I have sat long, thought hard, pushed with great force and have uncovered another mystery of the ages. Be warned – what I am to reveal to you may make you rethink everything you hold dear about the reality of the greatness that is human civilisation.

It is the humble toilet that has brought humanity to the civilization we know today. Electricity, communications, transport, computers, and the Internet can all owe its foundations to the crap bucket.

Madness I hear you scream. The words raving lunatic are passed from whispered lips to cupped ears. Lost my mind yet others suggest. Perhaps, but consider this – the ancient civilizations of the Indus Valley had toilets and sewage systems as far back as 2500 BC. The ancient Greeks had toilets, the Romans had toilets, and today every advanced civilization has toilets. I hear you sneer “So what – just a natural consequence of a civilization”.  Sneer all you like for your mind is mere demon defecate. You only know what you have been spoon fed by the so called experts as far back as antiquity.

Civilization advances because of technology, which comes from invention and innovation. I tell you this – that the seed of invention is spawned from the mind of a shitter on the crapper. As a person is sitting, waiting for the unholy birth of a terrorist, their mind wanders. There is nothing for the mind to do: three walls, a door, a roof (perhaps) and a floor. It is downright boring. It is essentially a sensory deprivation chamber. The mind without external stimulus looks within and there finds the secrets of the universe.

Do you doubt me? My own personal experience tells me otherwise. My final year engineering project was spawned amid the toxic fumes of a long session of latrine lamentation. As I sat looking for pornographic patterns in the various and dubious stains on the wall, a circuit design of technological wonder formed at my third eye (the one in the middle of the forehead – not the brown eye of chocolate starfish kingdom). Perhaps though my word – although irrefutable – is not enough? Then consider the Mona Lisa which is one of the greatest works of art in human history. That smirk on her face – it wasn’t because Leonardo’s dong was hanging out his shorts leg. She smirked because she was sitting on the crapper and dunking a decent long brownie. Normally she had to do her business in a trench in the street, but a bucket with a wooden plank on it was pure luxury.

Look at her. You know what I say to be true! via Wikipedia

Is this not enough proof?

I then present to you Auguste Rodin’s Thinker statue – dare you assume that is a mere rock he is sitting on? No, it is a turd throne also. The very epitome of a contemplative man is an image of a sitting thinker on a shitting stinker that has been polished by a thousand bare butts. Consider carefully also The Scream painted by Edward Munch. I guess that the pathetic empty headed fools of the world think that this painting is about the descent into madness? Plainly ridiculous…couldn’t find a toilet.

It’s a big one!!! via Wikipedia

Without a doubt it is in that instant of delivering an auburn politician that the secrets of the Universe are given a chance to roam the barren wastelands of the human mind. It could be said that as the darkness is expunged, it is replaced by a spark of divine luminescence. All too often this peek into omniscience is interrupted by the hilarity of a well toned bottom burp and a potentiality of human evolution is lost in a sea of woe, urine and contempt. Occasionally however, as the physical senses are overwhelmed by the passing of stupendous stools, a gem of pure understanding rises above the debauchery of humanity and a chance is presented to improve the fate of us all.

Thus forget about the cure for flu of swine. Forget about the sanction of Korean Northern Nuclear. Forget about corrupt government; forget about war, famine, disease and global warming. Forget it all. Above all else we the people of the earth should ensure that every man, women, and child has access to a mind numbing toilet to further the cause of humanity itself. The solution to all the problems of the world today could be held in latent anticipation in the belly of a Somalian brown bottom rissole, and lost simply for the lack of a shitty chamber of sensory deprivation.

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  • Kate Smedley on May 28, 2009

    I am completely lost for words … so that’s the inspiration behind the Mona Lisa and other stunning works of art, it’s so obvious, can’t believe I didn’t think of it before! You are incorrigible but so funny and I truly don’t know where you think them up .. and on second thoughts I don’t want you to tell me :) )

  • Bullwinkle Muse on May 28, 2009

    So true, my friend. Think for a moment of the simple act of flushing. It’s like an intestinal internet connection, really, isn’t it? We pass that part of ourselves on into the collective human stool-stream, thus joining ourselves into the commodal commune of the cosmos.
    Your wisdom, sir, is fart, I mean far beyond its time.

  • STEVE666 on May 28, 2009

    Toilet humour personified. Always great for a smile, Duff, with your off-the-wall observations.

  • cybertruth on May 28, 2009

    duff, my friend, this may be one of the most brilliant pieces i have ever read! to hit this angle with such intellect and genius, about poop! my hat is off to you!

  • Phill Senters on May 28, 2009

    Now I know where today’s politicians get their wonderful ideas, they have access to the best mind numbing toilets.

  • clay hurtubise on May 28, 2009

    I’d have finished, but the cord won’t reach to the toilet!
    Thanks,
    Clay

  • chris73 on May 28, 2009

    Meditate in toilet is a common thing for most people :) I am sorry if the next words make your inspiration a bit weak but please let me tell you that ancient Greeks and Romans had toilet but not as we know them today. Not 3 walls and a floor at least not for each person alone. Ancient toilets seems to me more close to a bad smelling cafeteria! :) Looking forward for your new theory :)
    Chris

  • Fegger on May 28, 2009

    Your wit and write is always a true testimony to intestinal fortitude…..

  • quin208 on Jun 1, 2009

    I could not stop laughing. You are incredibly funny. I love this article and I couldn’t agree more! It certainly looks like the statue is sitting on a turd throne. I guess that is where most people do their most impressive “thinking”. Great job with this.

  • hfj on Jun 4, 2009

    Verdict is in, and you’re “arse” is bigger than the rest of us. Very intelligent opinion about the growth of civilization. Next to Greg Norman, you are the second most talented person to come out of Austrailia, and that is a “great white” truth. Well done friend.

  • RS Wing on Jun 5, 2009

    Brilliant,….I will make copies of this masterpiece and proliferate this as my new holy grail, it makes a hell of a lot more sense then the Bible and the asses that think by following the scriptures will get a front row seat too heaven!…thoroughly enjoyed this piece and laugh all the way to the throne

  • Jo Oliver on Jun 7, 2009

    This title alone deserves a prize!

  • J L Williams on Jun 22, 2009

    This was a hilarious read my friend. Your language is a joy to behold and the whole l piece is enthused with the lively personality that created it. And, lets not forget, the case you make, which spans the entire history of humanity, is an important education for all…grandiose, inventive, just that little bit bonkers, and entertaining throughout, congratulations mate. A wonderful article!

  • Ruby Hawk on Jun 30, 2009

    You are a joy to behold, I love your account and it makes a lot of sense too.

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