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    Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets

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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    07/20/09

    In reply to Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets
    No love for the zero-g toilet from 2001?
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    Image of Luziphir Luziphir
    07/20/09

    In reply to Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets
    I don't know what that sign at the top of the page is from, but ZZ is male and ZW is female. Unless they're trying to get some hot human on alien action going then um... whoops?
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Luziphir was starred Luziphir was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/20/09

    @Luziphir: Those signs were put up at the Los Angeles WorldCon back in 2006. I've got photos of them myself. I don't know if they were promoting anything, or if they were just for the funny.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    07/20/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Mrs. Overclock saw them just back in February on the restrooms in the lobby of the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle.
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    Image of Luziphir Luziphir
    07/21/09

    @Luziphir: Just to clarify, ZZ/ZW is the actual sex determination system in birds and some insects so it's not like they just came up with some random letters, they were going for something based on reality and either fucked it up or did it intentionally to avoid confusing morons who failed high school biology. Either way that's kind of annoying >:(
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    Image of Zapp Brannigan's Girdle Zapp Brannigan's Girdle
    07/20/09

    In reply to Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets
    A slight correction, even though I really hate to sound like some sort of hyper-offended fanboy, but the brig toilet was seen in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, not The Undiscovered Country.

    I feel so dirty now.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    07/20/09

    @Zapp Brannigan's Girdle: It's OK. I noticed it too. Sybok would say you should embrace your pain.
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    Image of Shadowcat24 Shadowcat24
    07/21/09

    @Zapp Brannigan's Girdle: I noticed the brig toilet in ST V too. It was pretty conventional. It looks like what they use in a jail or prison today. My friends and I used to joke about the toilets on Star Trek. A ship the size of the Enterprise would have to have a LOT of toilets. Come to think of it, I don't think I saw a toilet in any episodes of the original series.
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    Image of Zapp Brannigan's Girdle Zapp Brannigan's Girdle
    07/22/09

    @Shadowcat24: As limited as the budget was in the original series, they probably couldn't even afford a cardboard toilet.
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    Image of ComradeLenin ComradeLenin
    07/20/09

    In reply to Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets
    Wonder where's the bathroom on the TARDIS, if it even has one! Though it has to since it has all those rooms we haven't seen in the new series...except the wardrobe room.
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    Grey_Area promoted this comment ComradeLenin was starred ComradeLenin was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/20/09

    @ComradeLenin: There's a bucket in the corner.
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    07/20/09

    In reply to Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets
    What about Spaceballs? The toilets may not have been futuristic, but the video conference screens above them were pretty awesome... though it would be hard to conference with them while blasting a dookie.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    07/20/09

    In reply to Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets
    The Lexx licking toilet would kind of creep me out. Okay, replace kind of with totally.

    Starbuck staring/glaring at me while she pees is disturbing mostly because I prefer not to make eye contact while pissing.
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    07/20/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Dude, stagefright. No talking, no looking, no singing, no eating. A minimum 30 feet from the door.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/20/09

    In reply to Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets
    he doesn't know what to do with the sea shells
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    Image of edosan edosan
    07/20/09

    @tetracycloide: Thank you for remembering that one.
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    Image of ShubNecktie ShubNecktie
    07/20/09

    In reply to Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets
    One more: the Zero Gravity Toilet from 2001. (The instructions are a little complicated: http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/aso/zeroGtoilet.html )
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment ShubNecktie was starred ShubNecktie was unstarred
    Image of EBone EBone
    07/20/09

    In reply to Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets
    Don't forget that after being found not guilty in his trial, Baltar got the snot beat out of him in the loo.
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    07/20/09

    @EBone: And Helo and Boomer got it on in the bathroom while Athena watched.

    Crazy place, that Galactica bathroom!
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    RandomFrequentFlierDent promoted this comment Daveinva was starred Daveinva was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/20/09

    @EBone: I believe it is also where he used the phrase "No more Mr. Nice Gauis" and had an extremely awkward conversation with Gaeta.
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    RandomFrequentFlierDent promoted this comment Edited by RandomFrequentFlierDent at 07/20/09 7:17 PM RandomFrequentFlierDent was starred RandomFrequentFlierDent was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/20/09

    In reply to Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets
    Heh... My Teacher Glows in the Dark. I loved that book. When I was 10.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    07/20/09

    @crashedpc /sarcasm: That book was great.... for me to POOP ON.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    07/20/09

    @crashedpc /sarcasm: Was that book from a series of "My Teacher (fill in the blank)" novels, or is my ten year old inner self making shit up again?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/20/09

    @Alexis Brown: I think the first one was, creatively enough, My Teacher is an Alien.
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    Image of Farrell McGovern Farrell McGovern
    07/20/09

    In reply to Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets
    Hey, where's the Zero G Toilet from 2001: A Space Odyssey? Here are the instructions:

    http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/aso/zeroGtoilet.html

    It was even mentioned here 2 years ago!

    http://io9.com/photogallery/spacebathrooms/1000370856
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Farrell McGovern was starred Farrell McGovern was unstarred
    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    07/20/09

    @Farrell McGovern: In the Blu-Ray version, you can actually read the instructions onscreen.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    07/20/09

    In reply to Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets
    What about the Millenium Falcon. At least they could use Chewbacca as shit paper if they ran out. Thinking about it..R2D2 could make a very cool mobile shiting unit!!

    Do you think Darth Vader visited the Darker side??
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    07/20/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my...: Are you serious? Who in their right mind would try to wipe themselves with a Wookie?!

    They rip your arms from their sockets when they lose at space chess. What do you think they would do if you tried to wipe your arse?

    "Hey Chewie, do you ever have a problem with shit sticking to your fur?"

    "Raaawwrgh!"

    "No...no no no.. I was just...Chewie wait! I was just kidding! Aaaaaagh!"
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    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) promoted this comment J_Frank_Parnell was starred J_Frank_Parnell was unstarred
    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    07/20/09

    @J_Frank_Parnell: You see..thats were you went wrong. Like Mr T..you give them milk laden with sedatives. Then and only then should you approach the Wookie. DAMN!!

    How are your arms now??
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    07/20/09

    In reply to Where's The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets
    The Battlestar toilets are reminiscent of my high school toilets, except we didn't have nearly the same levels of intrigue, and our stall doors were just plain removed.
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    11/28/08

    In reply to Thanksgiving Dinner is Sadder in Space
    Hey - it's much much better than it used to be. I mean, that's a veritable feast of moist, luscious food compared to the chalky bricks they used to get when I was eating it. :D
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    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    11/26/08

    In reply to Thanksgiving Dinner is Sadder in Space
    Does it look the same way coming out as it does going in your body? What is the weird brown thing am the right?
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    11/26/08

    @geesejuggler: I'll give ya a clue: It sure as hell ain't the Tootsie Roll.
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