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Large, modern cow farms have developed the cow milking carousel, as the most efficient method to milk their cattle. Cows with full udders step in, get hooked up, are milked, and step off again as the carousel slowly goes around.
This multi-stall public bathroom uses the same idea, albeit with a modification
or two. Privacy doors are included, and it's not necessary to get up if you need to go around again.
(*This was my wife's idea, but she wanted the title to be 'Merry-Go-Poo.') Maybe she's right?
Usage by drunkards not encouraged.
Cow Carousel
http://www.onlineat...s_20070910038.shtml
[RayfordSteele, Oct 02 2010]
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I'm easy with my buns [Rayford], but I'm not
completely clear on just where the efficiency in
this idea lies. The cow carousel allows a bunch of
cows to be milked, according the the video in your
link, "by just four workers." |
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I sort of hope there are *no* workers in your lovely
Merry-Go-Loo. Who, exactly, benefits from this?
The users get a ride around a loop. I get that. |
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Maybe you're suggesting that people enter through
one door. Saves doors, I guess. But, the 'product'
will have to piped out--or something. Maybe it
could just be funneled to the center (the hub),
saving plumbing? I dunno. Enlighten me. |
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Awesome link.
heh Merry-Go-Moo. |
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No workers? Aw, that takes all the fun out of it. |
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One door would not be preferable, as you would be
exposed if you happened to stay for another turn or
two. |
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To be honest, I didn't watch the video myself and so
wasn't sure where the efficiency was gained. |
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Perhaps the efficiency comes from this: the mountain
(entrance to the stall) comes to Mohammed (the cow at
the
head of the queue) rather than vice versa. Cows, one
supposes,
can learn to follow one particular path to and from a
location
that's always the same, but can't be expected (without
extensive training) to recognize an open stall, and find
their
own path to and from it, if it's not in exactly the same
spot
every day. Human loo-users, on the other hand might not
benefit as much from the carousel concept. |
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Well over-said, [mouse] ;) |
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I also run into problems with this idea when I really
try to draw a good conclusion from the comparisons
between this idea and the cow carousel. |
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There are actually fairly complex systems in use in
the dairy industry to deal with manure. I think those
might be more the models you were looking for, [RS]. |
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I'm bunning your wife. Sorry... [+] |
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Instead of toilets, how about a group milking parlour, equipped with privacy booths, for recent mothers to express nourishment for their babies in a "herd" environment? |
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It may be of benefit to have the seats set up on a sort of gimbal affair, so the user is tilted forward, with nethermost regions facing outward, as the carousel spins up to high speed, thus encouuraging bowel emptying at a far greater rate than is natural. This may be distasteful to some but may also be the equivalent of riding a rollercoaster whilst half-naked. |
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<resists urge to search for 'half-naked roller coaster ride'> |
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//the equivalent of riding a rollercoaster// A treatment for
constipation, then: terror would cause the patient to
evacuate their bowels. |
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This particular roller-coaster of an idea seems to only
being going downhill. |
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I assume the centrifugal force resulting from the
merry-go-loo's high rate of rotation will be used to
help clients who find themselves a little 'sluggish'? |
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As I said, [hippo], the "slugs" will come out to play. |
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I don't want to clean the walls on the faster-moving
ride. |
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[Grogster], my wife and I enjoy a monogamous
relationship and will probably like to keep it that
way... |
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Unlike the cow carousel though, wouldn't this be less efficient than the normal row of stalls where you can go straight to the unoccupied berth of your choice (or, more normally, the least worst option of those available). With the carousel you would have to stand around and wait for the next unoccupied 'stall' to come round.
For a more challenging bit of engineering, I'd go for the Ferris Wheel approach rather than the carousel. |
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