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| Thread ID: 60139 | 2005-07-24 00:37:00 | what a load of poo | ERR (8231) | PC World Chat |
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| 374690 | 2005-07-25 01:38:00 | Anyone been over to Germany to see their toilets that have a shelf? You take a dump and instead of the poo splashing into the water, it remains on a shelf above the water. When flushed, the water whisks it off the shelf and into the gurgler. Its been on my mind :nerd: for years as to just why the Germans want their poo on a shelf. Maybe to inspect it for some sort of health reason? It sure stinks more not being in the water. :yuck: Ahhhh, yet another intelligent and refined post here on PF1 Chat ! :lol: |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 374691 | 2005-07-25 02:02:00 | I thought floaties were also an indication of too much fat, or that was unable to be processed by the gut for whatever reason. True or false. That is true Murray but in that case the "product" is broken up and light in colour - or so I believe. Also this is a particular affliction only experienced by some people whose internal flora (bacteria) can't break down fat. For the vast majority sinkers are a sign that you need more fibre. FYI ropey faeces are an indication of partial bowel blockage in the sigmoid colon. Ain't PF! great.pressf1.pcworld.co.nz |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 374692 | 2005-07-25 07:56:00 | whaaaaaat the...............................???????????????? ?????????????? | theother1 (3573) | ||
| 374693 | 2005-07-25 08:45:00 | ...FYI ropey faeces are an indication of partial bowel blockage in the sigmoid colon. Ain't PF! great.pressf1.pcworld.co.nz Putting "faeces" into Google Images gets some weird disgusting results, e.g. lab test (www.rvc.ac.uk) for floatation. And if you think your job is bad, have a look here at this guy's job. (www.fao.org) |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 374694 | 2005-07-25 08:57:00 | Its been on my mind :nerd: for years as to just why the Germans want their poo on a shelf. Maybe to inspect it for some sort of health reason? It sure stinks more not being in the water. :yuck: Ahhhh, yet another intelligent and refined post here on PF1 Chat ! :lol: Answering my own question... :rolleyes: :nerd: Good old Google. It is amazing what Google finds. The German Poo-Shelf Toilet The Poo-Shelf comes from a period in German history when Germans were less interested in world domination and apparently more interested in spending quality time with their feces. That, or they were prone to accidentally eating their wedding rings and needed a toilet that allowed them to conveniently rummage through their dung before dispatching it to the abyss. Those must have been fascinating times and I'm quite glad I wasn't born in them. Article here, with photo. (www.banterist.com) It gets funnier...More here (www.wasimmer.de) 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. We've had innumerable bad experiences with German toilets. In Berlin, we lived on an upper floor and the water pressure was too weak to push a healthy-sized log off the shelf. After a few minutes' fruitless flushing you'd be forced to grab a wad of toilet paper and give the horrid thing an encouraging nudge. Then followed a lengthy bout of brushing and cleaning to remove the skid marks from the porcelain. At the other extreme, in Munich we lived in a basement suite where the water pressure was too high. Worse, the shelf was actually slightly concave, forming a shallow bowl. The first time I flushed the toilet the water came rushing through so forcefully that a small chunk of poo launched off the lip and shot out over the floor. After that we always held the lid down when we flushed. I swore you could feel a kick as the turd ricoched off the underside. This is even better: Toilets of the World (www.cromwell-intl.com) with heaps of photos. "Scientific, historical and award-winning", as the site says. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 374695 | 2005-07-25 09:30:00 | We've had innumerable bad experiences with German toilets. In Berlin, we lived on an upper floor and the water pressure was too weak to push a healthy-sized log off the shelf. After a few minutes' fruitless flushing you'd be forced to grab a wad of toilet paper and give the horrid thing an encouraging nudge. Then followed a lengthy bout of brushing and cleaning to remove the skid marks from the porcelain. At the other extreme, in Munich we lived in a basement suite where the water pressure was too high. Worse, the shelf was actually slightly concave, forming a shallow bowl. The first time I flushed the toilet the water came rushing through so forcefully that a small chunk of poo launched off the lip and shot out over the floor. After that we always held the lid down when we flushed. I swore you could feel a kick as the turd ricoched off the underside. :yuck: Slightly more information than we needed Steve. :D |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 374696 | 2005-07-25 11:26:00 | Its been on my mind :nerd: for years as to just why the Germans want their poo on a shelf. Maybe to inspect it for some sort of health reason? It sure stinks more not being in the water. :yuck: Have you never dropped a big log and splashed your bottom? I usually make a point of putting some paper in the bottom of the bowl to begin with so that it softens the landing and I don't get splashed. The shelf would solve these troubles, plus it would be cool to look at. |
Jeremy (1197) | ||
| 374697 | 2005-07-25 21:05:00 | Have you never dropped a big log and splashed your bottom? I usually make a point of putting some paper in the bottom of the bowl to begin with so that it softens the landing and I don't get splashed . The shelf would solve these troubles, plus it would be cool to look at . Great ! Yet another refined intelligent thoughtful post here on PF1Chat! :lol: American toilets have lots more water than Kiwi loos . You really get splashed sitting on a Yank loo . Hmmmmmnnn, wonder what this insight this has on the American psyche, etc . ? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 374698 | 2005-07-26 00:05:00 | What with a knowledge of Quantum physics,cycling,both push and motor,the law,economics and poo,is ther no end to this lads talents? | Cicero (40) | ||
| 374699 | 2005-07-26 02:38:00 | This gripping discussion reminded me that I've always wondered how an electric toilet works. And here we have it: www.barnstablecountyhealth.org Funnily enough, they say that one of the barriers to adoption of this technology is pyschological. Folks just don't fancy the idea of sitting on a furnace! |
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