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    The Thinnest Buildings In the World Come with Toilets to Match
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    Image of yardameus yardameus
    06/24/09

    In reply to The Thinnest Buildings In the World Come with Toilets to Match
    Try moving a couch into that apartment...
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    06/24/09

    @yardameus:

    They make couches for apartments like that:

    [farm1.static.flickr.com]"
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    06/24/09

    In reply to The Thinnest Buildings In the World Come with Toilets to Match
    They should just paint the walls brighter colors. It'll open the room right up.
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    Image of Sora57 is OK Sora57 is OK
    06/24/09

    In reply to The Thinnest Buildings In the World Come with Toilets to Match
    A friend of mine had a bathroom that was tiny. The hallway was fine, but the toilet was in a room that just barely fit the john. First time I used it I sat down and wondered what the smudge on the back of the door was. When I leaned forward to wipe my ass I bumped my head on the back of the door and had my answer.
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    Image of Aneurism Aneurism
    06/24/09

    In reply to The Thinnest Buildings In the World Come with Toilets to Match
    I'm suspicious of this one... despite the overcrowding in Japan there must be building codes to follow. How are firefighters supposed to traverse this hallway with gear? The only way this is real is that it is within a private residence, and the owner built it without following building code.
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    Image of Sora57 is OK Sora57 is OK
    06/24/09

    @Aneurism: You could be right, but most private residences wouldn't put a sign on the door saying "toilet." And judging from the door frame, the hinges make the door open into the bathroom. I hate to think what kind of gymnastics you have to do to get in/out of there. And by "hate" I mean love.
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    Image of None None
    06/24/09

    @Sora57: Wonder why it says "Toilet" in English and not Japanese?
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    Image of Sora57 is OK Sora57 is OK
    06/24/09

    @Auld_Lang_Ziety: I wondered that, too. The source article says it's a bathroom in a pub. Maybe it's frequented by soon-to-be-trashed Americans.
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    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    06/24/09

    In reply to The Thinnest Buildings In the World Come with Toilets to Match
    How do they fit thru there with their exosuits?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/24/09

    @FriarNurgle: Fool, that's what plug suits are for.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    06/24/09

    In reply to The Thinnest Buildings In the World Come with Toilets to Match
    Oh, sure, the width may be small enough to keep 90% of American's from even fitting in that hall, but it is amusing to me that the distance to get there resembles a long hallway with a couple of identical twin girls holding knives in front of the elevator - er, I mean bathroom door. Still, I have to wonder if Japan has any laws about accessibility, because regardless of the fact that most of them are as thin as my last tape-worm, this wouldn't fly with our government.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/24/09

    @Monty: Starry Starry!
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    Image of Curves Curves
    06/24/09

    In reply to The Thinnest Buildings In the World Come with Toilets to Match
    I wonder at the functionality of that rest room. We ladies DO stuff in there that requires a little elbow room.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    06/24/09

    @Curves:
    Yeah, unless those things you're "doing" are actually guys all mile-high style, please do not elaborate. Thankyouverymuch.


    @Dillinger23:
    Time Warp had a nice demonstration for why everyone should put both seats down. Flush the toilet with the top lid up, and you get what was called a "toilet plume". When viewed through a high-speed camera that's capable of reading changes in air density, it looks like a tiny mushroom cloud bursting out of the bowl. And it's carrying anything that was in the bowl pre-flush with it into the air, where it'll land on everything in the room. Like your toothbrush. Mmm, tasty.

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    Image of Ibelieveinsandwitches Ibelieveinsandwitches
    06/24/09

    In reply to The Thinnest Buildings In the World Come with Toilets to Match
    One things for sure, we're all going to be a lot thinner.
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    Image of Sora57 is OK Sora57 is OK
    06/24/09

    @Ibelieveinsandwitches: Nicely done. +1
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    06/24/09

    In reply to The Thinnest Buildings In the World Come with Toilets to Match
    Just looking at the girl inside makes me anxious


    Just anxious?

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    Image of Solaseria Solaseria
    06/24/09

    In reply to The Thinnest Buildings In the World Come with Toilets to Match
    y so azn?
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    06/24/09

    @Solaseria: I tried to figure out this disemvoweling for almost a minute before I realized it wasn't disemvoweled.
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    Image of chrishw chrishw
    06/24/09

    @Kaiser-Homerhead: The o, a and sometimes Y didn't throw you off?
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    06/25/09

    @chrishw: Eventually. :)
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