I am sure you also crapped in a chamber pot, do you want all of the US to turn into the unwashed smelly masses of Europe?

Wow, Hank. You win the Mitt Romney award for cultural sensitivity.

@Heather, you can see the various grocery stores selling reusable grocery bags, so there's a movement toward that. Personally, I find a use for every paper and plastic grocery bag I'm given.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTJj4wbmAhk

Hank, the flush toilet was invented in 1596 by Sir John Harrington (hence the nickname, "the john"). I was born somewhat later so no, I did not use a chamber pot.

I never encountered "unwashed smelly masses" in Europe and I have traveled to a number of European countries to date, including Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, and Italy (and the principalities of Andorra and Monaco), and both islands of the United Kingdom. Could you share which European countries you have personally visited, and describe your encounters with "unwashed smelly masses?" If not, please reflect upon why you feel defensive when reading my posts and give your fight-or-flight reflex an opportunity to subside before posting.

I thought the modern flush valve was invented by Sir Thomas Crapper, hence . . . LOL

somewhat later???

Late 1800s. And, my mistake, he invented the ballcock, not the flush valve.