I bet you thought WTO stood for something else

put the toilet seat down

Since I recently bonded with my toilet by replacing the tank valve, finding out that Singapore is hosting the World Toilet Summit held by the World Toilet Organisation caught my attention. Their logo, complete with a little blue toilet seat, still has me giggling. I had no idea people were so serious about toilets! There's even an exhibit on the history of the toilet, Flushed with Pride and a debunking of Thos. Crapper as the father of the modern toilet.

I wonder if anyone at the summit is giving a talk on topics such as "Who you have to screw to get a plumber to return your calls" or "To bidet or not to bidet, that is the gripping question" or "What really happened to the Tidy-Bowl Man?".

**permalink Ω 20 November 2001, Helsinki

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