Kanada Kev Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) Need this for your next concert/festival experience??? What a "crap" idea http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/crap-idea/ Introducing, the Shit Box, this year’s ‘Festival Essential’… Yes, it’s a cardboard box, but not just any cardboard box. This one has a picture of a happy, smiling turd on the side, for it is the Shit Box “a lightweight portable cardboard toilet, made specifically for outdoor use†according to a press release just received by CR. “The box pops up from its convenient 14†flat pack to a rigid reusable box, you pop in a degradable poo bag, do your business, seal and then disposeâ€. The SB, as it’s snappily been titled by the PR who sent it to us, is the brainchild of Richard Wharton, founder of Office shoes (so he knows a thing or two about putting crap in boxes, boom, boom) and Mandy Mayes of branding agency Dry. “Wharton’s quest dates back to Glastonbury 1989 when he simply could not face another trip to the ‘log drop’ [sic] toilets†we are told “Inside his tent was a Kleenex box and this set him thinking…†Yikes. Reminder us never to ask Wharton for a tissue. The SB can apparently hold up to 20 stone in weight - that’s in terms of someone sitting on it rather than the, er, payload, we guess. And it can be yours for just £15.67. Edited July 15, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 What a piece of shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol'Hickster Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 HAHA I can just picture me drunk and fuck goin to take a shit and crusing the the box flat again, I dont know if Cardboard is engeneered to hold my drunkin dead weight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 the smiling turd on the side does indeed look quite happy. is this supposed to be one use only? or, for the whole festival? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted July 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 (edited) the smiling turd on the side does indeed look quite happy. is this supposed to be one use only? or, for the whole festival? Read all about it. It's a multi-use box since you use poo-bags http://www.thebrowncorporation.com/ pop fold shit stool Count on the Brits to come up with this shit: The idea came from Glastonbury in 1989… I was in my tent on a sweaty early Sunday morning and needing to go… at that stage the kharzees were mostly the “long drop†types and after 3 days of everyones excess’s this was the last place I wanted to visit in my rather fragile state. In the corner of the tent was a box of Kleenex tissues and I just thought that if the box was bigger and sturdy, I could rip out the oval bit in the middle and insert a carrier bag and hey presto I have a toilet that I can use in my own tent! No more throwing up/gagging whilst trying to hold your arse and clothes away from the long drop seat… hooray. Like all good ideas its taken me a while to get this one going as I got rather caught up with my day job, but nearly 20 years later, about 50 prototypes on, the simple idea that is Shit Box has arrived. I’m not saying the experience is the most luxurious but after having quite a few goes myself, I can honestly say it works! Have a good one… and twos Richard Wharton “The Big Shit†Founder The Brown Corporation Edited July 16, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 What about the smell?Every Phish kid worth his weight travelled to festivals with a spare 'shit tent' set up near their site. Not unlike this device, but the problem was the smell the next hour, or day.Germophobes everywhere would love this one- well the first use anyways...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Every Phish kid worth his weight travelled to festivals with a spare 'shit tent' set up near their site. Not unlike this device, but the problem was the smell the next hour, or day. whaaa?? lol WTF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 You never did this phorbesie? We'd buy a very low priced kids tent and a cheap lawnchair and styrofoam cooler. Cut a hole in the cooler and the lawnchair and set them inside the tent.The best fun was drawing straws to see who had to empty the device before heading into the music each day.After Deer Creek 8.3.98 I vowed to never enter one of those shit saunas provided on site again. And I don't think I ever did.Maybe this sounds gross, but I'd rather be contaminated with friends germs that I knew rather than 10,000+ strangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 You never did this phorbesie? We'd buy a very low priced kids tent and a cheap lawnchair and styrofoam cooler. Cut a hole in the cooler and the lawnchair and set them inside the tent.... Maybe this sounds gross, but I'd rather be contaminated with friends germs that I knew rather than 10,000+ strangers.maybe??!?!??!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 You never did this phorbesie? um....no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 ..:Takes ball and goes home:.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 I just held it in until the end of the tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 I remember hearing about an on-tour diet that consisted of nothing but liquids and cheese, the main advantage of which was that no solid waste was produced.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 We've got a shitbox out back in the garden. and one in the trunk of the van.just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 oh yes and one in the shed... which reminds me- I've gotta empty it before garbage day on Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemonkey Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 You never did this phorbesie? We'd buy a very low priced kids tent and a cheap lawnchair and styrofoam cooler. Cut a hole in the cooler and the lawnchair and set them inside the tent.The best fun was drawing straws to see who had to empty the device before heading into the music each day. After Deer Creek 8.3.98 I vowed to never enter one of those shit saunas provided on site again. And I don't think I ever did. Maybe this sounds gross, but I'd rather be contaminated with friends germs that I knew rather than 10,000+ strangers. I think if some phish kids set up their 'shit-tent' near where I slept, I'd strangle them.... to death! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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