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Wednesday December 3 2012 by Little Jack Last Christmas Posting Dates
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Tuesday May 1 2012 by Little Jack Shit Box Temporarily Out of Stock
IMPORTANT NEWS!
The Shit Box has been flying off the shelves and we have SOLD OUT!
But do not worry, there are more on their way and you can order your Shit Box from the 7th of June. If you are in desparate need for a poo then why not buy the Shit Camo, it works just the same.
Turd is the word!
Tuesday November 10 2011 by Little Jack Last Christmas Posting Dates
Sunday June 11 2011 by Little Jack Something for the Weekend
Ploo and glow in dark loo paper just featured on BBC 'Something for the Weekend' with Glee's Matthew Morrison - sweet!
Wednesday March 12 2011 by Little Jack Beautiful Short Film for World Water Day
The 22 March was the 19th annual World Water Day and French nonprofit Solidarités International marked the occasion with a beautiful short film to raise awareness about safe drinking water: It’s estimated that 3.6 million people, of which 1.5 million are children under 5, die of diseases caused by water contamination every year, making it the world’s leading cause of death. Yet both the public and political leaders remain largely unaware and thus unlikely to take action against this preventable epidemic.
The spot, created by BDDP Unlimited, produced by Hush and directed by Clément Beauvais, a young director, illustrator, musician and photographer.
Tuesday March 5 2011 by Little Jack Camping trends for 2011 from Pitchup.com
Ploo made it into the 2011 camping trends from Pitchup.com - the most comprehensive website in the camping and caravanning sector -
On the spot camping trends for 2011
"No trip, luxury or otherwise, is complete without the kit to fit. Pitchup.com has selected some of the best to assist in your attempts to be at one with nature. Where better to start than at the bottom? The Brown Corporation literally does just that, and has an eclectic range of flat-pack toilets to ensure you’re never caught short in the great outdoors."
Thursday December 12 2010 by Little Jack Cardboard loo does the business
Ploo has been featured in a New Zealand newspaper, The Nelson Mail:
"A group of Nelson importers hope they have a solution to the stink caused by freedom campers "doing their business in inappropriate places" – a portable cardboard toilet called the Ploo.
Celia Dasler said she discovered the Ploo on the internet this year when the issue of freedom campers leaving more than just footprints at places they visited got up people's noses.
"I got to thinking there must be a simple, practical, economical and environmentally friendly solution to the problem," she said.
Mrs Dasler said she started googling "portable toilets, recyclable toilets, collapsible toilets".
She came across several intriguing designs but thought the Ploo, made by the aptly named The Brown Corporation in England, was the most promising."
Read the rest of the article here - Cardboard loo does the business | Stuff.co.nz
Wednesday November 12 2010 by Little Jack Last Christmas Posting Dates
Thursday August 11 2010 by Little Jack La «shit box», star de l'été
Shit Box was in the French daily newspaper Le Figaro last week, including a quick demonstration from The Brown Corporation founder (The Big Shit) Richard Wharton:
Tuesday August 2 2010 by Little Jack 10 Ways to Deal with Plugged Up Toilets
Original article from
Change of Address: 10 Ways to Deal with Plugged Up Toilets
If I had a nickel for every time I unplugged a toilet at my home, I’d be rich. My family has a long tradition of plug and run (sort of like hit and run in a car accident). They plug the toilet and then scram only for me to find the problem either by the aroma or the fact that a bathroom door is “always” shut, etc. I’m not so sure why they do this and/or how they expect the situation to simply cure itself. Anyway, partially to limit my plunging duties and partly to just give me more ideas I put together this list of 10 ways to deal with plugged up toilets.
- The plunger. Okay, so let’s start with what you would think the most obvious choice is, a garden-variety plunger. I keep one right beside every toilet in the home yet it seems that this simple device is too much for the rest of the family to master. So you just put the suction cup at the bottom over the opening at the bottom of the toilet bowl and you move the handle up and down making sure the suction cup stays in contact with the bowl at all times. Okay, there… I said it again and will make my family read this a few more times. Here is a great link if words aren’t enough: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-unclog-a-toilet-with-a-plunger.html.
