.......... "riveting and informative" Shakespearean (barf alert) ping.
Apropos bathrooms: Al Gore must be recognized as the Father (or Mother) of one of the greatest environmental advances of the previous century, the Federally mandated low-volume flush toilet, which came directly fromn the work of a commitee he headed. ("Headed," get it?)
Before Al Gore, an American flush toilet did its business with a mighty Niagara-like roar of 8-10 gallons. Away. Done. After Al Gore, the Federally mandated toilet can take as many as four or five feeble 6-gallon water-saving flushs to work its magic.
Al Gore's Greens are proud that they are saving us 2 gallons per flush. In fact, (and I know that many real people will not believe this) many Greens advocate that a family flush once a day. No Sheet.
That is why I think of Al Gore once a day. Sometimes twice. And that is why there is an underground 'black market' in old toilets. Al Gore: Inventor of the Internet, Film Maker, Plumber's Friend, and future POTUS? Waddaguy.
"I came to a place where light was absent,
a place which bellowed like a stormy sea
when clashing winds whip it into torment..."
Obviously there is not controlling editorial authority on Mr. Blakemore. ;~))