Any statisticians in the house?
Bizarre December 29th, 2014While out on my walk today I noticed a lot of obvious Christmas gift boxes and related paraphernalia on my neighbors’ curbs ready for trash pickup.
You had the usual flat screen TV boxes, a Keurig box, some toy boxes and a host of plain shipping boxes.
Also pizza boxes. My neighbors live on pizza apparently.
But then.
Then there was this:
I laughed, of course. Someone either had a really good Christmas, or a really bad one.
I kept on with my walk and about ten houses down the street, when what to my wondering eyes should appear?
Can someone who knows stats tell me what the chances are for this happening?
Toilets for Christmas. It’s a thing now. Take note.
I hope y’all had a nice holiday, and I wish you a blessed and happy 2015. Complete with your own American Standard beige toilet, if that’s what your heart desires.
Stumble it!
December 29th, 2014 at 12:29 pm
I wonder if the men of those two houses did their Christmas shopping together. I can see it now, they stopped at the bar for a drink (or two) first and while there came up with the bright idea for new thrones.
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December 29th, 2014 at 12:40 pm
Given that I had to replace two toilets this past fall from toys that could not be retrieved from them, there may be another explanation.
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December 29th, 2014 at 12:57 pm
If they really wanted to make it a great Christmas then they should have given/gotten the American Standard Comfort Height One-Piece toilet. The best – I love mine and think a perfect Christmas present would have been another one for the back bathroom. Plus a new toilet would have meant having Javier coming in to install it and having Javier around is ALWAYS a treat.
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December 29th, 2014 at 1:01 pm
Maybe it’s coincidentally their 2nd (modern) or 20th (traditional) anniversary. The suggested gift is “china.”
Also: perhaps the shitter was full.
December 29th, 2014 at 1:46 pm
Maybe they were on special and half of your neighbourhood bought them.
I am surprised to see those and other things all out to be collected. There is no way anything like that would get collected in the UK. We have to take them to the dump ourselves. Paper day is not the same day as household trash, so boxes would not be collected either. They also will not take a black bag of household rubbish if it is not in the black bin, so no extra rubbish will be taken either. All they will take is one black bin, empty it, bring it back and move on.
How times have changed.
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December 29th, 2014 at 1:50 pm
I just saw a thing about this. Some plumber was saying to get your plumbing checked out before the holidays because there is so much pressure added to the system with all the extra guests in a home, extra things that get flushed that maybe shouldn’t and all the grease that gets dumped down the drain.
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December 29th, 2014 at 5:11 pm
Ann — I can just picture that (but also them forgetting that they’re the ones who’ll have to install it).
Stephanie — That’s gotta be some kind of record. Really sorry to hear that. Not one, but two? So sorry.
Grace — I would like to know more about Javier 🙂
Impetua — LMAO! (And for those who don’t get the reference: Shitter was full. Classic!
Babs — I know we’re lucky here. Our trash people will take everything except computers and TVs. Those we have to take to the recycling center ourselves. And our lawn waste has to be in special bags. Other than that, as long as things are in the right bin, off it goes!
Jen — Probably counts for the Super Bowl too!
December 29th, 2014 at 7:45 pm
Can someone who knows stats tell me what the chances are for this happening?
Toilets for Christmas. It’s a thing now. Take note.”
Kathy, that’s HILARIOUS! And you’re right, what are the odds that TWO people got toilets for Christmas!? And I’m surprised someone in the neighborhood didn’t take one and make a planter out of it for their backyard. Don’t laugh, I’ve actually seen that done and it looks kinda cute 🙂
Have a GREAT New Year, my friend!
X
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December 30th, 2014 at 7:41 am
Toilets fro Christmas? At least they could have been red or green in color but it appears they were just basic white. I guess they weren’t good enough in 2014 to get the upgraded ones. That is so odd. Truly odd. Thanks for the chuckle today. 🙂
December 30th, 2014 at 10:40 am
I wonder if you can find out the odds at Nate Silver’s site.
A toilet isn’t my idea of a great Christmas gift. How do you feign delight when opening the box?
Maybe the two people went out to dinner together, had bad shrimp, and broke their toilets.
Happy New Year to you and your family!
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December 31st, 2014 at 10:25 am
And then there’s the neighbor stopping to take pictures of old toilets. BTW, I read somewhere to break down boxes for the trash – especially at Xmas – so as to not advertise to low-lifes what types of goodies you have in your house.
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January 1st, 2015 at 7:28 am
Ron — I’ve seen pictures of toilet planters, too, but I suspect these people were thrilled when the trash guy came because toilet in your front yard. Happy New Year, buddy. And hope to see you soon!
Beth Ann — To me, an upgraded toilet means it auto-flushes and auto-cleans. Is that asking for too much? I don’t think so!
Lauren — I had to look up Nate Silver. His book, The Signal and The Noise, sounds interesting. I might get that. A friend on Twitter retweeted my post to the site The Odds Must Be Crazy, which takes real world incidents and works out the probability. Not sure if they’re biting. As for me, if I had a broken toilet, I would be delighted to find a new one under a tree with a bow on it 🙂
Sam — Trust me, I took those pictures as fast as I could and high-tailed it outta there! Breaking down the boxes is a good idea. But I think thieves have gotten better at their craft by simply stealing packages right off your front porch. Keeps them from having to actually break in. Ugh.
January 10th, 2015 at 5:01 pm
Hahahahaha! Toilets for Christmas!! The mind boggles…
Perhaps they were on special offer and they had extra guests coming?
January 15th, 2015 at 5:40 am
What’s happening nowadays !!!! Toilets for Christmas….
LOL
March 9th, 2015 at 7:48 pm
Haha, I like your idea – Toilets for Christmas. It maybe become so specialized gift, smile!
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March 24th, 2015 at 10:02 pm
We blame the nuclear cheese dip, because, whoa.
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July 9th, 2015 at 8:42 am
People throw out unimaginable things, really and believe me, I’ve seen a lot! I think it’s high time that we learned to recycle and re-use.