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Toilet Etiquette

I have removed the following from the article:

"Frequently, in public bathrooms in the United States and other countries, in deference to others using the bathroom, toilet users who have defecated may perform what is known as a courtesy flush, despite the fact that they have not yet finished sanitizing themselves with toilet paper, merely so that the exposure of others to the aroma of feces is minimized."

I removed it because it does not make any sense. Once the feces is underwater (as it would be in a flush toilet), no noticeable smell would be emitted. -SCEhardt 21:19, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There are two reasons why that might be in there (and in fact does happen): 1) stool floats and 2) the evacuation of the water down the drain does in fact seem to take with it some standing air which reduces the odor load in the room as well.
--Baylink 20:19, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Do I need to find some sort of learned treatise on courtesy flushes to get it into the article? I somehow doubt some Ph.D has written a treatise on what people do in the men's room . . . . --Hrodulf 02:57, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Toilet Tech

I've read Thomas M. Stewart 15 October 1907 invented the self-cleaning toilet bowl, in St. John, NB. Can someone confirm, & include it? Trekphiler 04:37, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Direction of Flush

Can someone with knowledge of this add a section about the direction of the water's flow during the flush. I've heard that it changes directions in the southern vs. northern hemisphere, but I've also heard that this isn't true. Please advise. Reuvenk 01:44, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're refering to the coriolis effect. It is untrue infact. Read the article. 70.111.251.203 15:01, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In Australia, toilets don't have nearly as much water in the bowl compared to the ones I saw in North America. You don't really see eddies in either direction. --James 04:35, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Flushing

What about the good ole manual flush lever? It's not on the list, not even the first. 70.111.251.203 15:02, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Toilet water on your toothbrush

How about a section on toilet plume? In 1975 Professor [Charles] Gerba published a scientific article describing the little-known phenomenon of bacterial and viral aerosols due to toilet flushing. http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990416.html (also http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f02/web2/stan.html ) Ewlyahoocom 15:45, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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 :There are two reasons why that might be in there (and in fact does happen): 1) stool floats and 2) the evacuation of the water down the drain does in fact seem to take with it some standing air which reduces the odor load in the room as well.<br>--[[User:Baylink|Baylink]] 20:19, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
+::Do I need to find some sort of learned treatise on courtesy flushes to get it into the article?  I somehow doubt some Ph.D has written a treatise on what people do in the men's room . . . . --[[User:Hrodulf|Hrodulf]] 02:57, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
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