re: #40 Dread Pirate

As toilet roll becomes symbol of coronavirus-era panic buying, the bidet gains traction in US and Europe. Yet it was France that gave the world the word ‘bidet’

I always wondered why such an eminently useful bit of plumbing was not common outside France, but I read that it came to be frowned on as a symbol of sinful licentiousness, as prostitutes were known to use it to flush themselves out between clients…