BELFAST (Reuters) - Delegates to the annual World Toilet Summit in Northern Ireland's capital Belfast could be forgiven for feeling flushed this week after sitting down for a three-day debate on the finer points of public sanitation.Damn, they're funny bastards at Reuters, aren't they?
| I sure hope this is the straight poop... |
You got a card, Raymond? Bet mom's so proud.
Other highlights of the summit included the launch of a "Bog Standard Campaign" to push for better toilets in UK schools, and the unveiling of Belfast's first public UriLift toilet, a stainless steel urinal that rises hydraulically out of the ground at night to facilitate male revelers.
...INSERT IRISH JOKE HERE...
In terms of public toilet excellence, it was generally agreed that Singapore was a model for the rest of the world, with the UK somewhere around the middle of the league table.
| The Frenchies, of course, ain't squat... |
Ya think? I'll bet you got a million of them, right?
"But what you actually find is that when the punning and joking is over people actually take toilets very seriously. It's a subject that's close to everyone's heart."
That ain't all they're close too...