Comments on: Desperate man in electronics store toilet tweets for paper http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 13:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Nelson.C http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786946 Nelson.C Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786946 First thing I thought of. As to the comparative embarrassment of twittering <i>versus</i> calling out for help, it's my reading of the Japanese personality that twittering would involve less loss of face. On the internet, after all, you have no face. First thing I thought of.

As to the comparative embarrassment of twittering versus calling out for help, it’s my reading of the Japanese personality that twittering would involve less loss of face. On the internet, after all, you have no face.

]]> By: electronick brane http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786948 electronick brane Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786948 Long pre-Twitter, my sister-in-law got locked in the toilet in Morocco, so she rang me in London to say "GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!" I think this means Twitter is a step forward... Long pre-Twitter, my sister-in-law got locked in the toilet in Morocco, so she rang me in London to say “GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!”
I think this means Twitter is a step forward…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786716 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786716 Goodbye, LifeCall necklace... Goodbye, LifeCall necklace…

]]> By: Sekonda http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786719 Sekonda Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786719 I'm suprised a robot didn't crawl out of his phone and wipe his ass for him. Or so my understanding of Japanese Technology goes. c________c I’m suprised a robot didn’t crawl out of his phone and wipe his ass for him. Or so my understanding of Japanese Technology goes. c________c

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786731 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786731 That wouldn't be very Akiba-like though. That wouldn’t be very Akiba-like though.

]]> By: AllisonWunderland http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-789048 AllisonWunderland Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-789048 What? Too stupid to check BEFORE sitting down and cutting loose? This whole scenario just screams of twisted perspective. What? Too stupid to check BEFORE sitting down and cutting loose? This whole scenario just screams of twisted perspective.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786747 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786747 Television sky of Akihabara no help on the can Television sky
of Akihabara
no help on the can

]]> By: Cynical http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-788283 Cynical Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788283 Yodobashi staff Neglect toilet roll duty Wiped arse with Twitter Yodobashi staff
Neglect toilet roll duty
Wiped arse with Twitter

]]> By: technosean http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786763 technosean Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786763 GO INTERNET!!! GO INTERNET!!!

]]> By: Elmo Gearloose http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786770 Elmo Gearloose Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786770 I tweet to the world: Godzilla's first dump of the day, Pants around my knees.... I tweet to the world:
Godzilla’s first dump of the day,
Pants around my knees….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-787026 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787026 Hmph. Nakimushi. You are never guaranteed toilet paper in Tokyo public restrooms. Why didn't he have one of those tissue packs that get handed out on every corner? Hmph. Nakimushi. You are never guaranteed toilet paper in Tokyo public restrooms. Why didn’t he have one of those tissue packs that get handed out on every corner?

]]> By: simonbarsinister http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786776 simonbarsinister Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786776 Stuck on the toilet Calling Twitterverse for help Unwanted Flash-Mob. Stuck on the toilet
Calling Twitterverse for help
Unwanted Flash-Mob.

]]> By: Chocolatey Shatner http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786777 Chocolatey Shatner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786777 No. But I did think instantly of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gysu0kgFwT0">this</a>. No. But I did think instantly of this.

]]> By: drewmcmanus http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786783 drewmcmanus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786783 Is there a Japanese version of <a href="http://www.oversharers.com/>Oversharers.com</a> ? Is there a Japanese version of #comment-786790 Fire! Fire! Help me! 123 Clarendon Road. Looking forward to hearing from you, Maurice Moss. Fire! Fire! Help me! 123 Clarendon Road. Looking forward to hearing from you, Maurice Moss.

]]> By: MrScience http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-788345 MrScience Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-788345 I hear Rick Astley has some good music to choose from. :) I hear Rick Astley has some good music to choose from. :)

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786811 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786811 Hehe! 0118 999 881 999 119 725...3 Hehe! 0118 999 881 999 119 725…3

]]> By: bryanchamp http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786821 bryanchamp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786821 And yet none of my twitter friends respond to my request to find out how much my transformer toys from the 80s are worth...I need to get new twitter friends. And yet none of my twitter friends respond to my request to find out how much my transformer toys from the 80s are worth…I need to get new twitter friends.

]]> By: Judah http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786854 Judah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786854 Old stall Toilet paper rolls in Sound of flushing Old stall
Toilet paper rolls in
Sound of flushing

]]> By: Ian_McLoud http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786863 Ian_McLoud Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786863 I am a germaphobe. I LOVE the idea of an ass-washing toilet. I loathe the idea of a public ass-washing toilet/bidet. Are bidets/ass washing toilets common in Japan/Europe? (A hotel room - or anywhere I can tell myself was cleaned after the last disgusting soul soiled it - is not public in my little world.) I am a germaphobe. I LOVE the idea of an ass-washing toilet. I loathe the idea of a public ass-washing toilet/bidet.

Are bidets/ass washing toilets common in Japan/Europe?

(A hotel room – or anywhere I can tell myself was cleaned after the last disgusting soul soiled it – is not public in my little world.)

]]> By: concrete_d http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786874 concrete_d Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786874 I didn't get a second chance Tried to fart and shit my pants I didn’t get a second chance
Tried to fart and shit my pants

]]> By: elguapostrikes http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786621 elguapostrikes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786621 God bless the internet. God bless the internet.

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786625 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786625 ...and history documents the first practical use for Twitter. …and history documents the first practical use for Twitter.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-787137 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-787137 There's performance and there's, well, performance art. There’s performance and there’s, well, performance art.

]]> By: Herbie http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786627 Herbie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786627 Yikes! Think of all the evil someone could do, knowing you were stranded and alone in a bathroom. Yikes! Think of all the evil someone could do, knowing you were stranded and alone in a bathroom.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786629 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786629 If he would of just called the store he could of gotten it quicker lol If he would of just called the store he could of gotten it quicker lol

]]> By: Church http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786630 Church Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786630 Next time someone asks what's the point of Twitter... Next time someone asks what’s the point of Twitter…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786887 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786887 LOL at calling Yodobashi to ask an employee. Have you guys ever been in an Akihabara Yodobashi? Wal-Mart on the day after Thanksgiving x 1billion! Butt-washing toilets are common. But so are toilets that you have to squat over and have no toilet paper. LOL at calling Yodobashi to ask an employee. Have you guys ever been in an Akihabara Yodobashi? Wal-Mart on the day after Thanksgiving x 1billion!

Butt-washing toilets are common. But so are toilets that you have to squat over and have no toilet paper.

]]> By: MisterEd http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786635 MisterEd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786635 Did anyone else instantly think of the Bruce Sterling story, "Maneki Neko"? Did anyone else instantly think of the Bruce Sterling story, “Maneki Neko”?

]]> By: Elmo Gearloose http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/desperate-man-in-ele.html#comment-786636 Elmo Gearloose Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786636 I think it's time for all budding poets to submit their haiku thoughts. Here is my pitiful attempt: No toilet paper. Tears fall like cherry blossoms-- out of wi-fi zone. I think it’s time for all budding poets to submit their haiku thoughts. Here is my pitiful attempt:

No toilet paper.
Tears fall like cherry blossoms–
out of wi-fi zone.

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