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-We spend about two years

-of our lives in the toilet.

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-But most of us

-prefer not to talk about it.

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-This week, I visit

-the Golden Poo Awards in London...

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-..where toilet humour is used

-for a serious purpose...

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-..and the World Toilet Congress...

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-..where you can splash the cash

-and splash the plastic.

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-So far, we've looked

-at the history of the toilet...

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-..and how its design developed.

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-We've seen how toilets

-became common in the West...

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-..and some Oriental countries too.

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-We take them for granted now.

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-Or do we?

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-Is our relationship

-with the toilet that simple?

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-We even have trouble

-agreeing what to call it.

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-What do you call the toilet?

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-The smallest room.

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-The smallest room.

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-Loo.

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-It depends who I'm talking to.

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-It depends who I'm talking to.

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-Shithouse.

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-Jeru.

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-Jeru.

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-Bog.

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-Privy.

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-The throne.

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-Grandad said he was going to the

-rotunda at the bottom of the garden.

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-It's such an important invention...

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-..but we're very reluctant

-to talk about it frankly.

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-This is the toilet paradox.

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-As they became more common

-in our society...

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-..we became shyer about discussing

-what happens in them.

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-We use flowery language to avoid

-discussing bodily functions...

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-..that are natural and normal.

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-Pee.

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-Pee.

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-Take a leak.

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-Shed a tear.

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-Wet a curl.

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-Shake hands with the kids' father.

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-Shake the lettuce.

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-For the other...

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-Dump.

-Crap.

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-We don't talk about it.

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-Relieve myself.

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-Do my business.

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-Do my business.

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-Open it for the hens.

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-Do my business. If I was

-in a hurry, on the cloth.

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-Have a clearance.

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-Have a clearance.

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-Have a BM.

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-Gran said, turn trousers.

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-Grandad said, I need a buckle.

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-I don't discuss it,

-so I don't call it anything.

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-The Welsh haven't always been

-reluctant to discuss these matters.

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-Here in Pwllheli,

-toilets are common now.

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-When one of the first toilets was

-built here in the 16th century...

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-..by a certain Sion Galgarth...

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-..his neighbour,

-Richard Hughes of Cefn Llanfair...

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-..wrote a plain-speaking englyn...

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-..poking fun at him

-for building such a place.

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-"What a fine sight

-is his craphouse, from halfway up

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-"But dirt that has just been crapped

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-"Is everywhere, under his house"

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-There is still an audience today

-for ribald englynion...

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-..even in London's comedy clubs.

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-I'll finish with one of my own.

-It's in Welsh, but quite short.

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-Vindaloo.

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-"In your mouth,

-put the sharp delicacy

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-"Taste the fine, lingering burn

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-"And what a feeling, on the bog

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-"The next day

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-"To crap a hedgehog"

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-LAUGHTER

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-They enjoyed that.

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-I was at the Golden Poo Awards

-in Balham, London.

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-The aim of the evening

-is to celebrate toilet humour.

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-A man goes to the doctor with

-lettuce sticking out of his bottom.

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-The doctor says,

-"It's just the tip of the iceberg."

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-I asked the compere, Arthur Smith...

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-..why do we think

-going to the loo is so funny.

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-It is a fundamental thing we do.

-Everyone does it.

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-We carry on with the illusion

-that we don't really do it.

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-The Queen never shits, obviously.

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-It's embarrassing.

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-Mind you, since my dog died,

-I can't pass my farts off as his.

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-I get told off for farting,

-like a lot of men.

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-I'm not doing it deliberately.

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-If you are doing it deliberately...

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-If you are doing it deliberately...

-

-That's clever.

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-Then you've got an act.

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-And indeed, some people have.

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-Roland the Farter, I think

-he was the jester of Henry II.

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-He used to come on with a leap,

-a whistle and a fart...

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-..to such great effect that he

-was given a whole manor in Suffolk.

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-All evening, Arthur Smith

-challenged some of the taboos...

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-..that rule our relationship

-with the toilet.

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-A man goes to the doctor and says,

-"I've been shitting cubes."