- Hot (not boiling) soapy water. One thing that can often breakthrough a stubborn plug is some hot water with some mild dish soap in it. This of course only works if the toilet is drained and NOT if it is already close to overflowing. It is also recommended to turn off the water to the toilet before executing this remedy. After putting the soapy water down the toilet (1-2 quarts or so should be fine), have your plunger ready to finish the job. DO NOT BOIL THE WATER AS YOU MAY CRACK YOUR BOWL.
- Bleach and powdered soap. If you have a white toilet for sure, you can attempt to put 2-3 cups of bleach in along with 1 cup of powdered soap. The chemical reaction of the soap and bleach should break up the clog. If it doesn’t completely do the trick then you can use a plunger to finish the job.
- Clothes hanger. Another inexpensive way to unclog a toilet is to take a wire clothes hanger and straighten it out (however you can… use a wire cutter if you must but make sure the cut is very clean by crimping it if you can). Then stick that down into the toilet and break up the materials that are plugging the toilet. Once you feel you have it, flush the toilet. Be careful though not to scratch or shatter the porcelain.
- Rubber gloves. This is not meant to be a joke or something to gross out anyone. If you find yourself in a plugged situation and you have long rubber gloves that you use for cleaning then put them on and unplug the toilet with your hands. I don’t recommend attempting this without protecting your hands but in any event make sure you wash your hands after with anti-bacterial soap.
- Plastic soda bottle and water. You can also try using an empty soda bottle (up to a 2-liter plastic bottle is fine) full of warm water to unclog a toilet. With this technique you fill the plastic bottle with warm water and with a rubber glove or plastic bag on your hand you cover the opening of the bottle while inserting it into the clogged toilet near the opening in the bottom. You then quickly squeeze the warm water out of the soda bottle to unclog the toilet.
- 2-liters of Coca Cola (or even a couple of cans). Okay, this tells you a little bit about one of the drinks that several of us love. One way to clean toilets and also eat away at some blockages is to use Coca Cola. Yes, a 2-liter bottle of regular Coke (Diet Coke also works) down the toilet can work wonders. Let it sit for about 30 minutes and then flush. This particular remedy only works on clogs due to human waste and will not work on clogs due to using too much toilet paper, etc.
- A mop. You can also take a garden variety house mop and either put a plastic bag over it OR be prepared for some serious cleaning after unclogging the toilet. This works pretty much just like you would imagine. You stick the mop down the toilet and turn the handle to swirl it. That will normally break the clog as well.
- A toilet brush. You can also use a toilet brush or the handle on the toilet brush if you must to reach in and unplug a toilet. This of course does not work on really stubborn clogs very well but it is something you can try if you don’t have the other items on the list.
- Snake. Okay we are not talking about taking your son’s pet snake and forcing it into the toilet. You can go to any hardware store and pick up a snake to insert into your toilet and break up a blockage. You do need to be careful to not crack or damage your toilet when you use these, but if you call a plumber expect that this is exactly what they will use (at least to start with).
There are lots of other creative solutions to unplugging a stubborn toilet but these are some of the easiest ways to get the job done that I know have worked in the past. In order to avoid having repeat problems just be careful what you put down the toilet. Limit paper products (no kids, you cannot wad up a full roll of toilet paper and flush it). I do hope that these suggestions help you to avoid a major expense associated with calling a plumber to your home. However, if none of the above things work that is exactly what you need to do (get professional help).
Tuesday July 1 2010 by Little Jack This Morning | Camping
Ploo was on This Morning!
With the sun shining firmly upon us we can truly say we're in camping season!
