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PitStop trucker's on the road potty

Trucker's little helper.
This contraption is a portapotty (strictly number one, though) for truckers who can't find the time for a regular pit stop. Maybe the U.S. President G. W. Bush could have used one of these at the United Nations not long ago, when he had to slip a note to Condi and ask for a bathroom break. However, we think the Prez's plight is less pressing than the poor truckers'. The PitStop 1.25 gallon potty is designed to cater to both male and female trucker's needs, and the self sealing receptacle is to be mounted near the trucker's resting place in the back of the truck. We think it could be useful during televised sports events, too, when you might need some stationary relief. USD 59:95 plus 11:95 shipping and handling and it's all yours. Via Strange New Products.

Where big ships (and workers) come to die.
The ship scrapping industry (if it could be called an industry when 99 percent of the work is done with bare hands) in Bangladesh employs 200,000 people and supplies 80 percent of the steel Bangladesh uses. But the dismantling of the giant ships is done under deplorable conditions, without any protective gear worth mentioning for the workers, with very little machinery and without much regard for pollutants and other dangerous substances in the wrecks. The world's shipping industry is taking advantage of the desperate labor situation and poverty in Bangladesh, and uses the country to avoid environmental protection rules and fees in the West. Here's a thought provoking picture essay from the scrapping beaches, photos by Brendan Corr, and here's Greenpeace's take on the subject. Via Treehugger.

Glass with built-in bottle opener.
This looks like a great idea at first glance, but think about it a little longer and it loses it's charm pretty quick. To begin with, once you've opened the bottle you don't really need the glass anymore. In addition, and an ordinary bottle opener would be much easier to carry around. And besides, think of all those American beer bottles with twist off tops that don't require an opener at all. And lastly, when you've finished a glass, you don't really want to turn in sideways and spill the reamining drops, do you? The verdict is in, and the jury says it's pretty lame as a regular product, but will probably serve as a party pun.

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