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nburgJul 21, 2010
well we better all get some PVC tubing with a flexi-end just incase we are taking a s**t and a fire breaks out just out side the bathroom
smokeydabearJul 21, 2010
Ass pennies.
khaloreiJul 21, 2010
You think you're better than me?
chaosprofessorJul 21, 2010
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f7112b01fb/ass-pennies-from-greatest-comedy-sketches
Closed AccountJul 21, 2010
wow. it's like comedy central has that video on high-bandwidth-only lockdown.
I've been stuck at a place with s**tty internet that can't stream video. Usually I can just find a youtube copy, let the whole thing buffer and watch it later. Every site I've found with that video only buffers 10 seconds or so. f**k you comedy central and fix your flash player.
tomacco79Jul 21, 2010
You have handled my ass pennies!
mons00nJul 21, 2010
you have single-handedly restored my faith in the humor of digg users
smokeydabearJul 21, 2010
You are welcome, my son.
vjohnson22Jul 21, 2010
You've handled my ass pennies. UCB references are always called for
knifesideleftJul 21, 2010
Not a plumber or anything but I was under the impression that the gasses that get trapped in that part of the toilet rising up from the sewer can be extremely toxic. Not something you would want to breath in.
lordbuddyloveJul 21, 2010
Yeah, you don't want to breathe that s**t. It might buy you a few extra minutes, but if you're trapped in the bathroom of a burning building you're ultimately screwed anyway.
atarioJul 21, 2010
If it was a big commercial building, it might not be the same. I imagine those things are more than your everyday pipe-going-to-the-sewer.
lordredsnakeJul 21, 2010
Nope, they're just an even larger pipe to the sewer, maybe with a sewage pump. They're still built with a vent stack and you'd still be breathing in gases meant to be vented to the roof.
doctechnicalJul 21, 2010
I don't know about toxic, but the smell can knock a crow off a manure wagon at about thirty paces. My ass would have to be half way to man-bacon before I'd even think of doing this.
crewbie4lifeJul 21, 2010
haha, man-bacon... priceless.
piieerrrreeJul 21, 2010
dugg for bacon
generalalcazarJul 21, 2010
You are the only person I dugg on this page.
inmsweantitrustJul 21, 2010
i tell ya whut
brendangreburJul 21, 2010
They call the roof vent a stink pipe for a reason.
shwaavayJul 21, 2010
The pipe vents to fresh air through the roof. This way none of those toxic gases build up, so really it would only be minimally toxic.
suricouJul 21, 2010
It would still, however, stink.
regfreeJul 21, 2010
@Suricou
It would only stink if you breathe through your nose.
jagedlionJul 21, 2010
shwaavay is right. It may smell a little bad, but the pipe is required to vent to the outside. When you see a little metal chimney at the top of a building, its often the top end of that pipe.
suricouJul 21, 2010
Not just required, but must for the system to work. Otherwise the partial vacuum from flushing would cause the bowl to empty again, and any sudden pressure variation would cause the toilet to spurt up to the ceiling.
Closed AccountJul 21, 2010
Resulting in much screaming.
gunit99Jul 21, 2010
jenkam?
nraphaelJul 21, 2010
"Not a plumber or anything"
Don't be so hard on yourself. You must be something...
jhw539Jul 21, 2010
Can be. Usually aren't - usually you'd be sucking more air from the vents that go to the roof as the sewers.
larsonal777Jul 21, 2010
yeah your not a plumber.... and neither am i. But i do know physics... and the only way to have a toilet flush like they do would be to have a vent. otherwise you'd have pipes full of sewage. Have you ever played with a straw when you were a kid? You close the top end and nothing goes down. Its the same reason you have a vent on the back side of a gas can.
So as shwaavy said... you'll get fresh air.... but you'll also get some undesirables.
mxm111Jul 21, 2010
Actually, in case of the toilet, if there is no vent, it would suck all the water out of the toilet just by gravity and negative pressure in the pipe. That "end of the straw" you mentioned would become the toilet itself and it is open.
larsonal777Jul 21, 2010
hence "the only way to have a toilet flush like they do"
Every time you flushed you'd have to wait for everything to drain all the way through the pipes. And you'd be wasting a lot of water. In fact unless you limited the amount of water flowing into the toilet its quite possible that your toilet would flush... fill up with water... and the sucking action would make it flush again.