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-The doctor says, "Stand up, take

-your trousers down, turn around."

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-There's a bit of snipping and the

-doctor says, "You'll be OK now."

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-The bloke says,

-"What have you done?"

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-"I've just cut three inches

-off the bottom of your string vest."

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-But the event

-has a serious purpose.

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-To raise awareness of the billions

-of people without toilets.

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-It's clearly a really

-important subject.

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-We treat it extremely trivially.

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-The French writer Rabelais

-had a whole thing he wrote...

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-..about the best way

-to wipe your arse.

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-He concluded it was a swan's neck.

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-If you're caught short

-in the country, sphagnum moss.

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-It's better than toilet paper.

-It's wet and absorbent.

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-You just pull a bit off, and you

-hardly damage the environment.

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-Toilet paper was invented in 1857

-by the American, Joseph Gayetty.

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-So what did people use before that?

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-In different societies

-down the ages...

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-..people have used

-the oddest things.

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-For example...

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-..feathers.

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-Or shells.

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-Or even...

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-..sweetcorn.

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-After eating it, obviously.

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-Has any man here, not having

-toilet paper in the house...

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-..ended up wiping his arse

-with a sock?

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-I guess there are.

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-As we saw earlier in the series

-in this house in Tenby...

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-..the Tudors didn't use socks.

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-They wiped their backsides

-with wool.

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-It was a similar story

-over Offa's Dyke in England.

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-In the mid-15th century, a certain

-John Russell wrote a long poem...

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-..teaching servants

-how to look after their masters.

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-Its title was The Book Of Nurture.

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-It agrees that some kind

-of flannel was in favour...

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-..for wiping noble backsides.

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-This is what he said.

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-"Looke ther be blanket, cotyn

-or lynyn to wipe the nethur ende

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-"And ever when he clepithe,

-wayte ready and entende

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-"Basoune and ewere, and on

-your shuldur a towelle, my frende

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-"In this wise worship shalle ye wyn

-where that ever ye wende"

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-Even in the 15th century...

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-..they understood the importance

-of washing after going to the loo.

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-I asked scientist Ron Cutler

-of Queen Mary College...

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-..about the best way to clean

-yourself after going to the loo...

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-..and what are the diseases

-we wash off our hands.

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-Ron and his team

-are doing a survey of toilets...

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-..to assess the various risks.

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-Here we are in the toilet.

-Welcome to my world.

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-This is a typical cubicle

-that we've been looking at...

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-..where you're actually going

-to find faecal flora, shall we say.

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-Not surprisingly,

-on the toilet handle.

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-The door handle.

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-Even sometimes these dispensers.

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-After collecting samples,

-he grows bacteria in the lab...

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-..to discover what can flourish

-on our hands if we don't wash them.

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-This is actually MRSA.

-It was isolated from a toilet.

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-So it's really important to...

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-Wash your hands.

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-In some countries, people wash

-rather than wipe their backsides.

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-The norm in Asia

-is to wash with the left hand...

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-..and eat with the right hand.

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-That was one reason why thieves

-had their hands chopped off.

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-They were obliged to eat and wash

-themselves with the same hand.

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-But is washing the backside

-more hygienic than wiping?

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-If you wash your bottom with water,

-you're using your hands.

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-Therefore, it becomes

-even more important...

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-..that you wash

-your hands afterwards.

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-It may be a stimulus

-for people to wash their hands.

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-Then again, people being

-what they are, it may not.

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-Although your nether regions

-may be clean...

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-..your hands may not be so clean.

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-As far as paper goes,

-there are huge problems.

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-Dry paper isn't 100% useful

-for removing faeces...

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-..from a surface such as skin.

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-But however you manage

-to wipe your bottom...

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-..you absolutely must

-wash your hands...

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-..even if you're using

-toilet paper or wipes.

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-It's a matter of preference,

-to be honest.

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-It seems that the world

-can be divided...

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-..into bottom wipers

-and bottom washers.

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-The world is also divided

-by how we do our business.

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-Sitting or squatting.

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-After the break, we see how Japan,

-over the last 50 years...

