Bizarre Bathroom Stories in the News

October, 1989: A North Carolina company has introduced "Talking Tissue," a novelty gadget which fits the standard toilet paper dispenser. Each time the tissue is pulled, you hear one of four recordings: "Yuk-yuk," "Stinky-stinky," "Nice one-nice one," or alarm bells.

January, 1990: A man in Lawrence, Kansas, spent a night underneath an outhouse after he fell through the seat trying to retrieve his wallet. He was rescued by Sheriff Loren Anderson, who said the man wasn't injured, "but in a pretty ugly mood."

January, 1990: Over 20 toilets and urinals in the King County, Washington, Court House erupted after being flushed. Apparently, a plumber who was making repairs mistakenly switched an air compressor with a water line.

December, 1989: Police employees in Concord, California, filed a $30 million lawsuit against the Concord Police Department after they found a hidden camera installed above a urinal in the men's room. Police Chief George Straka explained that the surveillance was necessary to catch the culprit who had clogged the urinal a few times, causing it to flood the chief's office downstairs.


June, 1989: Singapore courts fined a man $75 for urinating in an elevator. Police nabbed him in the elevator after the urine detector locked the elevator doors. A hidden video camera recorded the whole event and the footage was later used as evidence.