"Yowie" wrote in message
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Yowie wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message

OMG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbHS4YJOMc&NR=1

Amazing!

BTW - there was a aweful lot of water in that pan. Is that
normal?

Yowie



When ou said "pan" did you mean the toilet? If so, the answer
is
yes. MLB

Pan= where the business goes.
Bowl= the ceramic part
Cistern= the water storage & delivery system
Toilet= the whole structure

There's only a small amount of water, right down the bottom of
our toilets. Maybe less risk of splashback?

Toilets are fascinating pieces of engineering, and the different
designs around the world can be somewhat confusing.

The USofA seem to use bowls with a higher water level in the pan
than those in the UK. In much of Europe, there's a 'shelf' on the
front inside edge of the bowl where business is deposited (for
inspection?) before flushing, and not straight into the standing
water of the S-(or U-)bend vapour trap.

Much of the [human] world sees defaecation as a normal bodily
function that is a great indicator of health (or otherwise), and
in less developed countries, defaecation in public is seen as
nothing unusual (particularly with children). In my opinion, we
have a somewhat strange and prudish attitude in the UK. Our
'bathrooms' are often placed at almost inaccessible parts of
public buildings, and eliminating is seen as something to be
hidden. It's something we all have to do, so why hide it?

If you're seriously (or strangely?) interested in this, and I
don't mean in a perverse way, there's the wonderful
http://www.poopreport.com

--
MatSav