But camping these days is not just about collapsed tents and soggy beans. If you want to camp it up on a budget or stop camping and start glamping then we've got it all covered, literally. Here to show us the hot picks are Sam and Mark and their helpers Noah and Elizabeth...
Ploo Portable Toilet
The Ploo is a lightweight, portable & reusable cardboard toilet, made specifically for outdoor use. It collapses to a 35cm square flat-pack and pops into the duffle bag provided for ease of carrying. The Ploo can take up to 16 stone/101kg in weight and is degradable! The inner bag has an additive which reacts with the bag & its contents - degrading it to leave water and a little co2.
Monday July 11 2010 by Little Jack Shit Box Commercial Product Review
How awesome is this?!...
Friday July 12 2010 by Little Jack Little Jack gets a kagool!
Worried about your box getting ruined by the rain, mud, slush and dew?... then worry no more. Little Jack has now got his own kagool!
Simply slip the jacket over the made up box, velcro over the lid and hey presto it's waterproof! Leave your toilet made up inside the jacket, place outside your tent and the toilet will be ready to use for those nightime and early morning emergencies.
Thursday June 1 2010 by Little Jack Ahhh: Toilet Paper Foam Moistener
Hmmm... foam that makes your "ordinary toilet paper extraordinary."
One of the '9 Stupidest Products Of All Time' on the Huffington Post
Friday June 1 2010 by Little Jack USA Site
Ever since our launch, just over a year ago, nearly 50% of the people who visit our website are from the great U S of A. Sales have been relatively small due to the dollar exchange rate and the price of shipping. We at The Brown Corporation are proud to announce our US specific website with everything in dollars. So now you cowboys have got somewhere to dump, you truckers will have welcome relief, beach bums will steer clear of the ocean and any other stereotypes that we can’t think of in our Brown Corp HQ in London.
Enjoy! Have a nice day! Keep smiling! Blah, blah, blah… now wash your hands!
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Tuesday June 2 2010 by Little Jack Shit Camo
The wacky guys from The Brown Corporation, who brought you the fabulous Shit Box, have surpassed themselves with another shit product - a camouflage pattern box made entirely from poo...
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Monday February 12 2010 by Little Jack WHO IS JACK SCHITT
For some time many of us have wondered just who is Jack Schitt?
We find ourselves at a loss when someone says, ‘You don’t know Jack Schitt!’ Well, thanks to my genealogy efforts, you can now respond in an intellectual way.
Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O. Schitt, the owner of Needeep N. Schitt, Inc. They had one son, Jack.
In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt. The deeply religious couple produced six children: Holie Schitt, Giva Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins Deep Schitt and Dip Schitt.
Against her parents’ objections, Deep Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high school dropout. After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later married Ted Sherlock, and because her kids were living with them, she wanted to keep her previous name. She was then known as Noe Schitt Sherlock.
Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt, and they produced a son with a rather nervous disposition named Chicken Schitt. Two of the other six children, Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, were inseparable throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual ceremony. The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens nuptials. The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Horse.
Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently returned from Italy with his new Italian bride, Pisa Schitt.
Now when someone says, ‘You don’t know Jack Schitt,’ you can correct them.
Sincerely,
Crock O. Schitt
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Tuesday January 12 2010 by Little Jack World Toilet Expo
The Brown Corporation at The World Toilet Expo, Singapore, December 2009 - A great success for The Brown Corporation!
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Wednesday November 12 2009 by Little Jack World Toilet Day
What did you do on ‘World Toilet Day’?
It was on November 19th 2009. It aims to highlight the sanitary conditions that we take for granted. Please check out the Sanitation Project in Mwenyekondo village, Malawi supported by WaterAid.
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Monday November 2 2009 by Little Jack Ploo - as seen on Top Gear
Did you see Top Gear last night?
Ploo was featured! However, Clarkson and a member of the audience failed to assemble the box correctly with obvious results.
Check out it out on Top Gear
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Wednesday October 4 2009 by Little Jack World Toilet Day - November 19th
Save the date and help increase awareness of the importance of toiliet sanitation.
