question about Holland (a strange one)

**Papewaio** · 09-26-2005, 06:55

Surely the water is clear enough that you could see any differences...

**Del Arroyo** · 09-26-2005, 07:10

LOL, that's an interesting idea.

Definitely better than having the toilet line-out connected to the shower line-out, then have a partial clog somewhere farther down, so that you get to inspect your terds every time you take a shower....

DA

**GoreBag** · 09-26-2005, 07:16

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Surely the water is clear enough that you could see any differences...

Well....not always.

**Brutus** · 09-26-2005, 08:59

Hmmm, I assume you mean the shelf in the toilet that prevents your... excrements from directlydropping into the drain, right? I personally always favourtoilets which have those as it prevents the splashing up of water (against your bottom) as your poo drops. (So it must be as Kiwitt said). Also, when you're used to it you don't really mind seeing it. Checking if anything funny is in there may be usefull as well (although I usually just flush it...)

I at least prefer it to the (luckily getting extinct) French toilet practice of crouching over a hole in the ground...

Sad you had to contemplate this instead of taking a good look at the Mauritshuis (not Maraithuis) or the Rijksmuseum...even though the Rijksmuseum nowadays is really a ripoff... (most of it is closed due to reconstruction works...they only show tourists a little bit of it)

**English assassin** · 09-26-2005, 11:13

A friend of mine commented on this feature of German loos recently. We were both impressed, as is so often the case, at the sheer organisation of the Germans. A whole nation carefully inspecting their poo each morning for any abnormality, presented on a little shelf designed for the purpose. Remarkable.

I at least prefer it to the (luckily getting extinct) French toilet practice of crouching over a hole in the ground...

I encountered one of these horrors in Switzerland, of all places, only a few months ago. I imagined they had long gone the way of the dinosaur. It seemed to have been cleaned to the traditional rural French standard as well, ie not for at least six months. (It was Francophone Switzerland though)

**Sjakihata** · 09-26-2005, 11:34

You'll find those hole all over the place in Spain and Portugal, still.

**drone** · 09-26-2005, 15:18

I saw these toilets in Austria. From what I was told, the shelf is there for inspection purposes. Pork is a large part of the diet, the shelf makes it easier to check for worms. Fortunately, alcohol was the largest part of my diet when I was there, so I figured I could safely skip the inspection.

**Dutch_guy** · 09-26-2005, 16:16

This is strange , I live in Holland and I still have trouble picturing this toilet in my mind..

As far as I can tell , the toilets I have in my house are quite ordinary..

**Ronin** · 09-26-2005, 16:43

Originally Posted by Sjakihata

You'll find those hole all over the place in Spain and Portugal, still.

all over the place...not really....i live here and the only place i remember ever seing one of those things was in a camping ground....and that was a long time ago when i was a small kid.