I came across something that my good friend Anthony over at T&A should appreciate. If memory serves, he had undertaken a similar project many moons ago and it has since disappeared.
The Bathroom Diaries is an effort, unparalleled since the Human Genome Project, to catalog all of the world’s public bathrooms. The website’s Mission Statement is rousing, inspirational, and should be read to the theme from Wild World of Sports:
The Bathroom Diaries scours the globe to rate the worlds’ toilets. Few would visit a country without some advanced information, yet our tender bits are exposed to uncharted territories with no help or assistance. At our most vulnerable, we are blind. Well, no more.
With listings in over 120 countries, TBD is the standard in commode chronicling. Make sure you visit there before you visit anywhere else.
Bonus: Feel the need to take it to the next level? Read The Poop Report (somewhat NSFW).
(Found via Lifehacker)
I had started a site paying tribute to “the Pittsburgh toilet,” the toilets found in the basements of older Pittsburgh homes, often sitting in the wide open sans any sort of walls or partitions for privacy. I was hoping for people to send in their photos of their Pittsburgh toilet, but the project never took off so I took the site down. Seeing this site makes me think that maybe I should resurrect the idea. Hmmm…
I’m sure my littlest sister could be of some help to that project… as my dad likes to joke, she’s visited almost every bathroom in the tri-state area.
There used to be a site called “The Happiest Potties on Earth,” which focused exclusively on rating the restrooms at Disney parks. I’m too lazy to look it up, but it’s probably still around.
I’m just grateful that you didn’t link to ratemypoo.com.
Bob: http://www.mouseplanet.com/potties/.
And, oh my dear God is ratemypoo.com horrifying.