7/29/2003: Portable toilet art

Such a colorful, beautful thing, ain't it? I love when art uses simple geometrics and a simple, basic color palette.

No, these are toilets, portable ones. They're in Toronto, waiting to be installed for the Stones concert for SARS relief which is tomorrow. 450,000 people are expected to be relieving themselves.

Ah, the joy of sense memory... sun beating down, the heavy smell of antiseptic in the air, ears ringing, nice beer buzz, pulling the door open to a horrifying sight... nevermind.

me like dominoes! oops...

Urinbiz
a brilliant name coined by some guys in Wisconsin for their startup portable toilet company.

When the King Tut's Treasures show was in DC, the lines were hours long. They set up portable toilets on flatbed trailers by the dozens. When you went in it was like an airplane bathroom with stainless steel, blue water and all. Damn nice setup. :D

I hate using those toilets, but when nature calls sometimes one doesn't have a choice. :whofart:

but when nature calls sometimes one doesn't have a choice.

Unless there's a French Embassy handy.:D

I'll be attending the concert tomorrow afternoon. It should be quite an experience with over 430,000 people expected.

Some stats via

Toilet paper for miles and other Downsview stats

- 3,500 portable toilets
- 600 hand washing stations
- 250,000 hot dogs
- 250,000 hamburgers
- 227,124 litres of mustard, relish and ketchup
- 450,000: 600-millilitre bottles of pop
- 4,000,000: Litres of water available on site
- 1,546 kilometres of toilet paper
- 20,000 people employed on site
- 1,250 police officers
- 1,450 private security guards
- 500 emergency service workers
- 2.4 hectare food and beverage tent area
- 500 places to buy food
- 10 beer tents
- 400 metre BBQ field
- 50,000 parking spots
- 400,000: Dollars raised for Hospitality Employees Relief Fund and Healthcare Workers Fund.

See you there!

Welcome to the Cellar, Mglenn. It sounds like a really big show.

<img src="http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/news/images/o/osbourne_ozzy/sq-ozzy-osbourne-surprised-mtv.gif">

Jerkwad...

Originally posted by mglenn
Some stats

Ya, stats are fun:
- 500k meats / 430k people = 1 sandwich per person, NO MORE!
- 227k liters of goop = 0.5L per sandwich. ick!
- 3m toilet paper per person
- $1 per person raised? weak.

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Welcome to the Cellar, Mglenn. It sounds like a really big show.

Was this your Ed Sullivan imitation?

Am I showing my age? Of course I am.

No, you're showing mine. I didn't think anyone here would pick up on that. 1 gold star for you, Dar.:thumb:

[COLOR=indigo]When I read it, I heard "really big shew" in my head, but didn't think anything about it (like it was wierd or anything). *sigh* [/COLOR]

Oh all right. You can have a gold star too.
I know Dar, life ain't fair.;)