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Why South Korea is Awesome #43: Hulk Takes Shit in Mall

  • February 3, 2012 12:27 pm

Yup, this is allegedly a statue that exists inside a Seoul mall:

Somehow I don’t think I’ll come across anything more awesome today. ‘Nuff said!

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What I Didn’t Get for Christmas: A $130,000 Diamond Toilet

  • December 29, 2011 12:02 am

No one beats the Japanese when it comes to the latest in toilet design and innovation, but their latest toilet creation might be considered even excessive for them. I give you the diamond-encrusted toilet valued at 10 million yen ($130,000):

Manufactured by Japanese company INAX and an Austrian jeweler, this creation contains 72,000 pieces of Swarovski cut crystal. Now, I have no idea what that is, but it definitely sounds impressive and expensive, which I suppose is the point if you’re going to make a toilet out of diamonds.  Read more...

Why Japan is Awesome #57: The Shit-Powered Motorcycle

  • October 2, 2011 3:03 pm

When it comes to the most cutting edge toilet technology, there’s no country that’s as advanced as Japan. And no other company within that forward-thinking island nation is making as many strides in this area as TOTO. Need proof? Check out TOTO’s latest creation, a toilet-motorcycle hybrid that runs entirely on shit:

There’s so much that’s awesome about this invention, not the least of all, its benefit to our environment. Not only will it reduce dependence on fossil fuels, but it’s part of TOTO’s overall campaign to achieve a 50% reduction in C02 emissions in restrooms by 2017.

And let’s not forget its practicality: as long as you eat and shit, this puppy can theoretically keep going and going and going.  Read more...

What I Learned on YOMYOMF This Week – August 29 – September 4, 2010

  • September 5, 2010 1:25 am

Sup, playboys, playgirls – you know the score.  Your favorite wordsmith be laying it down for you, that is the stories of the past week, giving you a last peek, before another one begins.

Y’all like that?  Awesome. That took me an hour.

I found some old pictures of myself while I was cleaning out my garage and while that discovery alone will not stand as a single blog post, it will suffice for this intro.  They were from some banquet in high school and while I was rocking the shirt and tie in those photos, I was definitely not rocking them like I do now.  Also: braces.

Looking at them was as painful as trying to eat a sandwich after an adjustment.  Probably more so.

To our present (or should I say ‘past’? HARDY-HAR) matters: your favorite website investigates the Asia Adult Expo; encounters a Hamburger Nazi; and eats right out of the god damn toilet.  Seriously, I don’t know any other site that would do that for your personal kicks.

Well, not for free anyway.  Read more...

Enjoy Eating From A Toilet? Well, Here’s The Place For You…

  • September 2, 2010 12:01 am

I first heard that there was a toilet-themed restaurant chain in Asia a few years back. I remember thinking that was an interesting marketing concept, but do people really want to eat out of toilets and drink out of urinals (well, beside my fellow Offender Sung with his poop obsession)? The answer seems to be a resounding yes.

I was doing a normal google search for any interesting topics I could blog about (a normal google search in this case meaning I typed in the words: “Asian,” “shit” and “eat”) and came upon this recent piece in the Telegraph spotlighting the Modern Toilet Restaurant chain. The first Modern Toilet outlet was founded by Wang Tzi-wei and opened in Taipei in 2004. Since then, the chain has branched out all over Taiwan and has also expanded to Hong Kong and China. According to the restaurant’s promotional materials: “Our goal is to become The No. 1 Brand in Themed Chain Restaurants. In an era where creative marketing is king, even faeces [sic] can be turned into gold”.

Supposedly, the place is especially popular with the youth and there are plans to expand even further. Could you be seeing a Modern Toilet in your own ‘hood soon? And if so, would you eat there? I guess if the food is excellent and prices reasonable, I might be willing to give it a shot, but check out the photos below…I don’t know—is it me or does anyone else find this a little…nauseating? But on the plus side, if you get sick from the food, at least you don’t have to go anywhere to find a place to…relieve yourself.

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The Bathroom Poop Configuration.

  • June 10, 2010 12:22 am

This week, I wanted to dig deep and give the Internet something truly meaningful. I wanted to change the world. So I waded in the murky depths of my mind – past my myriad hopes and fears; through my deep anticipation for Inception; over the memorized bits of the Pokerap – to both confront and illuminate something that had been bothering me for the longest time.

And when I was in that dark, dank place, one subject rose above all others: the poop in public bathrooms.  Read more...

How China’s Shit Is Saving The World

  • December 11, 2009 10:54 pm

172My fellow Offender Sung’s…uh, obsession with poop reminded me of Rose George’s excellent book The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World Of Human Waste And Why It Matters. In her work, George makes a compelling argument about why the global problem of “human waste” may be one of the biggest health and environmental issues facing us today but isn’t really addressed because, well, most people don’t like to talk about shit and piss.  Read more...