How toilets are flushed
Sometimes, on the forum, we are asked a ‘how to’ question which starts from a completely false premise and it is helpful to spot this, in order to avoid being lead into a realm of fantastical advice.
Which reminds me of a piece of nonsense I wrote years ago for the Doggerel Club. It is the last day of a long holiday, so before the frivolity dies down here goes:
When I was very young
A lady once told me
That when you pulled the handle
Or pressed the lever
This sent a signal
To a little man inside the cistern
And he would turn on a tap
Which flushed the toilet
In later life I came to realise
That this could not be true;
If the little man really turned on the tap
He would be nearly overwhelmed
By the sudden rush of water
And he would have to get out quick
I was so thick
To have believed the lady. Happy New Year, Dennis.
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