Watching Michael Palin in Europe last night arriving in Meissen where they have branched out into making loos and handbasins.
On examining the factory, Michael was told that Germans like a different shape of loo so that when you poo, instead of falling into the water, it sits on a shelf so that you can examine it. The girl showing him around described earnestly how it was very important for the 'sanity' - meaning health, that old people in particular should carefully examine their poo 'after doing number two'.
Dear me, as though getting old wasn't bad enough, now we are expected to spend our precious time staring at our own poo! Glad I'm living in England. May help me keep my sanity.
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