German Toilets

This is only going to be amusing if you have ever experienced the German toilet:

Further research has revealed that the German toilet is in fact designed to facilitate stool examination. This is a wise, healthy practice, argue Germans, a person’s best defence against intestinal disease, water-borne parasites or worm-riddled, undercooked pork sausage. While this made perfectly good sense around 1900, thanks to improvements in public health the whole shelf business should have become obsolete shortly after World War II.

Germans, however, see nothing amiss. They actually like their toilets. Some even dislike North American toilets. You splash yourself, they claim. I don’t think this is possible. I’ve never splashed myself sitting on the toilet. For the wave to reach one’s bottom, one would need to eject a hefty pellet at tremendous velocity. I think they’re making that up.

For Americans in Germany, this is always a topic of converstation to newcomers. I vaguely remember German toilets when I was younger, but thankfully the American housing and PX did not kneel to the Germanic porcelain god. Reminds me of the Simpsons episode where they travel to Australia. . . if you know, you know.