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Curmudgeon' s Corner. I blame it on the heat. (2)

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    We're generally discouraged from peeing up the walls from a young age. :)
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • LauraRoslinLauraRoslin Posts: 496
    Really?  I've seen plenty of men do that.  Especially when they've just left the pub.

    I'm assuming you're aware I didn't mean an inside wall?
    I wish I was a glow worm
    A glow worm's never glum
    Cos how can you be grumpy
    When the sun shines out your bum!
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It's a bit of a debate in design circles regarding how badly laid out modern houses are and how rediculous our toilet designs are in the 'first world'. Should toilets have their own room away from washing and other bathroom facilities? Should we be using drinking quality water to flush waste away? Other cultures are appalled by our bathroom designs and what we think of as the height of sanitation is quite manky by standards in other countries. Try telling someone from Japan that you keep your toothbrush in the same room as the toilet and don't shower before getting in the bath :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Then again, try explaining to a frenchman why you have to have a lobby arrangement so that a man or woman standing outside a public toilet can't see anyone going into or coming out of a toilet cubicle door.
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    French public toilets are technically third world though aren't they? :|
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    well yes, fair point.

    They were even more baffled when we said they couldn't discharge rainwater from an 8 storey building onto the pavement but would have to take it directly to a drain.
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • LauraRoslinLauraRoslin Posts: 496
    It is a daft idea to use drinkable water to flush a toilet.  And I would prefer the toilet to be in a seperate room from the sink and bath.
    I wish I was a glow worm
    A glow worm's never glum
    Cos how can you be grumpy
    When the sun shines out your bum!
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    There's loads of great designs of toilet with the sink built into the top of the cistern now. You wash your hands and the waste water is used to flush the toilet. The really good ones have a setting for how much water you need, large flush or small flush, and the bonus is people have to wash their hands to be able to flush. The take up on having these in separate rooms in modern houses though is very low.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • LauraRoslinLauraRoslin Posts: 496
    Now that's a good idea!
    I wish I was a glow worm
    A glow worm's never glum
    Cos how can you be grumpy
    When the sun shines out your bum!
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Surely little children can’t reach in there.
    It’s  all to do with the water pressure isn’t? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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