Tired of Election News - Try Some Weird Web Museums

Well, if you thought news media's coverage of the election coverage stunk, maybe its time to switch topics to something really stinky. This blog article is dedicated to the news media.

You can find just about anything on the web and sure enough there is an assortment of museums dedicated to aspects toilets and toilet paper.

Toilet Seats - Barney Smith has a collection of 600 assorted, decorated toilet seats online at http://www.unusualmuseums.org/toilet/

Toilet Paper - The Virtual Toilet Paper museum can be found at http://nobodys-perfect.com/vtpm/index.html


Toilet Museum - Burt Stark has put together an assortment of exhibits and even a gift shop at http://www.toiletmuseum.com/index.php. If you want to skip the images and get down to facts, there is a helpful Frequently Asked Questions page where you can find out when a toilet was first shown on TV or in the movies.

International Toilet Museum - If you prefer to have a bit of international flavor on this moving subject, you may want to visit http://www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org/ which includes a history of toilets that was presented to the International Symposium on Public Toilets held in Hong Kong in 1995. You'll find that the first flush toilet dates back to about 1000 B.C. and that in 1668 Paris required the construction of toilets in all houses for the first time.

American Toilet Museum - At http://www.wbur.org/special/strangemuseums/plumbing.asp you'll find the American Sanitary Plumbing Museum complete with audio explanations of early sanitary facilities.


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