7/29/2003: Portable toilet art

Undertoad · 07-29-2003, 01:56 PM

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.

Griff · 07-29-2003, 02:09 PM

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.

e unibus plurum · 07-29-2003, 02:36 PM

me like dominoes! oops...

warch · 07-29-2003, 04:57 PM

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

xoxoxoBruce · 07-29-2003, 04:59 PM

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.

Leah · 07-29-2003, 05:35 PM

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

xoxoxoBruce · 07-29-2003, 05:50 PM

Quote:

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

Unless there's a French Embassy handy.

mglenn · 07-29-2003, 10:21 PM

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!

xoxoxoBruce · 07-29-2003, 11:15 PM

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

Nothing But Net · 07-29-2003, 11:28 PM

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

Jerkwad...

Bitman · 07-30-2003, 12:11 AM

Quote:

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.

dar512 · 08-01-2003, 10:37 AM

Quote:

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.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-01-2003, 04:20 PM

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

OnyxCougar · 08-12-2003, 08:26 AM

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*

xoxoxoBruce · 08-12-2003, 09:25 PM

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

07-29-2003, 01:56 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	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.

07-29-2003, 02:09 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	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. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-29-2003, 04:59 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	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. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-29-2003, 10:21 PM	#8
mglenn Kinda New Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1	3,500 Toilets 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!

07-29-2003, 11:15 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Welcome to the Cellar, Mglenn. It sounds like a really big show. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-29-2003, 02:36 PM	#3
e unibus plurum garbage in, refuse out Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 98	me like dominoes! oops...

07-29-2003, 04:57 PM	#4
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Urinbiz a brilliant name coined by some guys in Wisconsin for their startup portable toilet company.

07-29-2003, 05:35 PM	#6
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	I hate using those toilets, but when nature calls sometimes one doesn't have a choice.

07-29-2003, 11:28 PM	#10
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Personally, I prefer the Alamo <img src="http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/news/images/o/osbourne_ozzy/sq-ozzy-osbourne-surprised-mtv.gif"> Jerkwad...

08-01-2003, 04:20 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, you're showing mine. I didn't think anyone here would pick up on that. 1 gold star for you, Dar. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-12-2003, 08:26 AM	#14
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	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 __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

08-12-2003, 09:25 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh all right. You can have a gold star too. I know Dar, life ain't fair. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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