I'm pretty sure it is a real thing! TOMO makes super-deluxe bottom-washing toilets in Japan, and my guess is this is their first foray into the US market. Having used one of those toilets in a Japanese restaurant, I FULLY ENDORSE this brand of, uh, cleanliness.
I guess you didn't hear about the NYC minister who was protesting (I believe he was actually suing) because the company tried to put a billboard of the smiley bottoms up on the building his church is in. I was watching some morning news show last week and during the 6 am hour, they showed the ad, but in the 7 am hour, they blurred the cracks. Of course, they still showed a picture of what was essentially some fuzzy blobs. Because THAT was illustrative.
We mocked him fiercely when he announced he was getting one. But he says we don't know what we're missing. Every time I see a Toto brand toilet getting cited, and they do get cited, as high-end fixtures in a "luxury" development, I think of him.
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Date: 2007-07-17 01:58 am (UTC)We mocked him fiercely when he announced he was getting one. But he says we don't know what we're missing. Every time I see a Toto brand toilet getting cited, and they do get cited, as high-end fixtures in a "luxury" development, I think of him.
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