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November 10, 2007
South Korea's Mr. Toilet is taking his revolutionary restroom campaign a step further by building the country's first toilet house. Sim Jae-duck called his toilet domicile "Haewoojae," which aptly means "a place where one can solve one's worries. "
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November 1, 2007
A famous actor in Australia attending the World Toilet Summit in India has expressed lament over the high number of people all over the world who do not have access to toilets. Shane Jacobson, who is better known as the port-a-loo plumber Kenny Smyth in Australia, described the unequal access to toilets situation in the world as a human rights violation.
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October 31, 2007
More than 40 countries attended the 1st World Toilet Summit in New Delhi, India. The four-day summit that kicked-off Wednesday brought to light the fact that at least 2. 6 billion people, or 40 pct. of the total world's population may have "roofs above their heads, but have no repository bowls below. "
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October 26, 2007
A Kent librarian who claims a ghost has been flushing his library's toilet is seeking the help of an exorcist in having the unwanted spirit evicted. A 14-year librarian at the Gravesend Library, Gordon Jenns, 61, says the ghost flushes the toilet when he thinks everyone's gone home. "It's happened three times in the past 11 years, always around seven o'clock on a Friday," said Jenns. "It's very off-putting. "
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October 18, 2007
A 38-year-old restaurateur found a 7-foot-long python in her toilet while she was washing her hands early Monday. She said most of the venomous python's body was hidden in the pipes and was trying to come out of her bathroom. The New Yorker Nadege Brunacci said, "I turned on the light and screamed. It still makes my heart race. "
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