Do you like anime? And toilets?

Then today's your lucky day. 

(Via @unkogakkai.)

Man, houseguests are the worst.

Via.

Who wants to sit on the Iron Throne toilet?

Actually, I think I'll pass on taking a seat on this Game of Thrones toilet. Still, good on the DIY dude who built it!

Hello Kitty toilets can be ordered in Japan? *buys airline ticket*

Why Chinese tourists are buying toilets in Japan: http://t.co/Gn2hnBQHhY pic.twitter.com/YbME6Fmitb
— CNBC (@CNBC) March 5, 2015

Notice anything odd about this bomber?

This 1965 photo is of a Skyraider, a fighter/bomber which launched from aircraft carriers. And yes, that IS a toilet under its wing! But usually we drop bombs IN toilets...we don't drop toilets as bombs! Pilot Clint Johnson (Captain, USNR Ret.) explains:

"The toilet was a damaged toilet, which was going to be thrown overboard. One of our plane captains rescued it and the [bomb] crew made a rack, tailfins and nose fuse for it. [After being scheduled for a flight mission], our checkers maintained a position to block the view of the air boss and the Captain while the aircraft was taxiing forward. Just as it was being shot off we got a message from the bridge, 'What the hell is on that plane's right wing?' 

"[The plane takes off. The toilet bomb] was dropped in a dive... When it came off, it turned hole to the wind and almost struck the airplane...The FAC said that it whistled all the way down.”

Story and photos from MidwaySailor.com.

What—you'd rather go acoustic?

This electric guitar toilet seat is from Jammin' Johns.

Want to see the world's sneakiest toilet?

Nope, nothing here…

…and presto!

Thanks to Nathan S. for the photos!

This Tokyo toilet exhibition is one of the finest museum attractions in the world

First, you put on a special poop hat and climb up to look in the giant toilet…but don't fall in!

Ha! Just kidding. You have a poop hat on—you're SUPPOSED to fall in the toilet. But where do you go?

You'll feel a little flushed as you head to a class where you will learn about all the different kinds of poop.

So what's the story? I'll let the Agence France-Presse explain:

A Japanese exhibition dedicated to what gets flushed down them and featuring a giant toilet slide is making a splash in Tokyo. Children wearing poo-shaped hats slid excitedly down a chute into a lavatory following the "Journey of Poo" at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. 

The aim of the exhibition, which also includes a chorus of singing toilet bowls, is to educate visitors about sewerage, health and waste. An angry lavatory asked out loud what would happen if the world's loos refused to do their jobs, encouraging toddlers to say 'thank you' after flushing. Children also lined up to make their own poop from plasticene, while giggling couples enjoying an unusual date also took the opportunity to sport the popular brown hats and slide down the toilet.

Link here, via Chris Buckley.

The "garderobe" was the first bathroom…and be sure to guard your robes!

Over at the Smithsonian, Jimmy Stamp takes a look at the history of the bathroom. As you may know, in the Middle Ages, folks kept chamber pots in their bedrooms to poop and pee in, then threw the contents out the window. This led to greater—and grosser?—things:

Garderrobe photo by Basha!

During the 11th-century castle-building boom, chamber pots were supplemented with toilets . . .  integrated into the architecture. 

These early bathrooms, known as “garderobes” were little more than continuous niches that ran vertically down to the ground, but they soon evolved into small rooms that protruded from castle walls . . . historian Dan Snow notes: “The name garderobe—which translates as guarding one's robes—is thought to come from hanging your clothes in the toilet shaft, as the ammonia from the urine would kill the fleas." 

. . . the garderrobe actually had a strong resemblance to an aspect of a castle’s defenses. And it works in the same basic way: gravity. And while the garderobe was actually a weak spot in a castle’s defenses, woe be the unassuming invader scaling a castle wall beneath one. 

Several designs emerged to solve the problem of vertical waste disposal—some spiral up towers, for example, while some were entire towers; some dropped waste into cesspools, moats, and some just dropped it onto the ground below. Not all medieval compounds were okay with merely dumping excrement onto the ground like so much hot oil.

Important historical discovery!

Since the ancient toilets stank bad, one archaeologist decided to do something about it... but he was warned:

Stupid leprechauns!

Via.

Ah, Monday. When the splendor of the week lays before you!

Going to the Olympics? Fishing in the toilets is not allowed!

So a Canadian snowboarder tweeted this photo of the bathroom rules in Sochi, Russia.

It makes sense, I guess, but those last two... I have questions:

1. Who fishes in toilets? 

2. WHAT IS THE PERSON IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT DOING?

And there are even more weird bathroom rules at the Olympics. For example, check out this sign:

 That's right, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO FLUSH THE TOILET PAPER! You can imagine how fun it is to sit there, staring into a garbage can of soiled T.P.!

Finally, NEVER let the sink's water touch your face. Seriously! This is what it looks like:

My pee looks better than THAT! Keep up the good work, Russia. *facepalm*

This puts new meaning into "flushing a slam dunk"

How funny!

Is this host polite? Or INSANE?

I'm not saying it's cold...

...but the toilet just froze over.

WHO GIFT-WRAPPED THE TOILET?

Via Christine.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you—"

*flush*

Via.

Having a rough day?

This is sure to cheer you up!

Today is World Toilet Day!

Only about 1 in 3 people worldwide have safe, clean toilets. So where does everyone else poop?

Wherever they can.

So World Toilet Day is a time to be thankful for the toilets we have—and to figure out a way to get toilets to the toilet-less!