topic of toilets

As a 2nd grade student I engaged myself with filling the toilet water entirely with pee bubbles whenever I frequented a restroom. It was an ambitious endeavor wherein pinpoint accuracy and a steady stream had to be applied until the bowl area reached its capacity for bubbles. A quick and light release was then required in order to prevent any large gaps from being created. If performed properly, the pee bubbles would coalesce as the stream retreated, and the small gaps would disappear. The challenge was formidable; my success rate was roughly 1 bubble filled bowl for every 20 urinations.

New age toilet bowls now offer what may be the most incredulous invention since the umbrella: slam-proof seats and lids. My first time using one, I gave the seat a start then smiled in awe as it slowly descended upon its porcelain pedestal. I then reflected on the implications of revolutionary toilet seats: my kids could grow up not knowing that toilet seats used to slam.