Comments on: So, what do I do with toilet paper?

By: cwhy

cwhy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:09:01 +0000

Is it me or do the last 4 letters or so on the last line of the hand dryer look like ‘fail’ to you…..

By: Boux

Boux — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:48:12 +0000

エアータオルです
“It’s an air towel”

well, thats why there are no towels, it’s an air towel. a place to air dry your hands. yeh they got that in japan

By: keanie

keanie — Sun, 31 May 2009 13:19:08 +0000

holy god that is exactly where I saw one of these..

I believe this is a different brand though, probably the mistubishi jet towel

the ones in mayday are dyson airblade

By: Mark. Gooley

Mark. Gooley — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:00:32 +0000

There are super-high-pressure hand dryers e.g. at the Convention Center in Dayton, Ohio, but they’re not of this design and they don’t seem to shear the droplets off, just blow hard enough to make the skin on the back of your hands deform temporarily. Very different design and I have seen them nowhere else.

By: Sub

Sub — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:06:16 +0000

i don´t think it´s a bin think it´s something like this
http://www.international.dyson.com/range/feature_frame.asp?model=AB01-AIRBLADE

By: JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:40:25 +0000

Oh! Low blow!

By: Reece400

Reece400 — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:56:14 +0000

Yes, they have similar ones at a casino here, but they are mounted on the wall and you put your hands in horizontally. very effective.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:53:22 +0000

That’s a REAL blow job!

By: I'm the chief

I'm the chief — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:45:34 +0000

chuck norris doesn’t get wet; his skin breaks all water molecules

By: I'm the chief

I'm the chief — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:43:31 +0000

if it’s low enough, it can work for your arse also.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:56:16 +0000

They have these at SFO airport too – the ones there are open on the side so they don’t look like trash bins though.

By: frollard

frollard — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:31:45 +0000

Yeah – they dont DRY your hands, they literally ‘physically remove’ the water with shear force

dry can has a blast!

By: Much Glory Hopeful

Much Glory Hopeful — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:39:19 +0000

That’s who they took the English lessons from –
Chuck Rubbish.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:51:19 +0000

Do not rubbish Chuck Norris, or he will blow you away like this flush towel!

By: in_a_box

in_a_box — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:35:23 +0000

Geeze. Talk about an racist inflammatory comment. Any one else want to call troll on this one or shall I?

By: in_a_box

in_a_box — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:33:27 +0000

Lol, their is a version made by Toto that is actually quite quiet.

By: Weegee

Weegee — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:11:45 +0000

does he mean ''Norris''?

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:53:27 +0000

Right. Australian. Cause British people have never used those words.

By: Hebime

Hebime — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:08:39 +0000

I guarantee this was somebody who took private English lessons, and probably from an Australian. That’s about the only way they would learn to put ‘chuck’ and ‘rubbish ‘ in the same sentence.
Bonus teacher fail! lol

By: aaronls

aaronls — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:20:41 +0000

This is the device they use for the pork pulled wind. You would think they would use pork for pork pulled wind, but there’s no pork involved. It’s just one of those things like buffalo wings, where buffalos have nothing really to do with the wings.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:14:52 +0000

I would hope he WAS flushed after writing the translation! Flushed right out of the job!

By: JohnB

JohnB — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:13:45 +0000

Is it meat blown out or pork pulling a wind?

By: billthebook

billthebook — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:14:12 +0000

They also have them at Mayday Hospital in Croydon, South London. They are really quick but you need industrial quality ear protectors because they are so loud.

By: фдуч_шяь

фдуч_шяь — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:33:41 +0000

No, not upwards. See these small round holes? The air is coming out of them horizontally in thin flows with great pressure. You put your hands inside and It literally blows off the moisture off of them. I’ve seen these at the airport in Nagoya. They really are very effective and quick. Much better than the regular hand dryers:)

By: Delta Sierra

Delta Sierra — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:21:09 +0000

Is it really a hand dryer? The air-blowing type? Why does it point upwards? That would really get up my nose.

By: Delta Sierra

Delta Sierra — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:19:52 +0000

I wonder if he felt flush with success when he finished writing the translation.

By: buckinarut

buckinarut — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:47:53 +0000

They tried to come up with a Japanese term, but they got winded. Apparently, this language mess when confronted with a new term ain’t real breezy to do. Actually, it really blows.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:23:09 +0000

There air many possible reasons.

By: Failtruza

Failtruza — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:19:32 +0000

The funny thing is that the Japanese name “eaa taoru” is just a phonetic transliteration of air towel, why would they re-translate it to english and change the original word? which was always an english word… (air)

By: JohnB

JohnB — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:07:14 +0000

Haven’t you ever felt a flush of air???
Me neither.

By: fyi

fyi — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:57:15 +0000

…Where did the Japanese get the term “Air Towel”? And why is that translated as “Flush Towel”?

By: csdx

csdx — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:52:38 +0000

actually it blows

By: Mae

Mae — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:30:32 +0000

obviously not.

By: Garynuman

Garynuman — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:59:09 +0000

this is a hand dryer, haven’t you seen them before? this sucks

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:25:49 +0000

Rly? Making a hand dryer that looks like a rubbish bin is like making a rubbish bin that looks like a toilet. You know it can only end badly!

By: JW

JW — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:08:38 +0000

With hands! It’s a hand drier (and a really effective type, too)

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:34:18 +0000

So with what can we expect to see this bin laden?

By: d n l ?

d n l ? — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:08:04 +0000

Hahaha japan is first when it comes to hilarity relating to bins XD