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If you've never gone to the bathroom outside then you've never really lived. The Great Outdoors is The Toilet Museum's salute to those brave enough to declare, "When you gotta go, you gotta go." |
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This picture was taken by David Lawter on Spring Street in New York City. And I'll bet you thought public toilets in NYC were hard to come by. |
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In this classic example of toilet humor, this prima donna from up north, on a journey through the southern U.S., finds that the accomodations in this Kentucky reststop does not quite live up to her level of sophistication. |
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I, Lactose-Intolerant Woman, take you, Constipated Man, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, to share the bathroom, till death do us part.
I now pronounce you man and wife. You may now spray the disinfectant. |
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Aerodynamics takes a back seat in this custom set of wheels. I call this one The Out-and-about House. Like the mobile toilet below, it was sent in by Jerry Jarrett.
This could be the start of a Toilets-on-Wheels page. |
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This is the "go-cart."
I wonder what it uses for fuel.
This was sent in by regular museum contributor, Jerry Jarrett.
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I ask you, what is more beautiful in this picture: the sunset, or the newspaper hanging inside the outhouse in the middle?
Picture sent in by Andrea. |
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This is one of several photos of Russian outhouses sent in by Gnikomsom, who writes, "This will be great for your collection. This is not a joke. Many of them still existing in mother Russia."
I love the rustic quality of this picture, and I'm sorry that Gnikomsom does not see the humor in it. You want to know what's funny about it, dear visitor? IT'S NOT YOUR TOILET! Haaaa Haaaaa Haaaaaaa! (Sorry, Gnik') |
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Some people will do anything in an attempt to add a hint of civilization to camping in the great outdoors. This picture was taken in Trout Lake, Washington and was sent in by Katie. |
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This photo and the one below were sent in by Brian Greathouse who writes, "On a camping trip in rural Alabama, my friend and I found we were in need of a toilet. On my property there is a barn & a shed with all kinds of stuff that others might find useless. We found everything we needed to make what you see in this picture. Apparently someone else appreciated it as much as us, since it was nowhere to be found on the next year's camping trip." |
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Camping Toilet ver 2.0 by Brian Greathouse, who writes, "Necessity is the mother of invention. Since the toilet from the previous year's camping trip had been stolen, we once again found ourselves in need of a commode. With the use of a circular saw and lumber found in the barn, I constructed the mightiest camping toilet known to man. Function is as important as fashion when designing a toilet of this magnitude, so I installed a toilet paper holder on the side." |
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This is the husband of a coworker of a friend displaying the equipment that he chose to make his camping trip endurable. Be grateful that he isn't actually demonstrating how it's used. He is cleverly equipped with a collapsible shovel, a toilet seat, and a hat that dispenses toilet paper. Now that's using your head to use the head! |
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This is Ed, without whom The Toilet Museum would have been necessary. Here, Ed demonstrates one of Amsterdam's very convenient but not very private outdoor toilets. |
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