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A toilet as smart as its occupant
Jewish World Review ^
| 11/08/2011
| Dale McFeatters
Posted on 11/08/2011 6:31:45 AM PST by Former Fetus
Slowly but steadily I am being left behind by modern consumer technology. With perseverance and trial and error I can work a TV remote, but I am at a total loss when confronted with a whole tray full of them on the coffee table in front of the big-screen TV and its assorted little electronic friends.
In spite of the fact that I could manage only minimal functions on my old cell phone -- make calls and, with a little luck, sometimes answer them, and once I took a photo but I don't remember how -- the family decided I needed a newer, sleeker one.
--SNIP--
Kohler, outfitter to America's bathrooms, is coming out with a high-tech toilet called the Numi. (Excuse me, but "I have to go Numi" sounds too much like baby talk.) The Numi sells for $6,400, a lot when you consider you can't drive it to work, although that day may be coming.
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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: napl; smarttoilet
LOL! A must-read for those of us who are technologically-challenged!
To: Former Fetus
You might use a toilet, but you generally wouldn’t be the occupant of one....
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posted on
11/08/2011 6:37:10 AM PST
by
freebilly
To: Former Fetus
A toilet as smart as its occupant can be found in the rest rooms of the Democratic Cloakroom in the US Capitol.
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posted on
11/08/2011 6:43:06 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
To: Former Fetus
You don't know how to use the three shells?!
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posted on
11/08/2011 6:46:55 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: Former Fetus
Or, if you insist on personally taking control of the flush, there are two icons, showing a small swirl and a big swirl, clockwise if it really matters to you. I guess they have given up on their Australian, South American, etc. customers... or maybe there will be an "export" version for those South of the equator.
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posted on
11/08/2011 6:49:20 AM PST
by
grobdriver
(Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
To: cuban leaf
You don't know how to use the three shells?! Always found this a lot like the old "Chuck Norris Toilet Paper" joke.
Rough as Hell and won't take $hit off anyone.
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posted on
11/08/2011 6:56:05 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Idi Obama = Just your everyday, ordinary, 3rd World Dictator)
To: Former Fetus
“A toilet as smart as its occupant”
Before I read this, is this an article about Congress?
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posted on
11/08/2011 6:57:57 AM PST
by
SMARTY
("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
To: Former Fetus
I am generally wary of devices where it takes longer to read the instructions than to use. I hope there is some sort of back-up in case of a power failure
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posted on
11/08/2011 7:10:47 AM PST
by
jmcenanly
(Things will be better in 2013)
To: Former Fetus
The Numi has a built-in FM radio and stereo speakers and a connection for an MP3 player, meaning if you have a teenage daughter you are never going to get her out of the bathroom. Men, who grow immersed in Sports Illustrated or Playboy and lose track of time, might be convinced to speed up the processWhat?!?
No mention of FReeping with an iPad or smartphone whilst throning?
Sports Illustrated? Yeck!
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posted on
11/08/2011 7:16:35 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Idi Obama = Just your everyday, ordinary, 3rd World Dictator)
To: Former Fetus
The OWS toilets are already as smart as their occupants.
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posted on
11/08/2011 7:23:40 AM PST
by
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posted on
11/08/2011 7:42:35 AM PST
by
TheOldLady
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To: Former Fetus
MEN: For heaven’s sake, whatever you do... NEVER EVER EVER press the ATR button.
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posted on
11/08/2011 8:01:36 AM PST
by
NerdDad
("I don't dislike Obama because he's black -- I don't like his white half either." N. Boortz)
To: Former Fetus
Using best Ron White voice... “Is that cake?”
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posted on
11/08/2011 8:05:42 AM PST
by
NerdDad
("I don't dislike Obama because he's black -- I don't like his white half either." N. Boortz)
To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro
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posted on
11/08/2011 8:07:14 AM PST
by
NerdDad
("I don't dislike Obama because he's black -- I don't like his white half either." N. Boortz)
To: NerdDad; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
The Numi sells for $6,400, a lot when you consider you can't drive it to work, although that day may be coming.
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posted on
11/08/2011 11:18:44 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
In New York that’s not saying much.
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posted on
11/08/2011 11:28:10 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
To: Darksheare
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posted on
11/08/2011 11:37:24 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Former Fetus; Slings and Arrows
FTA: “When it senses someone coming, the toilet seat gently rises and then lowers itself on departure, solving a problem that has bedeviled male-female relations at least as far back as the invention of the outhouse.”
Wow. I can see this contraption bedeviling my kitty, as she is in the habit of using the seat as a step between floor and counter where water and food are.
The one (accidental) dunking resulted in a scathing look of betrayal that I never wanted to earn again, LOL.
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posted on
11/08/2011 1:02:57 PM PST
by
Titan Magroyne
(What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
To: Former Fetus; Slings and Arrows
Best damn terlet EVAH.
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