Quicky invents the odor and splatter remover afterwards... http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUST5871220071023?feedType=RSS TOKYO (Reuters) - If you're stuck in traffic when Mother Nature calls, Japan's Kaneko Sangyo Co. has developed the loo for you. The manufacturer of plastic car accessories drew back the curtain on Tuesday on its new portable toilet for cars. The toilet comes with a curtain large enough to conceal users and a plastic bag to collect waste. "The commode will come in handy during major disasters such as earthquakes or when you are caught in a traffic jam," a company official told reporters, according to Kyodo News. Japan is situated on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and accounts for about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater. Drivers stranded by tectonic movements or stuck in tailbacks simply assemble the cardboard toilet bowl, fit a water-absorbent sheet inside and draw round the curtain. The product is small enough to fit inside a suitcase, the company said. But prospective customers will have to hang on until November 15, when the firm begins selling the new product online.
The Japanese might be the single greatest inventors of useless gadgets that everybody loves. Check out this Japanese invention of urban camouflage from the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/10/20/world/20071020_JAPAN_SLIDESHOW_index.html
Traffic has sucked so bad sometimes that Ive had to resort to an empty Ozarka water bottle...Not my proudest moment, but desperate times call for desperate measures...
I remember once I had Niagra Falls in my pants. Yet I was stuck in full stop traffic, only 1/2 a mile from the next exit on the interstate. I held on, it was the greatest bathroom break ever. Like the first Austin Powers. I would've rather avoided the bladder infection and used this.
I'm pretty sure that if somebody is in their car when an earthquake hits, that person probably won't have to worry about going in a toilet.
My thoughts too. The only application I can see is when stuck in traffic of nowhere like in a desert. Truck drivers can use them though.