Closed AccountJul 21, 2010
But look at the bright side. That air is probably a good part methane, so you'll at least be able to exhale fire before you die.
combatchuckJul 21, 2010
Rather die of smoke inhalation.
nitesoijaJul 21, 2010
Thanks but no thanks
Closed AccountJul 21, 2010
You never go ass to mouth!
mxm111Jul 21, 2010
Well, formally, this is mouth to ass, not that it improves situation...
bdfarielloJul 21, 2010
Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it's forgivable to go ass to mouth. And if your house being on fire doesn't fall under the category of Heat of the Moment, I'm not sure what does.
p0rtakal2Jul 21, 2010
And never flush the toilet.
deadskinmaskJul 21, 2010
What is this I don't even.
d0kken_Jul 21, 2010
In Case of fire, siphon feces?????
chaosprofessorJul 21, 2010
no he simply went too far you get a good suction going and use it to put out the fire
Closed AccountJul 21, 2010
only if you buy Poop-Tube™ and train everybody in your home to use it.
diggerlaterJul 21, 2010
my girlfriend said no :(
thecoinmanJul 21, 2010
Actually this pic is from the user manual for Google's TiSP internet service.
http://www.google.com/tisp/install.html
crumb28Jul 21, 2010
Looks like he's eating a giant toilet worm.
TheAardvrkJul 21, 2010
So you can still breathe while you burn to death... nice.
mparanoidJul 21, 2010
Most people that die in a fire die because of smoke inhalation, not burning. Assuming that the bathroom wasn't already on fire and the FD was on its way, this may actually be worth trying. I wouldn't want anyone to know I did it but guess what, I'd be alive.
Unless of course the roof/attic was on fire. Then I'd be breathing in smoke.
cowboyclintJul 21, 2010
This is how you summon the sewer alligators.
ryanwbJul 21, 2010
So I should carry that hose thing around with me?
driftwood07Jul 21, 2010
You don't?
atarioJul 21, 2010
Of course not. They're tucked discreetly on the underside of the seat. Just pull it off and go to town!
shozikuJul 21, 2010
yeah, just in case you need to shove it in a toilet then you can light the end of it and make a flamethrower during a burning fire and entertain everyone about to die.
Closed AccountJul 21, 2010
If things don't work out make sure to use your last breath to remove the tube from your mouth. That’s how they found David Carradine.
nbx909Jul 21, 2010
I'm confused as to the purpose to of this contraption
mrjufrowJul 21, 2010
Imagine for some reason your house catches on fire and you happen to be in your bathroom. Now this fire is so overwhelming, its gotten to the point where crawling on the floor won't even help avoiding these fumes. HAVE NO FEAR! While your house is slowly crumbling to the ground, you can use this contraption to access air via your toilet. While you breath the pleasant s**t fumes, you can pray to god the fire that forced you to resort to such extreme measures doesn't burn you the alive.
binaryclockJul 21, 2010
Would work better in a building built of concrete. The bathroom would be pretty safe if you could breathe.
Closed AccountJul 21, 2010
Fresh-air breathing device and method
United States Patent 4320756
The recent rash of fires in high-rise hotels and deaths occasioned thereby has given rise to the need for a breathing device and method for supplying a hotel guest and/or fireman with fresh air until he can be rescued. The device and method of this invention provide for the insertion of a breathing tube through the water trap of a toilet to expose an open end thereof to fresh air from a vent pipe connected to a sewer line of the toilet, to enable the user to breathe fresh air through the tube.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4320756.html
illepicJul 21, 2010
It's for pooping.
protodonJul 21, 2010
I'm pretty sure gases from the septic tank wouldn't be any better than smoke.
jaxxer123Jul 21, 2010
I think running out of the house would be easier, but that's just me.
charlesmayJul 21, 2010
I've seen this before and even as a kid, I wondered about why this would be an alternative. The purpose of the water line is to keep the backup of methane gas from escaping into your home Of course, it a toilet it also serves the purpose of controlling the flushing of the bowl. Just like the P-traps in a sink, they create a barrier to keep these gasses trapped. Why would anyone in their right mind choose this as a supply of "fresh" air. Sure, it's probably easier to breathe than smoke but for how long and at what point would it cause the loss of consciousness?
tuggerJul 21, 2010
in most cases of fire, the smoke is flammable and explosive because all the oxygen has been used, without all the flammable gasses being burned.
