testudo

the original tank



Somebody needs to talk to the front row. I don't think the centurions wore socks under their caligas.
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The flush toilet disapeared for almost a century & a half !? How does the world misplace that knowledge?

toilet timeline

1453 Fall of the Roman Empire, flush toilet technology disapears
1596 Next evidence of a flushable comode

Thankfully, the world was blessed with visionary Alexander Cummings, who in 1775 (Is it coincidence that that same year saw the birth of a nation?), "invented the S-trap which is still used today, that used standing water to seal the outlet of the bowl, preventing the escape of foul air from the sewer."
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Once when I was on a plane I got stuck near the lav. The flight attendent curled her nose as the door opened. With visible disgust, she hung a filter pack of coffee on the coat hook. A great idea but since that day I ask for hot tea.
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Don't do it!