This is probably the best “office gag” I’ve ever seen. It’s called the RoboDump, and it is just goddamned genius. Basically, its a device which you install in one of the bathroom stalls at work, to simulate someone taking an extended hours long horrendous shit. It consists of a board with two speakers, one which points up and the other pointing into the bowl. There is a recording of pooping & pissing sounds coming out of the bowl-channel, and the other channel consists of grunting noises, as might be uttered during a massive shit-taking. Attached to this board is a pair of dangling fake legs, dressed in business pants and shoes, to complete the illusion of somebody really sitting there to outside observers.

The mastermind behind this, Kevin Kelm described what happened when he deployed this device at his place of business…

I snuck RoboDump into the men’s room at the office. Unfortunately, today turned out to be the day of a board meeting. Whoops! It still went over well; the office was abuzz all morning with gossip about the guy in the bathroom. Several people theorized it was the CFO. The janitor commented to someone in the hallway that he wanted to clean the restroom but “this guy’s been in there all morning.”

He has some photos, and you can download the soundtrack that he recorded (which is hilarious), if you want to make your own robodumper.

[Found via Abroad At Home]