Japanese Toilets Burst Into Fire, Burning Many An Asian Ass

TOKYO — A Japanese toilet maker is on the hotseat after 26 of its toilets started smoking, while three actually caught on fire.

Toto, a company known for its high-tech toilets with bidets that have blow-drying, air purification and seat-warming functions, apologized to consumers and offered free checks and repairs after some of its toilets with bidets and heated seats sent up smoke and three caught fire.

“We apologize deeply for the trouble we have caused to our customers,” the company said in a statement.

Toto said no people were injured as a result of the problems and damage was limited to a small part of the toilet tank.

The problem was caused as friction was generated in a part inside the toilets, eventually producing heat. It affected some toilet models made between March 1999 and December 2001.

“We are offering free checks and repairs if needed to anybody who owns these models,” a company spokesman said.

The company’s most famous product, the combined toilet/bidet or “washlet,” is a common household article in Japan.

JOKESTARTERS:

• I’m wary of any company that named itself after the dog in “Wizard of Oz.” I mean, how am I supposed to trust my ass to a toilet made by a dog-themed company?
• Worse yet, maybe they named themselves after the lame 80s band “Toto.” Actually, that would be a perfect place for me to excrete onto.

SOURCE:

• Scotsman