The Cellar  

Go Back   The Cellar > Images > Image of the Day

Image of the Day Images that will blow your mind - every day. [Blog] [RSS] [XML]

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 07-07-2010, 12:11 AM   #1
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
July 7, 2010: Public Toilets

Last year's winner for the best public toilets in America.

Quote:
The entertainment at Shoji Tabuchi's Theatre goes beyond the stage and into the restroom. Visit the ladies' powder room and you've entered the lap of luxury. This restroom boasts wainscoting, live cut orchids at every granite and onyx pedestal sink, stained glass, chandeliers and a ceiling reproduced from the 1890's Empire Period.


Quote:
The gentlemen's lounge is a treat as well, with black lion head sinks imported from Italy, black leather chairs, a marble fireplace, and yes, even a billiard room with a hand carved mahogany pool table.
Top Restroom Features:
- Marble fireplaces
- Hand-carved mahogany pool table
- Antiques
- Lion’s head sinks
- Leather chairs
- Stained glass
- Chandeliers


You can vote in this year's competition, here.
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 12:50 AM   #2
Mav
Lurker
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 26
Why is it, when it comes to public bathrooms, the womens rooms are always these exotic lounges usually, and the mens is often this dingy dirty place you wish you had never set foot in? The womens usually has a couch and all kinds of fancy soap, usually a end table or small chair. The men get a few urinals and a couple toilets..that you would never want to touch unless your very life depended on it, the sinks are often out of soap and theres almost never any paper towels in the dispenser.. *sigh*
Mav is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 01:06 AM   #3
toranokaze
I'm still a jerk
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Little Mexico
Posts: 1,817
Maybe that is why there is a line for women's restrooms
__________________
"Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa

It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge

The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.
toranokaze is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 02:18 AM   #4
stevecrm
Just moved in
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: worksop, England
Posts: 42
so where's the toilets then? or do they pee in the posh sinks
stevecrm is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 02:27 AM   #5
toranokaze
I'm still a jerk
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Little Mexico
Posts: 1,817
I do :
__________________
"Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa

It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge

The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.
toranokaze is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 02:45 AM   #6
lumberjim
I can hear my ears
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 25,571
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mav View Post
Why is it, when it comes to public bathrooms, the womens rooms are always these exotic lounges usually, and the mens is often this dingy dirty place you wish you had never set foot in? The womens usually has a couch and all kinds of fancy soap, usually a end table or small chair. The men get a few urinals and a couple toilets..that you would never want to touch unless your very life depended on it, the sinks are often out of soap and theres almost never any paper towels in the dispenser.. *sigh*
ok, Mr or Mrs 17 posts in 8 years. You know lurkers give me the willies, right? So....your comparison and contrasting of the male/female restroom implies a certain sense of authority and familiarity with BOTH rooms....

you'd better be a janitor. That's all I'm sayin'
__________________
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality
Embrace this moment, remember
We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan
lumberjim is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 05:33 AM   #7
SPUCK
Professor
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,911
Quote:
Originally Posted by toranokaze View Post
I do :

Which brings us back to why men's rest rooms are NOT like the women's..
SPUCK is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 06:47 AM   #8
wanderer
Master of the Domain
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 225
I think we men are more concerned about getting the job done in the public washrooms and move on. Who cares for architecture and pleasures of posh sofa sets when all you need to do is pee []
__________________
smoke on the water
wanderer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 07:23 AM   #9
glatt
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
I love those oversized padded leather toilets in the men's room, but I'd rather have a little privacy. I wouldn't want to use them out in the open like that.
glatt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 08:15 AM   #10
Trilby
Slattern of the Swail
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 15,654
seems just a bit overdone.


hee hee at lj.
__________________
In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.

"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
—James Barrie


Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
Trilby is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 08:45 AM   #11
newtimer
Operations Operative
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 479
I would be pissed (ha!) if I had to take a dump and went into one of those fancy restrooms. Who cares what color the sinks are or from where they were imported? Who cares if there are flowers and a fireplace in there? I just want a toilet and, hopefully, some toilet paper.
What a mean thing to do: building a public restroom with no toilets! I'd just crap on their floor, out of spite.
newtimer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 09:32 AM   #12
lupin..the..3rd
Belt Conveyor
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Meijersville
Posts: 68
A restroom like that needs its own champagne room.
lupin..the..3rd is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 11:51 AM   #13
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
Quote:
Originally Posted by wanderer View Post
Who cares for architecture and pleasures of posh sofa sets when all you need to do is pee []
The sofas are comfortable place to wait your turn at the billiard table.
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 02:09 PM   #14
Stormieweather
Wearing her bitch boots
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Floriduh
Posts: 1,181
Where are the comfy lounges for the women? All I see is that carved, uncomfortable as hell, settee. Why do the men get big luxurious, easychairs and women get wrought iron??

Psst...the men's urinals are probably on the other side of the billiard room.
__________________
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Stormieweather is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-07-2010, 02:27 PM   #15
Spexxvet
Makes some feel uncomfortable
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 10,346
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stormieweather View Post
Psst...the men's urinals are probably on the other side of the billiard room.
Real men just pee in the billiard table's pockets.
__________________
"I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce
Spexxvet is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:04 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.