German Poo-Shelf Toilet

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In the German toilet: The excrement lands on a bone-dry horizontal shelf, mere inches beneath one's posterior. ... [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I do not understand the purpose of this toilet. It does not save water - you must flush it eight or ten times to remove every last scrape and smear. It is not hygienic - the smell is ungodly. The only conceivable explanation is that Germans love to inspect their stool, so the German toilet of necessity features a built-in stool inspection shelf. [/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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.[/FONT]

*giggle*

 

[Cobra]

*laugh track*

 

[Ermine]

Darnit! I spent about an hour researching different kinds of toilets around the world! Interesting stuff, but there's homework to be done!

 

[Cogwulf]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Mein Gott, zwei kilogram!" exclaims Günter, joyful and relieved[/FONT]

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[Kidege]

Good lord, no!

I think I'm going to... clean my house now that I have a new appreciation for toilets.

And that trip to Germany I vaguely planned for the distant future is going back to its own dry shelf. *weeps softly*

 

[Anthile]

Hm, I didn't know that those toilet models are exlusive to Germany. Actually, these toilets are not that common and most toilets are "normal" models.

 

[Artifice Orisit]

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.

Well evidently I eject the occasional hefty pellet at tremendous velocity.
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Astro Boy, kiss my shiny ass cannon

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.

ROFL

 

[Tyria]

You would think the Germans would make a better toilet... they make just about everything else better. Hmm... I have to admit that I'm somewhat disappointed. I thought it would be all high tech like Japanese toilets can be...

 

[tashi]

I thought it would be all high tech like Japanese toilets can be...

http://www.theplumber.com/japan.html
it's like a carwash for your butt...
I'll stick with my good old american tiolet thankyouverymuch.

 

[Architectonic]

In the future, our personal toilets are going to test our stools and make suggestions on how to improve our health.