So, this is a good way of staying alive in amongst flammable gasses.
smiley09Jul 21, 2010
Can't you use the bathtub drain as a source of air if you get stuck in a bathroom while everything around you is on fire? I am pretty sure I learned it from a digg article... Let me search....................
Yup... but it was a dog that did it.
scy1192Jul 21, 2010
*technically* this would work... for all of 5 seconds.
elguanoJul 21, 2010
I had a fireman friend tell me about this a few years ago. I hope to high heaven I never have to test it (and if I do, I hope to higher heaven it's not some sick, sick long-con joke he was laying for me).
benroyJul 21, 2010
The Human Centipede by proxy.
dunnypopJul 21, 2010
Human Centipede 2: We're not even trying.
benroyJul 22, 2010
Hey, I didn't say it was a good movie. I was just approximately as disgusted by the pic as I was by the movie.
brenisaJul 21, 2010
No.
enoztenJul 21, 2010
that air back there has got to smell like dom deluise
anexanhumeJul 21, 2010
s**t) I em fecken sawry. mun
uv0001Jul 21, 2010
There's a reason there's a P-Trap (the U-Shaped bend in the plumbing) in every drain going to the sewer. The water that sits there blocked the sewage gases. Not only does it smell revolting, it can be nasty stuff health wise.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_gas#Health_effects
"Exposure to low levels of this chemical can irritate the eyes, cause a cough or sore throat, shortness of breath, and fluid accumulation in the lungs. Prolonged low-level exposure may cause fatigue, pneumonia, loss of appetite, headaches, irritability, poor memory, and dizziness. High concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (>150 ppm) can produce olfactory fatigue, whereby the scent becomes undetectable. At very high concentrations (>300 ppm), hydrogen sulfide can cause loss of consciousness and death. "
So you pretty much pick your method of death. Smoke inhalation or poop gas chamber. I would assume the more dignified death would be burning to death trying to escape the burning building.
w00tableJul 21, 2010
cool thing is, even though Hydrogen Sulfide "kills you", if the body is cooled after death when hydrogen sulfide is present, it can then be reanimated simply by re-introducing oxygen to the system.
still wouldn't want to breathe septic fumes.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
nmoulanaJul 21, 2010
What kinds of drugs are you taking? Inhaling hydrogen sulfide will suffocate you meaning you will die, there is no coming back. Induced hypothermia requires miniscule amounts of H2S to be present in the air, something like 100 ppm. Breathing fumes out of a closed septic tank will murder your ass end of story.
joughJul 21, 2010
I wonder if this is as dangerous in houses that aren't connected to public sewer systems but rather have their own septic system.
I'd hate to have to find out the hard way...
maxxellJul 21, 2010
dugg for "poop gas chamber"
And for knowing that what's behind the water trap isn't 'fresh air'
lucutusJul 21, 2010
It's vented to through the roof so those gases don't build up. Flush once and the pipe is cleared of sewer gas with fresh air sucked in from the roof vent.
username1221Jul 21, 2010
...thats a really long tube. I'm questioning whether he'd even get much 'air' because it would be difficult to expel the gas from his lungs all the way out of the tube.
deathmarcherJul 21, 2010
Wouldn't need to breath into the tube, only draw breath from it. He could exhale into the room.
bdfarielloJul 21, 2010
He means that if your air tube is sitting around in the bathroom and is full of fumes already, you need to force all the smoky air out before you can start breathing the "fresh" air in.
rglarson13Jul 21, 2010
Dude, we totally studied the Toilet Tube patent in my patents class. Awesome.
fungowskiJul 21, 2010
not a bad idea for a last resort
loudmusicJul 21, 2010
Where technically that would function, you would probably die from inhaling other gases.
nilremdrolJul 21, 2010
So, the top of the sewer pipe (15 in the diagram) typically runs out the roof and sticks up 3 feet - The same place that the billowing smoke is going to be.
