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[johnslat]

Toilets, apparently:

"Palm Beach’s 10 Most Expensive Homes: Tennis Courts, Pools, And More Toilets Than Ever."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/10/palm-beach-10-most-expensive-homes_n_1765075.html

But the rich there never use them; they employ the poor to go to the bathroom for them.

Regards,
John

[sheikh radlinrol]

[johnslat]

Dear sheikh,

No idea - though I suspect the number of gays, bisexuals, transgenders, etc. has remained fairly constant over the eons.


As for Mr. Crapper: "It is popularly thought that Mr. Crapper invented the W.C., and that the vulgar word for faeces is a derivative of his name, but neither belief is true. However, etymologists attest that the Amercian word, "crapper", meaning the W.C. is directly from his name."

In other words, the belief he invented the "flush bog" is, well, crap.

http://www.thomas-crapper.com/The-History-of-Thomas-Crapper.html

Regards,
John

[MI6agent]

[adventious]

Policy makers desperate to contain and eliminate waterborne diseases have been soliciting philanthropists and engineers for some time to address the practical challenges of human waste disposal. Were western "flush" toilets magically distributed to every human on Earth, the water necessary to operate them isn't feasible.

The challenge is an interesting illustration of how "developed" and "developing" infrastructures are limited and interdependent.

I've mentioned before: Developed nations allocate potable water to merely ferry human waste while developing nations manage shortages of potable water.