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You'll find toilet pictures from around the world throughout your tour of The Toilet Museum. These are international toilets that belong in a category all their own (mostly because I can't figure out where else to put them).
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Click on the thumbnail image below to get the full size picture.
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This is Manneken Pis, one of the most famous tourist attractions in Brussels, Belgium. The statue's name means, "little man pissing," something he has been doing for centuries. He should probably cut back on fluids.
Scroll down to meet some of his cousins.
(photo by David Lawter) |
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If you want your Manneken Pis to go, you should visit this giftshop in Brussels to choose your own peeing little guy. Put him on your front lawn and you'll be the envy of all of your neighbors.
(photo by David Lawter) |
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This dangerously-endowed bottle opener is a souvenir from Brussels, Belgium. It reminds me of a rather grisly scene from the movie Se7en . |
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This is a glimpse of a comic strip by Tom Tomorrow featuring Manneken Pis. Click here to see the whole thing.
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Sisters are doing it for themselves.
Meet Jeanneke Pis, the lesser-known, but equally incontinent sister of Manneken Pis. You'll find Jeanneke Pis in a dead-end alley in downtown Brussels, close to Brussels Grand Place. Unlike her brother, Manneken, who has been urinating for centuries, Jeanneke Pis is a relative newcomer, having been commissioned by a group of local merchants and installed in the 1980's. |
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I got these photos, taken in Schiphol Airport in The Netherlands, from Ben of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, who observes that the "Dutch appear to be obsessed with toilet humour."
In Amsterdam, the tile under Schiphol's urinals would pass inspection in an operating room. But nobody notices. What everybody does notice is that each urinal has a fly in it. Click on the thumbnail to read the rest of the fine print.
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Move your cursor over the Taj Mahal to see the Taj Toilet! Both photos were taken by Bonnie Brantley while on a trip to India in February of 2000. Bonnie writes, "The Taj Mahal is just as majestic and amazing an accomplishment as I imagined. When I tell someone I have a picture of the toilet at the Taj Mahal, I'm always surprised at how disappointed they are when they see it. I guess people assume it will be made of marble and inlaid with precious stones. ....If you go to India, take your own toilet paper and remember, it's not polite to eat or shake hands with your left hand."
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This is Pang Eun-Jin as 302 in a scene from the Korean film, 301 302. This critically acclaimed independent film explores a mystery surrounding two women who live across the hall from each other. One loves to cook food. The other throws up at the sight of it. Guess which this one is?
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If you ever find yourself in Kiev, Ukraine, in need of a toilet, you may not want to use this one.
Photo sent in by Anderson. |
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