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I think when Shakespeare said that ‘all the world’s a public restroom,’ he definitely had not yet set foot in an American public restroom. Because all the world is definitely NOT an American public restroom. Especially not one at O’Hare international airport in Chicago.

I was a little frightened when I walked in and saw the SaniSeat. I sort of thought that I had walked into a stall for disabled individuals (how PC was that wording, btw?) by accident, as there were more levers and tubes and bars than I am used to seeing when I walk into a public stall. No, turns out that’s just the ridiculous waste of time, energy and money that rotates a fresh section of plastic over the toilet seat after every visitor. Unbeleivable.

Makes me think of my recent trip to Morocco and the toilets there. ‘Toilet’ is a bit ambitious, actually. ‘Room (or not) with hole in floor’ is much more appropriate. Talk about sanitizing – if you want to avoid touching a toilet seat with your bare ass, best if said toilet is invisible.

And haven’t we all seen the investigative shows that prove that bacteria 1) can not live on the cold, uninviting surface of a toilet seat and 2) can not penetrate the skin on your ass? Your chances of picking up some sort of infectious disease are greater in the bowl of peanuts at your local bar than they are on the toilet seat at your local, cleaned 3-5 times a day airport public restroom.

In any case, on my list of The Most Asinine Waste of Resource Inventions on the Planet: The SaniSeat. Only in America: