Toilet paper and Demoltion Man: The three sea shells

[Vympel]

In the pointless question department ...

Does anyone remember that scene from Demolition Man when stallone informs future-wuss police that they're out of toilet paper, and mentions the presence of "three sea shells" in the bathroom? Bullock and Schneider etc (maybe Benjamin Bratt was in the movie too, looks like him) then mock him because he doesn't know how to use them, as well as commenting on the primitive practice of wiping one's posterior with paper.

Question: how the hell do you clean up with sea shells?!

[Metrion Cascade]

In the pointless question department ...

Does anyone remember that scene from Demolition Man when stallone informs future-wuss police that they're out of toilet paper, and mentions the presence of "three sea shells" in the bathroom? Bullock and Schneider etc (maybe Benjamin Bratt was in the movie too, looks like him) then mock him because he doesn't know how to use them, as well as commenting on the primitive practice of wiping one's posterior with paper.

Question: how the hell do you clean up with sea shells?!

Maybe they're actually buttons that control a bidet built into the toilet?

[BoredShirtless]

Maybe they're actually buttons that control a bidet built into the toilet?

Didn't Rocky pick them up? No, I think it's an inside joke, you can't wipe your ass with sea shells without shredding your asshole.

[Vympel]

Didn't Rocky pick them up? No, I think it's an inside joke, you can't wipe your ass with sea shells without shredding your asshole.

Well, that depends on the smoothness of the sea shell in question (like, Oysters would be a very bad idea) but shit, if it's an in joke, it's totally lost on the audience, so why bother?

[Ghost Rider]

Didn't Rocky pick them up? No, I think it's an inside joke, you can't wipe your ass with sea shells without shredding your asshole.

Well, that depends on the smoothness of the sea shell in question (like, Oysters would be a very bad idea) but shit, if it's an in joke, it's totally lost on the audience, so why bother?

They should've given the audience some idea...because honestly they just gave a joke but no punchline.

[Admiral Valdemar]

Given this was on only a week ago over here, I can say that it's not even hinted at. All I can assume is it's a system like in those fancy, space-age Japanese toilets where a jet of water then a dryer are used. No physical contact.

It sucks (or blows) because I'll be sticking with paper no matter what.

[BoredShirtless]

Didn't Rocky pick them up? No, I think it's an inside joke, you can't wipe your ass with sea shells without shredding your asshole.

Well, that depends on the smoothness of the sea shell in question (like, Oysters would be a very bad idea) but shit, if it's an in joke, it's totally lost on the audience, so why bother?

Bugger I didn't mean it was an in joke with the crew. Ok you can analyse the sea shell incident from two angles; as a character in the movie and as a person watching the movie. Bullocks didn't explain how to use it and laughed at Rocky which tells me she thinks Rocky is an idiot because it's so fucking obvious. But outside the film, we're all scratching our heads wondering what the hell because who the fuck wipes their ass with sea shells! Obvious inside the film; exactly the opposite outside. That's the joke!

[kojikun]

Maybe they were just fucking with him, and really the sea shells have nothing to do with it.

[Lord Pounder]

Maybe the Sea Shells where actually the buttons to a conceled wall compartment that hid the toilet paper outta sight. My mother is very embarassed by toilet paper, she covers ours with a cheap barbie in a knitted dress.

[General Zod]

except. . . .they stated that they'd no longer used toilet paper whatsoever in the movie. even later after the initial gag.

[thecreech]

Maybe you are supposed line them up in a certain way. Squat over them and they magically make the shit smears on your ass disappear thru some Technobabble technology

[aphexmonster]

one squirts water



one sucks the dirt from your ass




and the last one blow dries you

[Sea Skimmer]

I always figured the writers just wanted to leave it as an open and amusing question with no answer. Though I doubt their buttons, stallone probably would have picked one up trying to figure out what the fuck they where after all.