Wednesday
Mar102010
How to Use Your Modest Internet Fame to Get What You Want
I just want to be clear. This strip is meant solely as a joke. None of my readers owes me a thing.
That said, one of those Japanese toilet seats would be super-awesome!
March 10, 2010
Reader Comments (62)
Another brilliant comic! Lovesit
I live in Japan and my apartment has one of those fancy toilet seats.
It has a control panel with more buttons than the microwave.
Didn't you learn a lesson about expensive phones?
http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2009/6/14/how-to-recover-from-the-failure-of-your-broken-phone.html
(Note from Scott: I never learn my lesson. You haven't been paying attention, have you?)
Hmmm... trip to Japan in June... do I buy the seat...
Probably expensive. Nah.
I tried one of those seats in Japan! They're awesome!
Japanese toilet seats? Don't they have squat toilets?
HILARIOUS.
And I don't use all caps often. That deserved it.
I'd help if I could, but sadly, I have access to neither google gadgets nor Japanese toilet accessories. Good luck, though!
mr meyer, if i weren't a broke college student i would buy you a japanese toilet seat phone... and paint a google logo on it.
until then, thanks for being funny!
Sorry, I don't work for Google. Maybe one day!
Next strip: how to properly use a Japanese toilet seat
Great comic. I'd send a Nexus one if I had the means. That being said, you should develop an android app.
(Note from Scott: Working on it.)
when I lived in Europe I loved using the bidet. when I lived in the Middle East, the toilet was literally a porcelain hole in the ground and a garden hose. Killed my "bidet" fascination instantly.
I would sooner get an iPad than a NexusOne. I know how to turn it into an iPhone.
Panel 2 is brilliant.
Lol ! ... one of the best in a while ..
"And whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son." I've heard that's supposed to work. (Although I still don't have an Omega Seamaster. Cheap old bastard...)
Sadly, one of the things I miss most from my trip to Japan.
Speaking as someone who just this week used her modest Internet fame to get her modest fanbase to do her homework for her ... I don't have a Ferrari, either.
But I do now have a hilarious Basic Instructions comic about my lack of a Ferrari, which is better!
I love your comic Steve. Definitely brightens my day. Keep up the good work.
No seat to offer, but nice comic! Thnx!
The seats seem to be a bit on the wasteful side though, unless it's one of those that only makes flushing noises instead of flushing all the time.
Why do you menfolk spend so much time in the bathroom for the basic, uh, things anyway?
Yes, they ARE awesome. They had them in a hotel when I was staying in Korea, and (after initally ignoring it, then flooding the toilet stall, then getting used to it) I liked it so much I actually bought a Samsung from the local tech mart, and lugged it back with me. My bathroom feels a lot more futuristic. Plus, it's just plain awesome.
Yes, they ARE awesome. They had them in a hotel when I was staying in Korea, and (after initally ignoring it, then flooding the toilet stall, then getting used to it) I liked it so much I actually bought a Samsung from the local tech mart, and lugged it back with me. My bathroom feels a lot more futuristic. Plus, it's just plain awesome.
Is that like the german ones that vibrate when you sit on them? They also tend to have a little shelf in the bowl so you can check your production really thoroughly.
The first panel is genius. It is probably the number one reason we want shiny new toys. Love it.
I happen to live in Japan, albeit with modest wages. As soon as I make my fortune, that seat is yours!