Toiletten - pissoirs, urinal, pisbak, pisciat...

In Dieser Rubrik

Crapper did not invent the WC.

Euphemisms (at least for the Brits) for "toilet" or "lavatory" or "lav" or "dunny" that Adam lists include: bog, cloakroom, close stool, closet, commode, convenience, garderobe, gents, heads, jakes, khazi, ladies, latrine, loo, necessary, netty, place of easement, powder room, privy, smallest room, thunder-box, water-closet, and WC.

See our collected toilet lore and links.

And to be serious for a moment, as a result of sewer systems built by the Victorians in England, the infant mortality rate decreased to about 1% over the next 100 years. In countries such as Bangladesh it is still as high as 12%.

Contamination of drinking water is still the single biggest killer in the world and it always has been. As such, the humble lavatory is the greatest device ever invented in medical history.

• pissoir = pissoirs, urinal, pisbak, pisciatoio, urinario, mictório, pissotière = Public urinal located on the street. (For "pissing"/urinating/peeing in; from Old French, from pissier, to urinate.)

pissoir green by St Katelijne aka St Catherine church Brussels Belgium in crisp December light DHD.jpg ... pissoir street urinal green metal in middle of square Malmo Skane Sweden DHD.jpg

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	pissoir in Pimlico London Regency Street popular stop for cabbies 1 DHD.jpg (Toiletten) "
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	pissoir new as of 2005 steel and tiles two berthed at Vauxhall Cross Vauxhall Bridge bus station London England opposite MI6 headquarters 1 DHD.jpg (Toiletten) "
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	pissoir new as of 2005 steel and tiles two berthed at Vauxhall Cross Vauxhall Bridge bus station London England opposite MI6 headquarters 3 DHD.jpg (Toiletten) " Surrounded by roads, pavement/sidewalk, a cycle lane, and generally not very shielded!
	pissoir new as of 2005 steel and tiles two berthed at Vauxhall Cross Vauxhall Bridge bus station London England opposite MI6 headquarters 4 DHD.jpg (Toiletten) "
	pissoir street urinal green metal in middle of square Malmo Skane Sweden DHD.jpg (Toiletten) "