My husband tried in vain to do some work on his laptop at the dining room table, but was inveigled into a conversation about turn-of-the-century toilet bowls.DD: "Ooohhh...(demurely)...'Closet Bowls'.
DDH: "A bowl in a closet?"
DD: "Nooo, honey, this is a new innovation--it's a, y'know, CLOSET bowl."
DDH: "Oh, a water closet bowl."
DD: "Nooo!--even that is TMI, and this was a non-TMI age. This is a new technology. It has a slanted seat, for hygiene!"
DDH: "Hm." (The sound of rapt fascination, so I press on).
DD: "Look--'The slanted Seat pleases Physicians.' See, even the logo is slanted--'NA-Tu-ro'. This is very High-Tech!"
DDH: "Except it's lower tech on one side."
