Sunday, January 23, 2011

Toilet

Do I have your attention yet?

One of the weirder things I've noticed is the water level of toilets in different households and in different countries. This might be me completely off my rocker, but I think it's interesting while visiting somebody's house, and, only when appropriate and convenient, look at the level of water in the toilet.

There may be something seriously wrong with me.

In a lot of domestic toilets (that's right--domesticated toilets), I've noticed an oval-shaped knob on a pipe leading to the toilet. Such a knob varies the level of water within the toilet--clockwise for less water, counter-clockwise for more. I thought this was interesting in comparison to France.

At the time, I thought it was just an extremely janky coincidence that all the houses I've been to in France have their toilet water level very low. I mean very low in the sense that if you were...well, let me draw it for you:





I say "Michigan" because there may or may not be toilet water level laws in states other than Michigan.

But don't you think that's interesting? The toilet water levels? Are you with me?

Chirp chirp chirp.

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