April Fool's Day whimsy - Mission Control by lbmcshutter

April Fool's Day whimsy - Mission Control

when I travel I like to take photos of many different aspects of the travel experience, the meals, the accommodation, the transport and in Japan I even took photos of several toilets.

This is the control panel for the toilet in my hotel room in Tokyo - pretty intimidating, even with the diagrams I was hesitant to try out the functions ....except the heated set - it is a nice touch in cold weather.

Another one I liked had a sink and tap as the lid of the cistern, flushing action meant the tap came on - you could wash your hands and the cistern would fill up for the next flush - I thought it was a great way of saving water. That one had a heated seat too - lovely in the unheated bathroom n the snowy weather.

I'm not sure what oscillated and was not game to find out
Man o man it takes a degree to use the toilet
April 1st, 2012  
That's pretty hilarious. There's a public toilet a bit like this in Armidale, NSW, that everyone calls 'The Tardis'. You practically need an instruction book to use it.
April 1st, 2012  
I miss the heated toilet seats.
April 1st, 2012  
cracked me up!
April 1st, 2012  
Hahhaha Oh how brilliant!! Now I think I've seen everything.... but something tells me there's more to come! :) Happy April Megan!
April 1st, 2012  
A control panel for the toilet??? Nice shot!
April 1st, 2012  
bathroom facilities around the world are quite interesting, and really unique to different cultures...if not for the subject matter, they would really make an interesting coffee table book.
April 1st, 2012  
Oscillating toilet. Control panel. Too much
April 1st, 2012  
you are kidding! next thing you know you could be taking off- now that would be a sight
April 1st, 2012  
That does look a bit crazy! I don't think I'd figure it out (or be game to try it) either!
April 1st, 2012  
haha, crazy!!
April 1st, 2012  
@jenniferruge I know - as a concept I wasn't keen but going into a freezing cold bathroom there was something lovely about the heated seat
April 1st, 2012  
ha! travel is fun. would take a bit of bravery to try that out.
April 1st, 2012  
Great capture. It would be very intimidating to sit on it.
April 1st, 2012  
I never knew a toilet could be so complicated....a little scary!!
April 1st, 2012  
This is great!
April 1st, 2012  
cool capture
April 1st, 2012  
I think I would choose the settings - Free Odor,, warm seat and oscillating. Sounds good.
April 1st, 2012  
the visuals are great!
April 2nd, 2012  
Cool catch
April 2nd, 2012  
Fun shot, oscillating could be titillating. The warm seat sounds pleasant.
@girlie They should call it the Turdis. ;)
April 2nd, 2012  
I love the remote control - used them many a time in Korea. When I move to a new house, I will definitely install this in my master bath. The heated seats are the best.
April 2nd, 2012  
@robv Haha, there's no doubt about you, Robert! I must introduce that to the Armidale community next time I'm there.
April 2nd, 2012  
@robv @girlie - LOL! The Turdis! I love it....

was gonna ask Megan about the oscillation and whether it was clockwise or anti, but chose to laugh at the Turdis instead!
April 4th, 2012  
Wow, who would have known how complicated going to the bathroom could be!
April 9th, 2012  
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