Roger Hayter wrote:

Sounds like a German sort of design. I have heard it said that they
find examining their stools useful. Or at least gratifying.

It was pretty standard in Poland back in the '60s and '70s when I was
there training (as in being trained).

My take at the time was that it was cheaper/efficient to make all loo
pans the same (communist country then) and the 'flat' area was needed
for hospitals and such for poo examination. I was probably completely
wrong! :-)

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Chris Green
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