On Jul 10, 3:55*pm, The Daring Dufas
wrote:
On 7/10/2011 1:11 PM, harry wrote:





On Jul 10, 6:57 am, Higgs *wrote:
High on the list of things I really didn't need to know is how
engineers test a flush toilet's "load". *According to Popular
Mechanics, their unit is a condom full of 50 grams of miso paste.
"Engineers flush six units to simulate a typical man's demands. *At
trade show demos, folks toss in 10 units at a time. *The 1/2 kilo test
proves the loo can handle even the toughest encounters."

I used to like Japanese food, but now...

HB

The inventor of the modern flush toilet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jennings
The man who made them popular.
http://uk.ask.com/question/year-did-...ted-the-toilet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crapper,_Thomas
Still ont he go.
http://www.thomas-crapper.com/

Didn't the ancient Romans have public toilets? What I've seen in
pictures looked like a row of openings over a trough of running water
to carry the waste away. Jennings got folks away from outhouses and
chamber pots with his flush toilet. I grew up part of my life in a rural
area so I've seen my share of outhouses and chamber pots. :-)

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The troop ship I rode to Alaska on my first deployment had such a
system. No privacy at all. With a line waiting there were no
'contemplative moments'

Harry K