Three 'luxurious' washrooms in the ruins of a 2,300-year-old imperial palace in China

Daily Mail ^ | 24 November 2017 | Tracy You

[mairdie]

...Experts said the well-equipped washrooms, dating back about 2,300 years, were a part of an imperial palace. They were once fitted with exquisite tiles and sophisticated sewage system. ...

The remains of the luxurious facilities were discovered more than two metres below the ground on the archaeological site of the Ancient Liyang City near modern-day Xi'an, reported People's Daily Online, citing Xi'an Evening News.

[mairdie]

[mairdie]

Bath Abbey to benefit from ancient Roman plumbing: Engineers will tap into thermal springs to provide underfloor heating



Pail, Caesar? Bath's historic Roman baths are drained of all 250,000 litres of water for a really good scrub down




Who's pulled the plug on the Roman Baths?





Ancient Romans were drinking water from 'poisonous' lead pipes around 200 years earlier than thought

Were the people of Pompeii POISONED by their drinking water?

[shibumi]

The urinals at the Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India -

[BobL]

My Master Bath still runs circles around these rocks.

[shibumi]

"The World's Largest Restroom" in Chongquing, China -

http://www.urinal.net/worlds_largest_restroom/

(Just a teaser...)

[shibumi]

Pong

[mairdie]

Designing bathrooms is almost as much fun as designing kitchens!

[Yo-Yo]

[shibumi]

Monica Lewinsky Designer Series?

[BenLurkin]

[Pravious]

Men’s room at the Clinton library?

[shibumi]

And for those Sunday afternoon NFL games...

[Albion Wilde]

Amsterdam, Netherlands: on-street pissoirs

[mairdie]

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Albion Wilde]

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep. The first time I toured Europe I was appalled at the unzipping and peeing on the sides of downtown buildings in London, Paris, Rome, etc as well as out in the smaller towns and countryside. At least these big white plastic contraptions will keep the amber stink and stains off the foundations of the buildings. The pissoirs being so visible, they might actually deter the ancient practice of public peeing by males "because they can."

I live in a suburban house that backs onto a large wooded area. When the community-hired grounds crew comes around to edge the sidewalks and remove leaves, one or more of the Mexican workers cuts through my yard and stands at the crest of the hill behind my house to pee into the forest—totally visible from my kitchen. Sunlight on the glass prevents people outside from seeing into houses in the daylight, but people inside the houses can clearly see what's going on outside.

[mairdie]

Yuck!

[JoeProBono]

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 11/24/2017 . Thanks mairdie.

[colorado tanker]

Built like a brick . . .