1/21/2005: Elephant uses human-like toilet

Undertoad · 01-21-2005, 09:55 AM

I'd found it already when madmonkey and elspode sent along this item, which is so clearly IotD material that it just isn't... well hell, yes it IS funny. Hilarious even.

And true. Thai mahouts are training some elephants to use toilets to cut down on the waste problem, which would be enormous when you think about it.

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RQuinn · 01-21-2005, 10:50 AM

Oh thank god... I first read the title as "Elephant uses [a] human like [a] toilet"

Trilby · 01-21-2005, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by RQuinn

Oh thank god... I first read the title as "Elephant uses [a] human like [a] toilet"

That's how I read it, too! Whew!

chrisinhouston · 01-21-2005, 02:23 PM

Well one had to wonder about the source. I mean the Sun isn't the most reputable rag out there, but I suppose anything could happen. If the news item had appeared here it probably would have been in the check out line in the Weekly World News with a headline like "Aliens Teach Elephants To Use Flush Toilets".

xoxoxoBruce · 01-22-2005, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

Well one had to wonder about the source. I mean the Sun isn't the most reputable rag out there, but I suppose anything could happen. If the news item had appeared here it probably would have been in the check out line in the Weekly World News with a headline like "Aliens Teach Elephants To Use Flush Toilets".

Here's another link.

chrisinhouston · 01-22-2005, 06:06 AM

Well, from the looks of the soil they could use a little additional organic matter!

Happy Monkey · 01-21-2005, 11:02 AM

It could happen. (but it didn't)

MAdMoNKEY · 01-21-2005, 02:28 PM

Someone get that elephant a magazine or something.

melidasaur · 01-21-2005, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MAdMoNKEY

Someone get that elephant a magazine or something.

I keep picturing that in my mind and can't stop laughing!!!

Senor Oso · 01-21-2005, 04:02 PM

Wait wait wait. The elephant using the toilet is real (or at least if it's a hoax, nobody has debunked it yet). The snopes article referenced above was referring to the myth of someone getting, uh, for lack of a better term, pooped on to death by an elephant.

Happy Monkey · 01-21-2005, 08:32 PM

Right. My Snopes reference was in response to RQuinn, not the original post.

poohbearbeth · 01-21-2005, 09:08 PM

Well Jinx the can was potty trained in a week or so
(Meet the Parents)

Clodfobble · 01-22-2005, 03:27 PM

I suspect it's like an outhouse, that the white part is just sitting on top of a much deeper hole. When it gets mostly full, they can just cover the top with dirt and move the throne to another hole.

capnhowdy · 01-22-2005, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I suspect it's like an outhouse, that the white part is just sitting on top of a much deeper hole. When it gets mostly full, they can just cover the top with dirt and move the throne to another hole.

I reckon my glitch on the image is the blue pipe coming from the back of the crapjack, ehem, excuse me......... Head I should say.
It looks like a peice of 4-6" PVC or CPVC. I've seen it used on construction sites. The pipe may be a lot bigger than I think, as the animal & the head are both huge. You can see the pipe very well on Bruce's link.
Anyway, IMHO the image would be more convincing without the "pipe", or whatever.

Wonder if "it's a floater?" Hope not..............
Maybe the cement looking opening the "pipe" goes into is one of the gates of hell. "Some folks call it hell- I call it hades".

xoxoxoBruce · 01-22-2005, 08:23 PM

From UT's link;

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The jumbos even flush the stone lav, which is fully plumbed in, by pulling a cord with their trunks. The waste is then processed to extract the methane.

01-21-2005, 09:55 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/21/2005: Elephant uses human-like toilet I'd found it already when madmonkey and elspode sent along this item, which is so clearly IotD material that it just isn't... well hell, yes it IS funny. Hilarious even. And true. Thai mahouts are training some elephants to use toilets to cut down on the waste problem, which would be enormous when you think about it. full story

01-21-2005, 11:02 AM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It could happen. (but it didn't) __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-21-2005, 02:28 PM	#8
MAdMoNKEY Smooth Ruffian Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Right behind you! Posts: 47	Someone get that elephant a magazine or something. __________________ "Oooh oooh aaahh aaahh! slap!" - MAdMoNKEY

01-21-2005, 08:32 PM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Right. My Snopes reference was in response to RQuinn, not the original post. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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01-21-2005, 10:50 AM	#2
RQuinn Reclusive Ghoul Programmer Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 18	Oh thank god... I first read the title as "Elephant uses [a] human like [a] toilet"

01-21-2005, 02:23 PM	#4
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Well one had to wonder about the source. I mean the Sun isn't the most reputable rag out there, but I suppose anything could happen. If the news item had appeared here it probably would have been in the check out line in the Weekly World News with a headline like "Aliens Teach Elephants To Use Flush Toilets".

01-22-2005, 06:06 AM	#6
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Well, from the looks of the soil they could use a little additional organic matter!

01-21-2005, 04:02 PM	#10
Senor Oso Antagonistic Antagonist Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Posts: 22	Wait wait wait. The elephant using the toilet is real (or at least if it's a hoax, nobody has debunked it yet). The snopes article referenced above was referring to the myth of someone getting, uh, for lack of a better term, pooped on to death by an elephant.

01-21-2005, 09:08 PM	#12
poohbearbeth Keeper of the Decorum Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 59	Well Jinx the can was potty trained in a week or so (Meet the Parents)

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I suspect it's like an outhouse, that the white part is just sitting on top of a much deeper hole. When it gets mostly full, they can just cover the top with dirt and move the throne to another hole.

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