1) DIAF by inhaling smoke
-or-
2) DIAF by inhaling smoke and sh!t fumes.
manwithanameJul 21, 2010
Human Toilet
100% medically accurate
pirategonzoJul 21, 2010
Anyone have the actual instructions for this contraption? I would like to read what all those numbers are pointing out.
brendangreburJul 21, 2010
Hopefully that trick makes you less flammable too.
marciotJul 21, 2010
After taking a puff of air from this, proceed to smoke a cigarette.
xdynabladeJul 21, 2010
Don't worry, guys. I brought this hose so we can suck farts while the firemen come get us.
alexllanioJul 21, 2010
What? I didn't know this!
Closed AccountJul 21, 2010
Macgyver would disapprove.
ricoduedJul 21, 2010
I wish I hadn't clicked on this link.
Now, if I'm ever trapped in my bathroom by a raging fire, instead of just accepting my fate, now I'll have "Well, you COULD shove a tube down the toilet and breathe s**t fumes to survive a little longer..." nagging in the back of my head while I try to convince myself there's nothing I can do.
clarselJul 21, 2010
That is hilarious, so true!
legalskepticJul 21, 2010
We need to make up a name for this and spread a rumor that teens are doing it to get high, then see how long it takes for the 10 o'clock news to start credulously reporting it.
torisutanJul 21, 2010
THIS.
markperiaJul 21, 2010
Make it happen /b... I mean... digg.
richisboredJul 21, 2010
Potty mouthing.
tntbassJul 21, 2010
I doubt that would catch on as much as snorking.
legalskepticJul 21, 2010
I was thinking snorking.
Closed AccountJul 21, 2010
Torking? Toilet + snorkeling?
jmurrzJul 21, 2010
Would be more humorous to see how many teens start trying it after seeing it on the news. Also, snorking sounds excellent.
jenkemuserJul 21, 2010
they actually do use this as a drug.. look up JenKem.. its huge in third worlds
legalskepticJul 21, 2010
I don't know what's sadder, that you think jenkem is real, or that you created an account just to post this comment.
atmosphereeeJul 29, 2010
hahaha first of all..... Jenkem is very real. Second of all... this article may save your life.
kbenoit001Jul 21, 2010
Shawshank Redemption.
gazowJul 21, 2010
in case of fire, give yourself aids and herpes? seems kind of counterproductive
gunit99Jul 21, 2010
Hmmm, maybe live with the shameful memory of sucking s**tgas from the depths of my toilet or maybe die trying to fight my way out...hmm...
grantmoore3dJul 21, 2010
If you're worried enough about a fire to stick a tube of hose into the toilet in order to breath, you might as well just go out and purchase an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus.
spacecowb0yJul 21, 2010
Too bad oxygen tanks are explosive, but I guess blowing yourself up is better than breathing in last nights dinner.
originalmadmattJul 21, 2010
>.>
russomdJul 21, 2010
Unless yesterday was taco night.
thecoinmanJul 21, 2010
So I guess those oxygen tank looking things firefighters always wear into a burning house are just for looks eh? FYI if the fire is hot enough to cause the oxygen tank to explode, you are going to have more important things to worry about than breathing, like making sure you aren't on fire.
Maxymo100Jul 21, 2010
make bloody sence...
thecoinmanJul 21, 2010
Or if you wanna look like you're trying to catch E.T. as your house burns down, just get one of these.
http://www.westernsafety.com/fire-escape-hood/ase30pg1.html
sudopinionJul 21, 2010
sucks ass man.
fungowskiJul 21, 2010
if the choice is between certain death and possible survival by sucking fart gas until the firefighters arrive, every one of us would suck the ass air. And beg the firefighter who finds you to never speak of this again.
mechabeastJul 21, 2010
What a s**tty idea.
torisutanJul 21, 2010
In case of fire, provide explosive sewage gas a direct line out to the room?
I'm an Eagle Scout, and I approve this message!
4degreesJul 21, 2010
normally a person would, you know, try to get out of the burning building rather than hunt down some tubing and a toilet to breathe toilet air.
joetrillionaireJul 21, 2010
Oh sweet jesus a fire! Where the f**k is my toilet air tube!!