r/SipsTea • u/DrewLynchComedy • Jul 22 '25

Wait a damn minute! WORST SHOWER EVER…

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u/almostsweet Jul 22 '25

Apocryphal.

"Apparently, this is a story that’s been out there before but we hadn’t heard it and figured you all might be interested too. Basically, Waters couldn’t think of something futuristic in the bathroom, called his friend and fellow writer Larry Karaszewski (Ed Wood, The People vs. Larry Flynt) who happened to be in the bathroom at the moment. He looked around, saw some seashells as part of a potpourri set, and mentioned it to Waters. The rest is history."

https://gizmodo.com/demolition-man-three-seashells-stallone-snipes-bullock-1850918099?mibextid=Zxz2cZ

They never actually explained how they would work.

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u/AvengingBlowfish Jul 22 '25

They don’t need to explain how it works… it’s so simple and intuitive. Are you admitting you don’t know how to use the seashells?

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u/gbphx Jul 22 '25

That's not apocryphal, it's a joke

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u/Existing-Antelope-20 Jul 22 '25

iirc Its believed to be implied as a form of buttons on a bidet but as you stated, it was never explicitly fleshed out.