Epiphany toilet

docdolittle · 11-01-2010 3:48am #1

Well tonight I was trying to figure some games coding out (They really should have a geeky smiley on boards :P ) and I just couldn't do it, I was sitting here for an hour or two trying to figure it out and then scouring the internet to try find it... I still couldn't!

Then I went to the fabled "Epiphany toilet" and it all came to me in a scrubs moment, music and all :pac: Went back to my PC and it actually worked!!

Anyone else had an epiphany toilet moment

That_Guy · 11-01-2010 3:57am

If by epiphany you mean took a sh*t... then yes. I have had many epiphany's on my toilet.

FearDark · 11-01-2010 3:58am

Does this count as a toilet thread?

Borneo Fnctn · 11-01-2010 3:58am

I couldn't figure out a certain piece of chemistry on one particular occasion. I was totally frustrated. I didn't know what to do. I remembered the same scrubs episode and I actually had an epiphany on the toilet. It was like a lightbulb being switched on. It was then abundantly clear that I had to go and bang my head against the wall.

Sharpshooter · 11-01-2010 4:00am

FearDark wrote: »

Does this count as a toilet thread?

Only if it's locked flushed.

FearDark · 11-01-2010 4:02am

This thread is rubbish. Allow me to save it.

imeddyhobbs · 11-01-2010 4:04am

docdolittle wrote: »

Well tonight I was trying to figure some games coding out (They really should have a geeky smiley on boards :P ) and I just couldn't do it, I was sitting here for an hour or two trying to figure it out and then scouring the internet to try find it... I still couldn't!

Then I went to the fabled "Epiphany toilet" and it all came to me in a scrubs moment, music and all :pac: Went back to my PC and it actually worked!!

Anyone else had an epiphany toilet moment

There must be some kinda porn for you?

That_Guy · 11-01-2010 4:05am

imeddyhobbs wrote: »

There must be some kinda porn for you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEVUKofgNrU

minidazzler · 11-01-2010 4:09am

There is only one code.

Up up down down left right left right B A

docdolittle · 11-01-2010 4:13am

minidazzler wrote: »

There is only one code.

Up up down down left right left right B A

That's the one I couldn't figure out :rolleyes:

Glico Man · 11-01-2010 4:51am

minidazzler wrote: »

There is only one code.

Up up down down left right left right B A

No no no, the only code is the level select code for Sonic the Hedgehog

up, down, left, right, A + Start

Tiny Explosions · 11-01-2010 7:23am

Like a 'Flux capacitor' moment?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5cYgRnfFDA

Sorry couldn't find the right clip.:(

My last epiphany to happen while sitting on the toilet was to stop drinking Bulmers pear cider!:)

TheRealist · 11-01-2010 7:44am

Nerd alert!!

jester77 · 11-01-2010 10:07am

I'm usually too busy dumping some logs to think about code

AckwelFoley · 11-01-2010 10:11am

Epiphany toilet.

Holy Shit

AnonoBoy · 11-01-2010 10:19am

I have imaginary arguments with my ex-employers and ex-girlfriends while on the toilet.

I thought everyone else did too.

CreepingDeath · 11-01-2010 10:19am

Don't know why they don't make office chairs in the shape of toilets... surely that will improve creativity.

stovelid · 11-01-2010 10:22am

Summary:

OP codes games and would like you to remember that.

seamus · 11-01-2010 10:24am

This is a proven trick in the programmer's bag. Anytime I'm finding myself struggling to come up with a decent solution to a problem, I go off and strain the aul cucumber, get a cup of coffee and by then a good thought has usually arrived.

pickarooney · 11-01-2010 10:26am

I've had epiphany showers in the past. By the time you're out and dried and dressed though.... must get a waterproof dictaphone.

hooradiation · 11-01-2010 11:51am

stovelid wrote: »

Summary:

OP codes games and would like you to remember that.

aye, and they're shit.

Captain_Generic · 11-01-2010 12:01pm

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Don't know why they don't make office chairs in the shape of toilets... surely that will improve creativity.

Well if you did everything on the toilet it would certainly improve productivity anyway, nothing gets the brain going like dropping a few nuggets of knowledge

**Timbuk2** · 11-01-2010 12:58pm

Toilet humour should be put in a cannon and f*cked off the face of the earth.

AnonoBoy · 11-01-2010 1:06pm

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

Toilet humour should be put in a cannon and f*cked off the face of the earth.

Are classy jokes about toilets classed as 'toilet humour'?

Say if I make a delicious pun about Amritage Shanks that doesn't involve poo or w*nking, does that make it into your cannon and into orbit?

FlutterinBantam · 11-01-2010 1:25pm

I was involved in a rather tricky and obtuse logistical problem at work and things got a bit heated in the meeting room.

An adjournment was called, and I as I felt like crimping off some cable,hit for the executive toilets with the problem spinning over in my mind.

Cleared the muzzle area and settled down to spool up the badge and 'shed some lumber' when the problem suddenly became clear.

The quiet calm of the cube allowed me to concentrate totally and solve the problem, so with a clear mind I was able to 'decompress fully' and deposit a nice teak coloured 3 coiler into the waiting pan.

I would recommend it to anyone.

Cleaned up and went back to astound the meeting with the clarity of my thoughts.

InkSlinger67 · 11-01-2010 1:28pm

I don't know about epiphany toilet but Bob Hoskins had a scripting toilet - he would decide which roles to take while reading scripts on the bog - if a particular script had him reading for so long that he didn't notice his ass getting cold, he'd take the role

I only use my toilet for sh*tting and f*shing

Epiphany toilet

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