Visit The World Toilet Orgainisation
Thursday September 1 2009 by Little Jack Washing Our Asses With Water
There is a new ‘movement’ called The Official ‘Washing Our Asses With Water’ Fan Club on facebook. Yes, the subject ‘matter’ may be amusing to some but the truth lies within the humour. Do you ‘dry wipe’? Do you ONLY use toilet paper on your ass after a shit? Do you feel clean without using water? A clean ass is a washed ass. An ingenious Eastern device called the ‘lota’ (kinda looks like a watering can) is making a comeback after being promoted by myself. Used to pour water with one hand whilst vigorously rubbing your asshole clean with the other, it is rarely seen these days because the evil ‘dry wipers’ have taken over the planet. However, all is not lost, join, share with your facebook friends and discuss. Glory to the washers!
Add yourself to their facebook fanpage. Search Washing Our Asses With Water.
Check out the biography of the genius that is Herbie Hysteria
Monday September 4 2009 by Little Jack The Cardboard Gladiator
Check out the UPS Store Commerical – Cardboard – “Gladiator”
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Thursday August 4 2009 by Little Jack A Mongolian View
Our Shit Boxes have travelled to Mongolia as part of the Mongol Rally 2009. Bob Twells and Lee Tuffnell drove from Goodwood, UK to Ulanbataar, Mongolia in a Skoda and came 96th out of 550. We would like to congratulate them on their achievement and for using our trusty Shit Boxes to relieve them along the way.
Gotta love that view!
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Friday August 2 2009 by Little Jack Golden Showers
New advertising campaign in Brazil encouraging it’s citizens to conserve water by peeing in the shower. Brazilian environmental group SOS Mata Atlantica says the campaign, running on several television stations, uses humour to persuade people to reduce flushes. The group says if a household avoids one flush a day, it can save up to 4,380 litres (1,157 gallons) of water annually.
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Monday July 10 2009 by Little Jack Disgusting
Our friends at minui HandySitt (the world’s best looking portable high chair) are running a disgusting competition…
Submit your best disgusting, make me want to barf, kid story. A HandySitt will be granted for the most popular entry as well as for the best video, photo and written story. Keep it short!
Disgusting – the most disgusting thing your kid has done.
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Sunday July 10 2009 by Little Jack Cardboard Car
If The Brown Corporation made cars… it’d might look something like this:
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Saturday June 11 2009 by Little Jack The Survival Guide To Festival Toilets
How to survive horrible music event facilities use your wet wipes wisely and keep hold of your toilet roll!:
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Thursday June 4 2009 by Little Jack In the forest...
I wish I spoke Portuguese…
Related Articles:
• Random festival goer Greg reviews Shit Box at Global Gathering
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Tuesday June 8 2009 by Little Jack Toilet Roll Sculptures
Junior Jacquet creates some amazing face sculptures with used toilet paper rolls.
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Monday June 5 2009 by Little Jack Car-dboard
Built with stunning detail, check out artist Chris Gilmour’s life-size recycled cardboard car:
There is no metal, wood, or plastic framework of any kind! Gilmour creates all sorts of lifesize replicas of everyday objects, ranging from flowerpots to a complete Astin Martin, solely out of cardboard and glue. From Guido Bartorelli’s essay about Gilmour’s work:
“Packaging cardboard is, by its very nature, intended to contain but it is then discarded. Gilmour, however, uses it to contain the work’s own identity and to highlight the displacement between the original object and the one made in cardboard. This displacement is marked by difference: his sculptures (and apart from the use of such a poor material, they conform to all the accepted precepts of sculpture) are not mere copies, but rather translations from life. This translation brings with it a process of knowledge- the knowledge of the small things within which the sense of daily existence is hidden.”
