Experts debating toilet standards (Pols Present Poop on Privy Policies)

BBC News ^ | Tuesday, 27 September 2005

[Cowman]

Experts debating toilet standards

Toilet experts have gathered in Belfast for a conference to explore issues of public lavatory standards in countries across the globe. It is the first World Toilet Summit to be held outside the Far East. Delegates come from such sectors as public health and educational authorities, hospitality and tourism bodies as well as toilet providers. The Bog Standard campaign to raise the calibre of Northern Ireland's school toilets is also being launched. It wants to "bring awareness of the health and learning benefits of better toilets for pupils", a statement said. The campaign will also encourage schools to allow pupils to use the toilets when needed. More than 350 delegates from the US, Europe, Australia and the Far East will get a chance to see the latest innovations in toilet technology.

These will include a brand new pop-up urinal to be unveiled in Belfast's Shaftesbury Square. It is concealed beneath the pavement during the day, but at night it rises hydraulically for use by late-night revellers. Delegates will also hear presentations such as Changing Washroom Behaviour, Public Toilet Excellence - The Singapore Model and Managing Out Crime in Public Toilets. A speaker from Indonesia will describe how a toilet relief programme was introduced following the tsunami disaster. Those attending the Waterfront Hall conference will also be asked for their views on the Belfast Protocol, a policy document to be presented to international governments.

TOILET FACTS The average person visits the toilet 2,500 times a year The first toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used: it is also the cleanest. Most toilets flush in the key of E flat

[Cowman]

This is the first summit to be held outside of the far east. I'm sure that there will be piles of paperwork to document the ideas that swirl as they probe the depths of the issue, but I'm sure the participants are flushed with excitement.

[hang 'em]

Wonder if algore will be there to promote his 1.5 gal crapper.

[mewzilla]

TOILET FACTS The average person visits the toilet 2,500 times a year

The average guy maybe...

[golas1964]

Silence the courtroom!
The judge is eating beans.
He's sitting on the toilet bowl,
bombing submarines!

[Cowman]

I wonder if they will seek an answer to the question that has plagued humanity for years...

Why do women want to carpet the toilet seat?

[rickmichaels]

...World Toilet Summit...

This sounds like it has something to do with the pilgrimage to Mecca.

[TexanToTheCore]

"I wonder if they will seek an answer to the question that has plagued humanity for years...
Why do women want to carpet the toilet seat?"

And carpet the toilet seat in shag carpeting?

Why not indoor/outdoor. Seems intuitive to me.

Or berber?

Persian for that exotic look?

[mylife]

WHat a crappy summit

[AFreeBird]

Well if they don't shitcan the AlGore toilet; I say we flush this whole summit down the crapper.

I suspect it will take more than one.

[layman]

The campaign will also encourage schools to allow pupils to use the toilets when needed

I think this is a good idea because when I was eight years old my teacher wouldn't let me go when I really had to go. She told me I could hold it and sent me to the blackboard with the rest of the class. So, I leaned forward and peed into the chalk tray, right through my pants. I got sent home early that day, but she always let me go to the toilet after that day ... no questions asked.

[Getready]

How about teaching guys to aim better? Also, folks, please
wash your hands post using the facilities?
What about getting fast food restaurants to keep their
toilets cleaners, and to control who goes in and out of their
toilets with a remote control door opener? Which prevents someone
from going in without authorization, but will allow them to
let themselves out?

All in all, I'm straining to read all of information. I hope
all of their recommendations come out all right. This is all
information we can cling on. Let's hope this conference
is not wiped out.

[Ken H]

This event is sponsored by the Society to Help International Toilet Standards.

[Mr. K]

is algore the force behind the 1.5 gallon toliet? I swear I am going to track down who made this screwy law and maim him.

[hang 'em]

"This is not the first time that flush toilets have generated controversy. The U.S. government federally mandated the use of low-flow, 1.6-galloon toilets in 1995 as part of the National Energy Policy Act. The new, water-conserving low-flow toilets replaced 3.5-gallon models.

The low-flow toilets were championed by former Vice President Al Gore and other environmentalists, but many consumers disliked them, complaining they required a second flush.

Press reports note the older, high-flush-capacity toilets are now sold on the black-market, sometimes smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada."

Gore's Toiletology

[reagan_fanatic]

She told me I could hold it and sent me to the blackboard with the rest of the class. So, I leaned forward and peed into the chalk tray

ROTFLMAO! If I were in the class with you that day, I would have peed myself laughing!

[NCjim]

... at night it rises hydraulically

Sounds like the Great Pumpkin!

[operation clinton cleanup]

It is the first World Toilet Summit to be held outside the Far East.

I would have thunk the U.N. had one years ago.

[operation clinton cleanup]

These will include a brand new pop-up urinal to be unveiled in Belfast's Shaftesbury Square.

Target rich sentence!

[meyer]

Or berber?

Berber? That's for harda$$es.