Thursday, July 10, 2025

Instructions for Smart Toilet (Addendum)

 

Instructions for Smart Toilet (Addendum)

If you smell smoke
stand up immediately.
Remain calm.

Grab extinguisher first
—not your shorts.
(Always hang extinguisher 
within reach of toilet.)

Smother flames 
with foam.
Pull up shorts
if not too painful.

Reboot toilet
—or—
Call tech support.
Please
stop shouting.

…..

Photo from odditycentral.com

Note: As a man in Xiamen, China, used the “smart” toilet in his home, he first smelled smoke — right before the toilet burst into flames. He didn’t have time to pull his shorts back up, but he did manage to capture pictures of the toilet with flames emerging from the bowl. Other incidents of toilets bursting into flame in China have been reported over the last two years. (From News of the Weird.)

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