People Like Their iPods On The Toilet (But Not In The Toilet)

from the bring-back-the-iLoo-for-the-iPod dept

While some are considering laws that would ban driving while iPodding, it seems that iPodding while in the bathroom has at least a few proponents. Unlike talking on your mobile phone, using your iPod from your porcelain potty is a more solitary act -- one less likely to offend others. Apparently, it's become a big enough deal that someone has created a special toilet paper holder that is actually an iPod accessory. It may be one of the first toilet paper holders that requires an outlet nearby, but then you'll be able to hook up your iPod and play music over its 4 waterproof (of course) speakers as you go about your business. It also recharges your iPod, so you can stay awhile. Of course, hopefully the iPod is locked into the docking part pretty tightly, because apparently it's really bad news should your iPod ever get clogged in your toilet. That's what happened to the bathroom at one local university, which discovered that the damn thing is nearly indestructible -- and did quite a job clogging up the pipes for the entire semester. Getting the iPod out was no easy feat: "crews simultaneously flushed as many toilets as they could and they turned on every sink. That caused a water surge which pushed the iPod into a larger more accessible pipe. Next, a water company was hired to blast water into the pipe in yet another attempt to get the iPod out of the pipe. That effort worked, but at the same time, the blast of water along with a build-up of air caused geysers to burst from the second floor toilets." Not mentioned in the article is whether or not the iPod was still working.
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  • identicon
    BigEd, 15 Jun 2006 @ 11:49pm

    Cool.....

    Someone really realized where ipuds belong. The next question is ... was there anyone sitting on the second floor toilets when the guisers hit them???

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  • identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 15 Jun 2006 @ 11:54pm

    I have nothing to say in response to this article other than "Bravo." Developing a product such as thing one is simply put -- capitalism at its finest. To quote "Office Space:"

    MB: You think the pet rock was a great idea?
    MS: Well sure it was. The guy made a million dollars.

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  • identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 16 Jun 2006 @ 2:45am

    Hear hear, no. 2.

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  • identicon
    Strider, 16 Jun 2006 @ 4:40am

    dropped in toilet ipod

    My mother dropped her ipod in the toilet and it worked as soon as it was retrieved except for the display. The display started working again as soon as it dried out. so apparently they are "dropped in toilet proof."

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  • identicon
    ZA, 16 Jun 2006 @ 5:11am

    Music to Poop By!

    The last thing I want to hear is somebody else's idea of good music while I am sitting on the pot. Poopin' to P-Diddy...

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  • identicon
    WTF, 16 Jun 2006 @ 5:13am

    HUH

    Whats the point of this article? Who really cares about this shit.

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  • identicon
    jh, 16 Jun 2006 @ 5:49am

    The toilet paper holder is definitely not the first one to require an outlet nearby. A friend of mine has had one with a built-in radio for a few years.

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  • identicon
    SPR, 16 Jun 2006 @ 6:08am

    Flush the iPod!!

    Anyone that hooked on music needs to get a life. Can you say iPod withdrawal and iPod rehab?

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    • identicon
      Ronde, 16 Jun 2006 @ 6:55am

      Re: Flush the iPod!!

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    • identicon
      Ronde, 16 Jun 2006 @ 6:59am

      Re: Flush the iPod!!

      That says it all. I mean how long does it take to go to the bathroom? Do you think you could go 5 min. without music and your ipod? If not, then you have one messed up problem.

      link to this | view in chronology ]

      • identicon
        Alex, 16 Jun 2006 @ 6:12pm

        Re: Re: Flush the iPod!!

        I personally like to drown out the sounds of other people doing a number 2.

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  • identicon
    yotis, 16 Jun 2006 @ 6:35am

    holy macshit macman

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    Daniel (profile), 16 Jun 2006 @ 7:09am

    Gameboy

    personally i'm a gameboy fan myself, can't beat a 20 minute stint of tetris on the loo, then you need another 5 to lie down till the pins 'n needles stop.

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  • identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 16 Jun 2006 @ 7:15am

    What would they call that? An iPoo?

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  • identicon
    wwsean08, 16 Jun 2006 @ 7:26am

    the ipoo

    like the name, they should copywrite that

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  • identicon
    Yooperbacker, 16 Jun 2006 @ 8:41am

    Outlet near by

    I don't believe it needs an outlet. It does say it contain rechargeable batteries so it can recharge your iPod when it is in the holder. I don't think it is that bad of an idea. You can listen to your iPod while at the toilet but you could also listen to it while in the tub, at the sink combing your hair, putting makeup on, etc.

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    • identicon
      al, 16 Jun 2006 @ 8:56am

      Re: Outlet near by

      Great - now someone needs to invent a little water turbine that charges the rechargeable batteries every time the toilet is flushed.

      Think what you could accomplish if you could harness the methane...

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  • identicon
    Lee Amberson, 16 Jun 2006 @ 10:54am

    This is not the worst

    What about the stupid Nikes that will change your music based on how hard you are running. I think that is worse than sitting on the pot listening to music.

    link to this | view in chronology ]


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