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The Type-A, High-Tech Bathroom
Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "Hard-driving homeowners have converted their loos into virtual satellite workspaces, with retractable desks or waterproof touch-screen monitors, the Wall Street Journal reports. Among the features: showerproof computers and mirrors with stock quotes. But beware the accidental 'BlackBerry dunk' in the toilet or sink. 'Audio One says about all of the 30 home-automation systems it's installed near its Miami head office in the past year--prices can reach $200,000--have featured TVs in the bathroom. "It's become a given," says company engineer David Sussman. "There's not much sanctity left." '"
to the phrase core dump.
I used to have a better sig but it broke.
Given that I seem to get my best ideas while brushing my teeth, having a computer to distract me would eliminate my last chance for an original thought.
Come on ladies, how hard is it to raise the seat after you're finished using it?
it's a blue bright blue Saturday hey hey
The type which have the electronically controlled bidets? My wife is Japanese and naturally we visited (and stayed with) the in-laws in her home town...one time I hit that damn bidet button while having a crap and I swear water sprayed out my nose. They have it cranked up real high. It's really just an enema. But it works! None of that 30 minutes on the can stuff in Japan, or that feeling in your guts as you drive to work 15 minutes later that you didn't spend enough time cleaning out...those water spray jets make sure you don't need to crap again for at least the rest of that day. So you get used to it, especially once you figure out which buttons control the pressure level!
(Oh, and the female 'front shower' is the reason Japanese chicks spend so much time in the bathroom, and why they always look so satisfied afterwards...)
...to watch a television program in the bathroom while doing your business, I might recommend a bit more fibre in your diet.
In a world without walls, there is no need for Windows.
I've never understood the desire to add more features from other rooms in the house, such as the lounge/kitchen etc to the bathroom. Why not add a loo to the other rooms instead?
I can take a shower without having to stop playing EVE.
Someone save me from this sanity.
You mean like this?
Ahhh...the great dumpster continuum. Many a free computer will be found there. -- sowth (748135)
We don't have much water here in Israel. If someone imports enough of those "front showers", in one month, we'll all die of thirst.
News for merdes. Shit that matters.
Ask me about my sig.
Was "head office" intentional?
Only question now is..what are those three sea shell for?
How do these people get to be company presidents?
Do they think 'where's a good place for my bag
All I can hope for is that these people will work themselves to death early on in life, and have no children.
Perhaps, but maybe if enough of them were imported to the region everyone would be a bit more relaxed.
Not really. The guys will not get laid. Then, you will have some REAL problems.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
Now you can watch p0rn and clean-up in real time.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.