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-..has chosen to sit

-rather than squat.

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-We visit China, to discuss the need

-for toilets for the poor...

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-..while traders target

-the country's new moneyed class.

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-Anyone who has travelled abroad...

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-..has come across

-the hole in the ground toilet...

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-..probably feeling rather awkward,

-because we're not used to them.

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-Have you ever been in a toilet

-where you had to squat?

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-No, but I've seen them in France.

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-I went to Zambia last year

-and saw them there.

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-Would you risk it?

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-Would you risk it?

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-If I had to, yes.

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-Not very comfortable.

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-What were the problems?

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-Balance, mainly, trying to stay up.

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-Imagine the problem in reverse.

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-I remember going to a toilet

-in an airport in Bangladesh once.

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-There were no squatting toilets,

-although that was the norm.

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-On a toilet seat like this,

-I saw footmarks.

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-If you're used to squatting

-in the toilet...

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-..that's the only way

-to use a toilet like this.

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-But if the user is heavy like me,

-they might break the seat...

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-..or even crack the bowl.

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-So one Asian company

-has designed this hybrid bowl...

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-..which you can sit on...

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-..or squat over.

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-But we can change our habits.

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-Japan has some of the world's

-most sophisticated toilets.

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-Sitting on a toilet here is like

-being in an aeroplane cockpit.

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-But sitting on a toilet

-is fairly recent in Japan.

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-Before the Second World War,

-squatting was the norm.

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-The Americans introduced

-seat toilets to Japan...

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-..at the end of the war.

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-But the Japanese have embraced

-the design and made it their own...

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-..even with toilets for children.

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-But it must be hard

-for a whole nation...

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-..to change their toilet habits

-in one generation.

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-This is what author Yoko Mure

-said about the "western toilet".

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-"The western toilet

-is like sitting on a chair.

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-"I was horrified.

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-"If I got used to such a toilet...

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-"..I might start doing my business

-every time I sat on a chair...

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-"..wherever I was...

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-"..even in a lesson

-or at the dining table."

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-Although the Japanese changed

-from squatting to sitting...

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-..some scientists believe

-that it's healthier to squat.

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-Sitting to defecate is more likely

-to lead to bowel cancer.

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-In the USA,

-where people sit on toilets...

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-..it's the second

-most common cancer.

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-But in Asia and Africa, where most

-squat to do their business...

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-..hardly anyone

-suffers from bowel cancer.

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-Even now in Japan...

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-..the older generation prefers

-to use the squatting toilet.

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-Architect Junko Kobayashi...

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-..specializes

-in designing public toilets.

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-How does she cater for the needs

-of the older and younger generation?

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-When I was asked to design toilets

-for a shop in Shibuya, Tokyo...

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-..the first thing we did

-was find out who the users were.

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-In this particular shop,

-60% of the customers are over 50.

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-Although most Japanese toilets

-are in the western design now...

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-..some older people like

-the traditional squatting toilet.

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-We made sure there was at least one

-squatting toilet on every floor.

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-Women shoppers

-usually carry several bags...

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-..so we make sure

-there are plenty of hooks too.

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-Having enough hooks...

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-..isn't all that worries women

-in Japanese toilets.

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-The Otohime, the princess's sound,

-is a gadget you often find...

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-..in women's toilets in Japan.

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-There was concern that women

-wasted water by flushing...

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-..to conceal the sound of peeing,

-then flushing again.

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-So the princess's sound

-was invented.

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-RECORDED FLUSHING

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-This idea isn't all that recent.

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-In the Edo period, when Japanese

-princesses went to the toilet...

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-..they made sure their maids

-stood outside with jugs of water...

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-..which they poured,

-to conceal the princess's sound.

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-We're rather sensitive in Japan.

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-We feel very embarrassed

-if someone hears us on the toilet.

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-That's why, for about 25 years...

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-..toilet manufacturers have produced

-these gadgets that do that for you.

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-But do we really need them?

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-After the recent tsunami,

-some areas had no electricity.

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-I heard about people who couldn't

-go to the toilet without them...

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-..making themselves ill.

