Friday Flush, Issue 2

Hey dudes and dudettes—I’m back for the second issue of Friday Flush!

It hasn’t been easy keeping this beach body solid with so many happening barbeques in July.  And you know what a lot of hot dogs and burgers mean … more toilet usage.  Ever wonder what happens after you flush?

First, the water goes through sewer pipes to your city’s wastewater plant.  Then, it goes under various levels of treatment until released into the local stream.  FYI—flushing Kleenex, sanitary napkins and other junk is uncool, man.  Read The Atlantic Cities article by John Metcalfe here.

Anyway, my summer has been just phenomenal so far.  I watched the documentary Still Bill on the soul brother Bill Withers and found out that he had a job making toilets for 747 aircrafts before he became an American icon.  Right on.  I get stoked about stuff, while seating and thinking on the toilet seat; actually making toilets must be a whole other level of magic.

In Bill’s own words: “I installed cameras in those toilets … So if you’ve ever been to the bathroom on a 747, I know you very well—you understand?”

I want to give a shout-out to everyone that has sent suggestions for future flushes through email, facebook and twitter.  Keep them coming and you can comment below too!

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Staff writer/model Ken® has appeared in the short, Hawaiian Vacation (2011), and numerous other features, making his first appearance in the 60′s.  He has been named (the boyfriend of) one of the most influential cultural icons of the century and is a true renaissance man, with skills ranging from leading safaris in the wild to shaving without gel in the concrete jungle.  Ken® currently resides in Manhattan but vacations frequently at his dream house in Malibu.

Friday Flush

Here goes the first in a series of Friday Flush articles, where I will cover groovy topics that don’t fit under our chief writer’s Tuesday Toilet Talk.

We all know that Charles Mingus was a rad composer/bassist but dig this.  Mingus was a pioneer in more ways than one and paved the path for this publication, in his write-up of the Cat Toilet Training Program.

Once your cat is trained to use a cardboard box, start moving the box around the room, towards the bathroom. If the box is in a corner, move it a few feet from the corner, but not very noticeably. If you move it too far, he may go to the bathroom in the original corner. Do it gradually. You’ve got to get him thinking. Then he will gradually follow the box as you move it to the bathroom… Finally, you reach the bathroom and, eventually, the toilet itself.

Far out, isn’t it?  Read the rest of the four-step program to getting your cat to use the toilet on Mingus’s site.

Catch me next reporting from sunny California!  I’m stoked to cover our first Los Angeles edition at blue whale on June 25th to deliver the skinny on their toilets from the management, musicians and patrons.  Until then, peace cats!

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Staff writer/model Ken® has appeared in the short, Hawaiian Vacation (2011), and numerous other features, making his first appearance in the 60’s.  He has been named (the boyfriend of) one of the most influential cultural icons of the century and is a true renaissance man, with skills ranging from leading safaris in the wild to shaving without gel in the concrete jungle.  Ken® currently resides in Manhattan but vacations frequently at his dream house in Malibu.