12th December 2005, 03:12 PM
Quote:quote:As I see it, a portaloo used by the Queen and found in the gardens of Buckingham palace is arguably far more important than my own convenience, regardless of its more substantial and impressive nature
Oh dear. Haven't we spent the last 20 years in archaeology trying to get away from this sort of nonsense. Why is the top-down archaeology of 'great men' inherently more interesting than the bottom-up archaeology of the peasant? Why?
Indeed surely the fact that your toilet is more substantial and impressive than HM the Q's does itself provoke a whole series of questions about the symbol and meaning of toilets in the early 21st century. I shall not speculate here on why you would need a particularly substantial or impressive toilet...
Edited to remove a statement at the end that was probably not in line with the AUP, apologies.