yawnmoth wrote:
I was in a French hotel, recently, that had two sinks - one where
you'd expect, in the counter, and another beside the bathtub - shorter
than even you'd expect a toilet to be. Here's a pictu

http://www.geocities.com/terra1024/sink.jpg

The toilet was in a separate room.

Anyway, my question is... what's the point of this second shorter
sink?

Foot washer for Muslims? There's a lot of 'em in France.

If it were a bidet, it would have a fountain type water dispenser rather
than a faucet.