There are some things in life that should not change. For example, the toilet. If you really think about it, the toilet is an interesting commodity. Everyone has to … you know… go. I got thinking about this today while I was running on the rail trail. No, I didn’t have to go….  Connor called me to tell me that the toilet had over flowed and water had run through the floor into the kitchen… again. Like most of you we have the “water saving, efficient, low flow toilet that saves money and has the same flushing power as the old toilets”..Oh wait, that’s only what the box says. What we REALLY have is a low powered, water wasting, constantly overflowing creating a huge freaking mess toilet! Yes, that’s it!! For some strange reason they don’t say that on the box… I don’t know, something about not being able to sell the product… Whatever!

We must not be the only family with toilet flushing issues. Today Egidio replaced our crappy toilet with a new one he bought at Lowes. This toilet shows some promise… it has a “dual flush system”. It has a simple flush, if you do something…simple.. and it has a SUPER flush if you do something…well..SUPER!

I did some research on toilets before Egidio went toilet shopping. Did you know that toilet customs around the world are very interesting. In Japan the toilet looks like a reverse urinal. It lays flat on the ground and you squat over it. In China they have a large hole in the floor that you clearly must have amazing aiming ability to use without having to wear your nastiness for the rest of the day. And then there is the European Bidet.. That’s the one that puzzles me. What exactly goes on in countries that it would be necessary to wash your entire backside after you go to the bathroom?? And even if you did find this a necessary evil, wouldn’t that water be freezing cold? And then what?? How do you dry yourself? Think about all the toilet paper it would require to dry the area. Then you would left with wet toilet paper stuck to your butt. Do Europeans avoid toilet paper all together and carry a towel with them? If so, what do they do with the wet towel? Stuff it in their purse? Do they have special bidet purses?? I obviously have many unanswered bidet questions. While I would like to have answers to these questions, I have no intentions of ever using a bidet. The idea is just a little weird to me. So I guess the toilet will be ever evolving like everything else on the market. It has to.. because shit happens!