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Why do Germans have a poop shelf?
The more detailed answer is: German toilets used to have a design, where the feces first fell onto a “plate”-type of element, from where they were then later flushed down the tube. This type of design was (/is) called “Flachspüler” (literally „shallow-flusher“, but the technical English term is “shelf style”).
Why do toilets have poop shelves?
I spent the past week traipsing around Europe and, luckily, I’d not brushed up against the poop shelf until last night. For those of you not in the know, the poop shelf toilet is a toilet that offers an unobstructed view of your waste, both solid and liquid, before it is whisked away into the darkness.
Do Germans really like poop?
Michael Lewis reveals why some Germans are obsessed with ‘human feces’ Scheisse (shit), Dreck (dirt), Mist (manure), Arsch (ass).… Folksongs, folktales, proverbs, riddles, folk speech—all attest to the Germans’ longstanding special interest in this area of human activity.”
Do German toilets have bidet?
Bidets exist in Germany, but I didn’t see as many of them there as I saw in Southern European countries like France and Spain. Wikipedia says they are rare in Northern Europe; my visits have been in hotels so I have no way to know household use. Bidets are quite uncommon in Germany.
What is a poop scientist called?
In medicine and biology, scatology or coprology is the study of feces. Scatological studies allow one to determine a wide range of biological information about a creature, including its diet (and thus where it has been), health and diseases such as tapeworms.
Why do toilets in Italy not have seats?
We asked Italian friends about the frequent absence of toilet seats, and they helped to fill in the blanks. Apparently, the toilet seats are there originally but, then, they break. The seats break because people stand on them. People stand on them because they are not kept clean enough to sit on.