Still Waters Posted August 27, 2014 #1 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Archaeologists more accustomed to unearthing coins and jewels during digs have discovered a 2,000-year old wooden toilet seat. While the artefact is less glamorous, it is perfectly preserved and incredibly rare because it is thought to be the only seat of its kind used by the Romans to have survived. http://www.dailymail...oman-times.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted August 27, 2014 #2 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Was it stamped *Made in China*? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted August 27, 2014 #3 Share Posted August 27, 2014 It even has the gap in the front. If it aint broke, don't fix it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzLightYear Posted August 28, 2014 #4 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I wonder if if the women complained about the seat being up back then too. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted August 28, 2014 #5 Share Posted August 28, 2014 There are a few hanging in the Loovre Museum, I heard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac E Posted August 28, 2014 #6 Share Posted August 28, 2014 The archeologist upon finding the seat cheered "Ahh Shi% yeah!" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximusnow Posted August 28, 2014 #7 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Is this what we have become? There once was a man from Madrid, who went to the auction to bid. He bought him a load with an ancient commode and he died when he lifted the lid. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Feet Posted August 28, 2014 #8 Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) I wonder if they'll find some of those shells (I think that's what they were) they used for toilet paper. Edited August 28, 2014 by Hobbit Feet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted August 28, 2014 #9 Share Posted August 28, 2014 There are a few hanging in the Loovre Museum, I heard. Toilet seats? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted August 28, 2014 #10 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I wonder if they'll find some of those shells (I think that's what they were) they used for toilet paper. I guess you've seen "Demolition Man". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Feet Posted August 28, 2014 #11 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I couldn't remember what they were so I looked up the original article, "Roman ceramic 'gaming pieces' were loo roll". The first thing I thought of at the time was "Demolition Man". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffSplitkins Posted August 28, 2014 #12 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I need a good argument for my wife. I need to know, did they find the toilet seat in the 'UP' or 'DOWN' position? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lioness_Heart Posted August 28, 2014 #13 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Holy Crap!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmt_sesh Posted August 28, 2014 #14 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I couldn't remember what they were so I looked up the original article, "Roman ceramic 'gaming pieces' were loo roll". The first thing I thought of at the time was "Demolition Man". That's the first thing I thought of, too. Demolition Man, I mean. I believe the Romans actually used a sponge on a stick. There's a great scene in one of the seasons of Spartacus ("Gods of the Arena"?) in which the Batiatus character uses one of public toilets of Capua. This was not the time and place if you preferred to do your "business" in private. I'm waiting for the next archaeological find for the toilet seat: the accompanying magazine rack. You know, Emperor Quarterly, PlaySlave, Gladiator GQ…that sort of thing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarbinks Posted August 29, 2014 #15 Share Posted August 29, 2014 i remember that scene kmt_sesh. it's really strange to imagine like 10 dudes ****ting all in the same spot without even blinking or being shy or prude about it LOL now, i guess archeologists must go dig inside the toilet to see if someone throw something back then that could be a great artifact. ****ty job but, it's for history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Trinity Posted August 29, 2014 #16 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Slightly alarming communal shi**er .... I mean if they was a wooden divider that has not survived perhaps, then ok.....but open plan like that, they must have been a r s e cheek to a r s e cheek sat there....eeeww lol Edited August 29, 2014 by Silent Trinity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H132 Posted August 29, 2014 #17 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Wow... We're really running out of things to discover when toilet seats make the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H132 Posted August 29, 2014 #18 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Slightly alarming communal shi**er .... I mean if they was a wooden divider that has not survived perhaps, then ok.....but open plan like that, they must have been a r s e cheek to a r s e cheek sat there....eeeww lol That's not the actualy toilet. They just used a different image for copyright reasons. Click the BBC link to see the real one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Trinity Posted August 30, 2014 #19 Share Posted August 30, 2014 That's not the actualy toilet. They just used a different image for copyright reasons. Click the BBC link to see the real one. Ah, well that makes my empathy for the s h i t t i n g situation of the Romans that little easier lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted August 30, 2014 #20 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Any newspapers found as well? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patient Zero Posted September 1, 2014 #21 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Wooden? Splinters in the bum don't sound too fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient astronaut Posted September 1, 2014 #22 Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) When you gotta go, you gotta go. Edited September 1, 2014 by ancient astronaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted September 1, 2014 #23 Share Posted September 1, 2014 We rural ancients know there is no colder wind than the one that blows up out of a privy hole. I shivered just to look at that thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted September 3, 2014 #24 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The ancient lavatory is a particularly rich source of artifacts I'm just glad this sentence didn't end after artifacts when I read the article. Haha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmt_sesh Posted September 4, 2014 #25 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I'm just glad this sentence didn't end after artifacts when I read the article. Haha. Coprolites! Exciting stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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