World 'Toilet" Summit

Abbey Normal

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World toilet summit lifts lid on public hygiene

BELFAST (Reuters) - Delegates to the annual World Toilet Summit in Northern Ireland's capital Belfast could be forgiven for feeling flushed this week after sitting down for a three-day debate on the finer points of public sanitation.

Some 350 experts at the summit, which ended Thursday, discussed such pressing subjects as anti-social behavior in rest-rooms, portable toilets, and facilities for the blind.

"A lot was achieved, including the finalization of a protocol setting out global standards for the provision and hygiene of public toilets," Raymond Martin, director of the Irish Toilet Association, told Reuters.

Other highlights of the summit included the launch of a "Bog Standard Campaign" to push for better toilets in UK schools, and the unveiling of Belfast's first public UriLift toilet, a stainless steel urinal that rises hydraulically out of the ground at night to facilitate male revelers.
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In terms of public toilet excellence, it was generally agreed that Singapore was a model for the rest of the world, with the UK somewhere around the middle of the league table.

Martin said that with hundreds of toilet experts gathered in one place lavatorial humor was unavoidable.

"But what you actually find is that when the punning and joking is over people actually take toilets very seriously. It's a subject that's close to everyone's heart."

...not the organ I would have thought of... :huh:
 
They should work on a futuristic replacement for toilet paper. Personally, I think TP is a little outdated. There's just got to be something better.
 
French Tolite spray is okay for the gals and the pee pee...but get real it does not get to the "nitty gritty"...if ya know what I mean! Been to France and what is so good about a little water spray on the old butt anyway... :huh:
 
I had a room-mate once whose European grandmother visited their family, and asked to keep a wet washcloth near the toilet. She used it to, ah, clean up, and insisted that it could be reused a few times before laundering. Apparently, this was the done thing in her country.

Sorry! I hope no one is eating while reading this...
 
Abbey Normal said:
I had a room-mate once whose European grandmother visited their family, and asked to keep a wet washcloth near the toilet. She used it to, ah, clean up, and insisted that it could be reused a few times before laundering. Apparently, this was the done thing in her country.

Sorry! I hope no one is eating while reading this...



but a "few" times...yuk....sorry I am old fashioned and will stay with the TP!
 
archangel said:
French Tolite spray is okay for the gals and the pee pee...but get real it does not get to the "nitty gritty"...if ya know what I mean! Been to France and what is so good about a little water spray on the old butt anyway... :huh:


Lots of Europeans only shower a few times a week so what do you expect??
 
Hey, I only shower a few times a week. What are you, some kind of pansy who needs a sponge bath from his mom every day promptly just before bed time?
 
Hagbard Celine said:
Hey, I only shower a few times a week. What are you, some kind of pansy who needs a sponge bath from his mom every day promptly just before bed time?


Pansy??? Nope, just like that clean, fresh smell instead of smelling funky. By the way I'm a woman...
 
Hagbard Celine said:
Excuse me, *her* mom. It's okay baby, we all like a sponge bath every now and then!


Well..I guess that depends on who's doing the sponging. :kiss2: But that's a different thread.
 

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