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-Maybe we should rethink about our

-dependence on high-tech toilets.

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-I thought about Junko's remarks...

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-..and the way we use too much water

-and other resources in toilets.

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-Now, the economies of countries

-like China and India...

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-..are growing at a great rate.

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-Will people there expect

-electric toilets like Japan soon?

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-Or will an alternative

-simpler system be required?

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-To try to answer the question...

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-..I went to the annual conference

-of the World Toilet Congress.

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-It was first held in 2001.

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-This year, it was held

-on the Chinese island of Hainan.

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-I was surprised that many

-of the exhibiting companies...

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-..appealed in such a tasteless way

-to China's new moneyed class.

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-The Japanese aren't the only ones

-who like toilet gadgets, clearly.

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-But the conference's main aim...

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-..is to provide more sustainable

-toilets in every country.

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-Let's start talking

-about toilets in Africa.

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-The conference was founded

-by Jack Sim.

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-Better toilets for all countries.

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-Jack is a businessman

-from Singapore.

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-He decided to dedicate his life

-to promoting toilets for people...

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-..who don't have them when he

-realized the gravity of the problem.

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-Forty per cent

-of the world population...

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-..about 2.6 billion people...

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-..still do not have access

-to proper toilets.

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-Open defecation

-pollutes the river...

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-..their drinking water,

-their lakes...

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-..and also spreads diseases...

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-..to the scale

-of 1.5 million children...

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-..dying of diarrhoea every year.

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-That is more deaths of children...

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-..than measles, HIV

-and malaria added up together.

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-With his experience in marketing...

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-..Jack knew that his first task was

-to raise awareness of the problem.

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-If we don't talk about something,

-we cannot solve it.

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-So I created

-the World Toilet Organization.

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-The idea was to play a pun

-on the World Trade Organization...

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-..so that we can turn

-a very embarrassing subject...

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-..into a very humorous subject.

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-It actually works, and the

-global media took it on very well.

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-So turning toilets to humour

-started to change the game.

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-People are now engaged

-in this subject.

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-We see a lot of UN agencies

-and companies paying attention.

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-I think we're on the up trend.

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-The lack of toilets

-causes many deaths...

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-..so there's a huge challenge

-facing the delegates.

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-We don't have enough

-public toilets in our cities.

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-Our school toilets

-are very, very dated.

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-Smell is the key thing

-that people complain about.

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-This is the user's

-comfort and safety programme.

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-We suggest creating an international

-toilet monitoring centre.

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-Public and private partnerships

-must work together...

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-..to make good hygiene practice

-a shared responsibility.

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-It has become clear to me

-that the lack of toilets...

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-..is an enormous problem

-facing the Third World.

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-Although we heard a lot

-about the problem...

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-..did we hear about solutions

-that might solve it?

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-I decided to venture

-outside the conference...

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-..to see the problems for myself.

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-Hainan is being developed

-as a holiday centre...

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-..by the Chinese authorities,

-a sort of interior Hawaii.

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-They've realized that high standard

-toilets can help attract visitors.

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-This was delightful.

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-But what about the provision

-in more remote areas?

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-China's economy

-is growing so quickly...

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-..that the Chinese apparently buy

-19 million toilets a year.

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-That's twice the amount

-sold in the USA every year.

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-But that's mainly in Chinese cities.

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-In rural villages like this,

-toilets are still scarce.

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-As I tried to find one,

-my lack of Chinese didn't help.

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-LAUGHTER

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-This was quite pleasant.

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-A poem of greeting to spring

-had been placed around the door.

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-Maybe we could borrow

-that idea in Wales.

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-But generally speaking...

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-..the Chinese want toilets like

-ours.

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-They want toilets

-of the same standard as the West.

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-Of the 2.6 billion people

-in the world with no toilets...

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-..eighty per cent live in Asia.

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-So it's in Asia that the problem...

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-..of providing toilets

-for the poor has to be solved.

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-In the next programme,

-I visit Bangladesh...

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-..to see how they

-tackle the problem.

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-In a research centre in Holland,

-I see how the microwave...

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-..might replace the flush toilet.

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