Can someone tell me who thought it would be a good idea to carpet a bathroom (or "washroom" for Canadians, "toilet" for the Brits)? Had that person never cleaned under a toilet before? And why are people still doing it? My theory: it's a scam perpetrated by the carpet cleaner guys, and I bet they are making a killing.
And then there is the hot-and-cold-in-two-different-faucets thing, so you either have to fill the basin and use the same water to wet and wash your hands with as you use to "rinse" them, or let the two faucets run and try to move back and forth between scorching and freezing as quickly as you can, trying to convince yourself that alternating frostbite and burning is almost the same as being warm. In what conceivable situation would I require simultaneous access to hot and cold water from seperate sources? I have no theory on this one, but whoever convinced a whole nation that it was a good idea is a salesman I'd like to have on my team...
Thursday, January 18, 2007
English Bathrooms
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I thought I'd weigh in on this topic before plowing into something more meaty (did I just mangle 3 metaphors?)
The "two-tap" issue has often confused me as well. I imagine there was a time when tap construction was exciting and new, and the very cost of the idea was such that they needed to be done seperate. But I find it hard to believe that anyone could look at that arrangement and honestly admit that it was better than a single spout model.
I guess it just goes to show that old ideas die hard, curiously relevant to the next comment I'll make on your blog...which will also be done anonymously but will cause you to instantly jump to the very correct conclusion of exactly who I am. I find the anonymity just makes it that little bit more exciting.
Until then!
Hmmmm... as I started to read this, I thought I knew who it was, but with a little more time, I'm not quite as sure. I think I'm going to go the chicken route and wait for #2 before making my guess...
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