The story for how the seashells came about doesn’t make sense. How could you reach someone while they were on the toilet in the early-mid 90’s? Unless the dude

The story for how the seashells came about doesn’t make sense. How could you reach someone while they were on the toilet in the early-mid 90’s? Unless the dude got up from the toilet and walked over to the nearest phone, which must have had a really long cord, and then walked back to sit on the toilet.