Here’s some instructions for making your own cardboard car ;-)
From ‘How to Make a Cardboard Car’ on wikiHow
1. Take any size shoe box, tissue box, cereal box, etc. that has a top that’s not connected to the bottom.
2. Find a pair of scissors. Turn it to the side you want to be the front of the car.
3. Cut a cube about 3 inches from the top on both sides all the way over the top and 4 inches from the front.
4. Do another cut. On the cut side farthest from the front and make it into a slanting cut instead of vertical.
5. Pierce a hole in the side of the car where you want your wheels to be. Make the holes for the wheels directly apart.
6. Put a skewer (could be a straw, pencil, pen, etc.) through each pair of wheels for axles and put wheels on.
7. Take the top to the box and bend it at the same length as the hole and then bend it at the same length at the bend in the cut.
8. Add decorations
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Saturday June 5 2009 by Little Jack Toilet Twinning
CORD has launched the world’s first toilet twinning to wipe away disease & flush away poverty.
Toilet twinning is a new and unique way of supporting people for whom good, clean, safe sanitation is a luxury – not a given. CORD is working to improve water and sanitation in war torn Burundi. In the past year we’ve helped local people there to build 870 latrines, each benefiting family of six.
Twin your toilet with a bog in Burundi to flush away poverty…
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Thursday June 1 2009 by Little Jack Crap Joke
Know any good toilet jokes?
Police station toilet stolen…
cops have nothing to go on!
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Thursday June 1 2009 by Little Jack Cardboard Love
We love Cardboard Love in a Digtal World
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Wednesday June 6 2009 by Little Jack Cardboard Comfort
What else would Little Jack sleep under than this ingenious cardboard duvet, called “Le Clochard” by SNURK (along with his cardboard toilet!):
The high quality duvet cover features a photographic print of a cardboard box and is a great way to be reminded of the daily plight of the world’s homeless:
Sleep under a cardboard box so a homeless person doesn’t have to.
A large proportion of the proceeds from the Le Clochard duvet cover go to SZN, the foundation for homeless youngsters in the Netherlands. The income is used to fund housing projects which prioritise supporting young people in finding work or continuing their education."
Cardboard duvet – Le Clochard
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Tuesday June 11 2009 by Little Jack Toilet Humour
Know any good toilet jokes?
Q. What did Mr. Spock find in the toilet?
A. The Captain’s log!
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Tuesday June 12 2009 by Little Jack FYS (Finish Your Self)
“Puzzle your own chair together (with a little help from mama) using a large part of the packaging. The chair is made from corrugated cardboard and is 100% recyclable.
Nominated for the Dutch Design Awards 2007, category packaging.”
Designed by David Graas
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Tuesday June 12 2009 by Little Jack Eating from your toilet bowl
The Modern Toilet diner is one of 12 eateries with a toilet theme scattered across the island of Taiwan.
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Sunday June 12 2009 by Little Jack Comfort Wipe
‘Because toilet paper is really archaic and disgusting’
Introducing Comfort Wipe, the sanitary paper extension arm and holder!
YES! (sadly) it is a real product and not a spoof… and there’s really no easy way to put this other than that it’s a stick to help you wipe your arse, and avoid touching that ‘disgusting toilet paper’. Great infomercial (as seen on TV):
Could this really be ‘the first improvement in toilet paper, as we know it, since the 1880s’? Now you’ll never have to touch a dirty toilet tissue!… hoorah
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Friday June 5 2009 by Little Jack The Throne
Quite literally…
According to the makers Herbeau
“Inspired by Dagobert, the last ruler of the 8th Century French Merovingian dynasty, this toilet will delight even the most jaded Royal.”
Features
• The musical chime “Le Bon Roi Dagobert” begins playing as the lid is raised
• Includes full set of accessories including candleholder and ashtray
• A tug on the pull chain activates the flush, accompanied by the ringing of a bell
• Constructed entirely from ash wood and decorated with hand painted Moustier Polychrome designs
All this for the not-so-regal price of $9,874.95!
