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42% of Americans Use Their Cell Phones in the Bathroom

For those of you who believe kids today lack any semblance of public decorum, we've got some recent statistics that just might back up your nostalgic grumblings. iGR, a market consultant firm, recently polled 1,000 mobile phone users, ages 18 to 65, and discovered that 42-percent of them claim to make calls and send text messages while in the bathroom. The age group most likely to be a public ...

Locked Toilets in Finland Unlocked with TXT Messages

Fed up with vandals and people who don't light a match after dropping the kids off at the pool, the Finish government has started locking the country's public, roadside toilets. Signs posted outside inform the user that in order to unlock the lavatory, one must text the word "open" (in Finish) to a short code and the door will be unlocked remotely. The system will allow police to track down ...