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"

Happy Monkey · 01-21-2005, 11:02 AM

It could happen. (but it didn't)

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".

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)

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!

capnhowdy · 01-22-2005, 07:46 AM

I buy the elephant training bit- no problem.
My question: how do they flush the damn thing?
Or do they just clean it out. If they clean it out , wouldn't it be easier off the ground?
By the looks of the "plumbing" in the image, it doesn't look like it could handle a 200 lb jake.
If I were a mahout, I'd train my ele to run a backhoe & be done with it.

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.

lumberjim · 01-22-2005, 03:56 PM

actually, the concrete square it sits on would indicate a direct opening onto a sewer. wonder if the elephant has any fear of aligators?

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	#3
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	#6
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	#9
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]

01-22-2005, 07:46 AM	#13
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I buy the elephant training bit- no problem. My question: how do they flush the damn thing? Or do they just clean it out. If they clean it out , wouldn't it be easier off the ground? By the looks of the "plumbing" in the image, it doesn't look like it could handle a 200 lb jake. If I were a mahout, I'd train my ele to run a backhoe & be done with it. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

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	#5
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".

01-21-2005, 04:02 PM	#8
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	#10
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)

01-22-2005, 06:06 AM	#12
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!

01-22-2005, 03:27 PM	#14
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.

01-22-2005, 03:56 PM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	actually, the concrete square it sits on would indicate a direct opening onto a sewer. wonder if the elephant has any fear of aligators? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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