For The Man/Woman Who Has Everything...
This morning I came across this interesting little item for sale at Circuit City. Check it out and see what you think.
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It's a toilet tissue holder that also serves as an am/fm radio. The price is pretty good- only $5.99. If you are not interested in its intended purpose, but need a portable radio, then this may be what you are looking for. It even has a built-in handle. And if Nature should call and the public facility is out of tissue, as so often is the case, then you could just be at ease while laughing at the unprepared public.
I am wondering how many of our fellow T-bloggers have a musical toilet paper holder? I'm thinking surrogate, and perhaps toztee. But that's about it.
Do we really need music while we use the bathroom? Weird to me is the guy in the other stall who wants to have a conversation. The other day this guy said "Hello?". I thought it kind of an imposition upon my time of privacy, but I wanted to be friendly, so I replied, "Hi there." In a moment he said, "I was just wondering how things are going." Well, he knew how things were going- I was sitting on the toilet. So I said, "O.K. I guess I do this everyday. How about you?" Then I heard him say, "Honey, I'm going to have to hang up. There's an idiot in the stall next door who thinks I'm talking to him."
It's a place for work, not leisure. I don't need music for the bathroom. I don't read the paper. And I'm not about to touch a magazine left there by the person previous to me.
One interesting part of this Circuit City Toilet Music System is the built-in alarm siren. It is activated by a red button. I would very much not want people to come to me while occupied in such manner. I wonder the purpose. Any ideas?
06.23.06 (6:27 pm) [
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posted by:
Drucillia (
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06.23.06 (1:39 pm)
Erm. It would be good, should some idiot in the next stall try to steal your wonderful, musical toilet paper holder. It is a panic button. Ooh.
I want a a musical toliet paper holder...if it plays good music that is: should it play something resembling elevator music, run away, and run quickly.
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fractalmom (
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06.23.06 (3:41 pm)
now me, i always have a book handy. don't need music. well, actually never HAD music in the bathroom. funny that. but recently i did redo my master bath. for me. only for me. africa theme. giraffes. lions. lots of green growing things. (no,i don't mean mold either). and.....tada.....a 13 inch color tv with cable and remote. how weird. 50 years old and i finally have color tv with remote in the bathroom. candles, scents, (the GOOD ones...) and peace. quiet. harmony. a cross. my rosary. contemplation. why is the bathroom my getaway now. well, because i am 50, going on 51. and heck, i am raising two grandchildren ages 3 and 6, and well, i can.
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surrogate (
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06.23.06 (4:54 pm)
Mine only plays the flight of the bumble bee. (Helps me make a quick job of things.)
posted by:
kurtmaddox (
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06.23.06 (5:04 pm)
I don't TP Radio, but, I absolutely could live without my shower radio!
:-)
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PastorDave (
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06.23.06 (5:11 pm)
Reply to: Drucillia
Perhaps, as you suggest, there is a built-in theft alarm. It makes sense, because if you invest all that money into your toilet paper holder, you would not want some ingrate to steal it.
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PastorDave (
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06.23.06 (5:15 pm)
I understand the candles and the scents.
Now, a cross and a rosary? A toilet time of devotion has never crossed my mind, or heart. But, hey, I commend you for your commitment. You can read your Bible, say your prayers, do the rosary- all while enjoying the peace & quiet of jungle scenery. Hey, you can even have Pat Robertson on television.
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PastorDave (
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06.23.06 (5:16 pm)
Reply to: fractalmom
I understand the candles and the scents.
Now, a cross and a rosary? A toilet time of devotion has never crossed my mind, or heart. But, hey, I commend you for your commitment. You can read your Bible, say your prayers, do the rosary- all while enjoying the peace & quiet of jungle scenery. Hey, you can even have Pat Robertson on television.
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PastorDave (
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06.23.06 (5:17 pm)
Reply to: surrogate
I like that.
Seems there is an old hymn entitled "Sitting On The Throne". Might be appropriate.
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PastorDave (
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06.23.06 (5:30 pm)
Reply to: kurtmaddox
Shower radio...let me guess, you listen to Rush Limbaugh? At the closeout store, I saw a shower c-d player at a very good price. It's really not a practical purchase for me, though. But if I were a bathing person, I'd get one.
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fractalmom (
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06.23.06 (5:51 pm)
well, actually, i never thought about using the throne, rosary and cross simultaneously. that is kind of an ewwwwww thingy. sacreligious? (i don't think i spelled that right...)
but, the bathroom is about the ONLY place in my cracker factory (oh. i'm sorry, i meant home, the loving place of my family) where i can get a modicum of peace. and, when i pray, i do like it peaceful. i pray at night in bed also, but half the time i don't even get through the Our Father before falling asleep. years of training and exhaustion i think. my head hits the pillow, i go to sleep. i think that God understands tho.
so, i also have a chair in my bathroom. and the chair, not the throne, is where i can sit, with candles lit, the exhaust fan to drown out the noise of the loving family, the wonderful woodland scents and the wildlife, calming me down whilst God and I talk. it helps. why waste a perfectly good room?
posted by: Robin (reply)
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06.17.07 (9:41 pm)
As an RN what strikes me is that this button may be something akin to "I've fallen and I can't get up".
IN every hospital's pt restrooms, there is a button next to the john in case the pt experiences any kind of problem. This is usually connected to a red light outside the pts door that flashes and perhaps an alarm may sound. If you ever need help in a hurry in a hospital, press that button in the bathroom. Someone will be there in seconds.
posted by: PastorDave (reply)
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06.18.07 (4:39 am)
Reply to: Robin
On Saturday night, one of the little ladies at church fell into her bathtub and could not get up. She stayed there all night long. Her son found her the next day. I think she is o.k., and I will visit her today. Too bad she did not have a toilet paper holder with an emergency button.
Several of the senior citizens around here have a First Alert button they wear on a necklace. But, I've noticed, they tend to not wear it, instead leaving it on the counter or coffee table. That's not good, and costs their family about $75 per month.
Thanks for visiting this old post. Glad to have you around!
