

Nation’s Capital Requires Developers to Go Green January 3, 2007.
“Washington, D.C., will become the first major city to require that private developers build “green,” or environmentally friendly, buildings. The new structures will have features such as green roofs, natural light, fume-free carpets and paint, low-flow water fixtures, even no-flush urinals that use a chemical trap instead of water. The new stadium for the Washington Nationals is expected to be the first stadium in the nation certified by the Green Building Council.”
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Man Pulls 7-Foot Python From Toilet
“An Australian wildlife worker pulled a 7-foot python out of a septic tank Wednesday after a plumber found it hiding in a woman’s toilet, officials said.
Peter Phillips, a wildlife officer for the Northern Territory’s Parks and Wildlife Service, was called to remove the snake after a plumber who was fixing the blocked toilet discovered it curled in the pipes.”

eBay clients scoop up lip-shaped urinals November 14, 2006.
“Four urinals shaped like a woman’s lips were sold on eBay Sunday for a total of 5,343 euros ($6,877) after their owner removed them from a public toilet in Vienna following protests that they were sexist.”

Police seize toilet art November 8, 2006.
“A toilet which flushes to the sound of Italy’s national anthem has been impounded by police.”

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