Author Topic: German Toilets (Read 1409 times)

Monty405 · « **on:** December 31, 2003, 10:03:44 PM »

http://www.spies.com/~scott/misc/toilet.htm

im still chuckling over it

AKIron · « **Reply #1 on:** December 31, 2003, 11:08:54 PM »

LOL

"Mein Gott, zwei kilogram!" exclaims Günter, joyful and relieved.

AKWeav · « **Reply #2 on:** December 31, 2003, 11:34:31 PM »

It's so they can inspect their own excremant. Talk about anal, lol!

VAQ · « **Reply #3 on:** January 01, 2004, 11:47:16 AM »

Today's exercise- making something out of nothing:

In Europe toilets feature wash-down bowls, not siphon bowls. The differences between the traditional German toilet bowl (where excrement is displayed), the French bowl (where the excrement disappears in the hole as soon as possible), and the American one (where the excrement floats in water) cannot be accounted for in terms of pure functionality. Each type of the toilet bowl may present an ideological stance of some sort.

Germans have a tendency to elevate mere necessity into something more sublime, to invest a simple action with a higher, loftier meaning. The tendency to put theory over fact and the ideal over the real tends to make for good artists and philosophers (Germany has more than any other country), but deflects attention from day-to-day affairs, promoting disorder in politics and society.

Duedel · « **Reply #4 on:** January 01, 2004, 12:55:06 PM »

ROTFL

beet1e · « **Reply #5 on:** January 01, 2004, 12:59:26 PM »

I have discussed this with Germans. They like the "platform" type toilet because they can crap without splashing their arses. Bad news for those who wipe from the sitting position. A friend of mine did that, and put his hand in it.

The only thing worse than those German toilets (also found in Austria) is the French pissoir. If you flush those with your trousers down, the water flush is likely to soak them.

In Amsterdam, there are round urination cubicles in the streets. But there's no flush and not even a drain. It's literally a concealed urination directly onto the street.

mora · « **Reply #6 on:** January 01, 2004, 01:04:40 PM »

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Originally posted by beet1e
They like the "platform" type toilet because they can crap without splashing their arses.

What a sorry excuse... A couple of pieces of paper will do the same.

beet1e · « **Reply #7 on:** January 01, 2004, 01:20:48 PM »

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Originally posted by mora
What a sorry excuse... A couple of pieces of paper will do the same.

hehe - in Finland there's no worry about an arse splash - the water is frozen over!

capt. apathy · « **Reply #8 on:** January 01, 2004, 01:33:45 PM »

this thread is like watching a train wreck, I'm not sure why I'm looking but I seem to have trouble looking away.

but the subject of 'splash back' reminded me of some graphitti I saw in a portable at work a few years ago. and this thread is just weird enough to post it.

OSHA warning!- Toxic splash hazzard, all turds over 6 oz must be hand-lowered.

mora · « **Reply #9 on:** January 01, 2004, 01:33:51 PM »

At our summercottage there is no indoor toilet, just an unheated shack some 50 meters from the house. During the summer it's full of mosquitoes and during the winter your **** will almost freeze before it hit's the ground. I really don't know which one is worse...obviously there's no time to read newspaper during any season.

OMG t*rd is censored!:rolleyes:

Wolfala · « **Reply #10 on:** January 02, 2004, 01:37:08 AM »

No one ever took into account the "Napalm Enema" effect - its simply easier to just watch it disappear then to admire how much your bellybutton just anhilated that village of bacteria festering on the bowl's surface.

~~Wolfala~~

Nilsen · « **Reply #11 on:** January 02, 2004, 03:52:41 AM »

OMG !

Swoop · « **Reply #12 on:** January 02, 2004, 07:00:58 AM »

You lot should think yourselves lucky, the first appartment I had when I moved to Holland had a German toilet...............I used to wait until I got to work.

People always wondered why I arrived very early on Mondays and didn't stop to chat.

RedDg · « **Reply #13 on:** January 02, 2004, 07:48:10 AM »

I see none of you have been to Korea

Dinger · « **Reply #14 on:** January 02, 2004, 09:57:33 AM »

An old german proverb:

Eigener Dreck stinkt nicht

It's not about the visual effect or even the unlikely event of splashback. Floating it in water spoils the bouquet. Putting it on a platform gives it a moment in the sun, where the one who released it can fully appreciate the fruits, spices and barnyard flavors.