re: #72 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

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…

I always assumed it had something to do with the size of most people’s bathrooms, and how much extra space it would take to have both a toilet and a bidet.