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To: Win Smith who wrote (531)	6/6/2003 5:25:30 AM
From: thames_sider	of 603

Well said... Actually the RW connection reminds me of this article, for some reason; news.bbc.co.uk an exhibition in Paris sets out to show that toilet facilities in the Middle Ages may not have been as primitive as previously thought. To prove their case, the curators have put on display the city's oldest water-closet, which was used by the de facto King of France between the years 1409 and 1413. John the Fearless had a toilet that enjoyed all the facilities that the technology of the day had to offer. Situated at the top of the tower that bears his name in the city's second arrondissement, the lavatory of Jean Sans Peur Duke of Burgundy has a padded seat, chimney heating and a system of air circulation for odour combat. It also has a 25 metre shaft descending from the ducal bowels to those of his palace, where a stone-lined septic pit can still be observed today. The stone is worn into urine-streaks. The pit had a permeable floor to allow liquids to drain and solids to settle. These would then be removed periodically by a tradesman who went by the nickname Monsieur Fifi. Wonderful.

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