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Monday June 5 2009 by Little Jack Singing For Toilets
2.6 billion people, or 41% of the world
population, do not have a toilet:
I Sing For Toilets from Gino Federici on Vimeo.
Gino Federici is the President/Founder of GOYA Charities, who support organisations who build toilets, wells and educate children in their benefit.
To find out more about Gino and GOYA, visit his website
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Monday June 1 2009 by Little Jack Toilet Prank
“Imagine, your on a mobile toilet and when you get out… you are in a office meeting!”
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Friday June 5 2009 by Little Jack Dirty for Swain Campaign
Christopher Swain is swimming from Massachusetts to Washington DC through waters filled with toxic pollutants, heavy metals and sewage, to promote healthy oceans:
What will you do for Swain?
Help catapault eco-hero Christopher Swain on to the world stage.
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Friday June 12 2009 by Little Jack Your Planet Needs You
World Environment Day 2009
Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change
Commemorated yearly on 5 June, World Environment Day is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The theme for World Environment Day 2009 is ’Your Planet Needs You – UNite to Combat Climate Change’. It reflects the urgency for nations to agree on a new deal and the links with overcoming poverty and improved management of forests.
From the moment you hit snooze on your solar-powered alarm clock to the point when you crawl into your eco-washed, organic cotton sheets, here’s a walk through of 30 easy ways to green your daily routine.
Our ‘do something’ tip for World Environment Day:
• Flushing makes up one third of our total water use. – Convert your toilet to a low flush toilet – add a brick or two into the water tank, or a plastic bottle with stones or pebbles. This will displace a great deal of water instantly turning your toilet into one that uses far less water.
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Friday June 9 2009 by Little Jack Ski While You Pee
Trompe l’oeil ski-toilet mural in a Japanese ski resort:
Georgia Max Coffee chose to redesign the toilets of a number of key ski resorts in Japan. The cubicles were fully wrapped on all sides, so that the person caught short would have a ski jumper’s view when they were sitting on the loo. The person could look down at their skis (simply printed on the floor of the cubicle) and see the steep ski jump slope ahead of them. The toilet paper holder carried the only brand messaging in the cubicle, reading: “Seriously kick-ass intensely sweet for the real coffee super zinging unstoppable Max! Taste explosion!”
Via Boing Boing
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Thursday June 11 2009 by Little Jack Cardboard Upright Bass
Made in Detroit by Bogdon Music
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Back Log (archive)
- Last Christmas Posting Dates
- Read about how we use Cookies
- Shit Box Temporarily Out of Stock
- Last Christmas Posting Dates
- Something for the Weekend
- Beautiful Short Film for World Water Day
- Camping trends for 2011 from Pitchup.com
- Cardboard loo does the business
- Last Christmas Posting Dates
- La «shit box», star de l'été
- 10 Ways to Deal with Plugged Up Toilets
- This Morning | Camping
- Shit Box Commercial Product Review
- Little Jack gets a kagool!
- Ahhh: Toilet Paper Foam Moistener
- USA Site
- Shit Camo
- WHO IS JACK SCHITT
- World Toilet Expo
- World Toilet Day
- Ploo - as seen on Top Gear
- World Toilet Day - November 19th
- Washing Our Asses With Water
- The Cardboard Gladiator
- A Mongolian View
- Golden Showers
- Disgusting
- Cardboard Car
- The Survival Guide To Festival Toilets
- In the forest...
- Toilet Roll Sculptures
- Car-dboard
- Toilet Twinning
- Crap Joke
- Cardboard Love
- Cardboard Comfort
- Toilet Humour
- FYS (Finish Your Self)
- Eating from your toilet bowl
- Comfort Wipe
- Where's The Toilet?
- The Throne
- Cardboard Tron!
- Singing For Toilets
- Toilet Prank
- Dirty for Swain Campaign
- Your Planet Needs You
- Ski While You Pee
- Bathroom Instructions
- Cardboard Upright Bass
