In Amanda's book she described an embarrassing conversation with Meredith over the need to "use the brush" every time you use the toilet. I have the impression that it has to do with (a) different bowl design and/or (b) not as much water in the flush, leading to less effective removal.
I know the whole poop thing that was introduced yesterday was a joke, but I'd still like to know, hopefully from somebody with experience using Perugia toilets in old cottages, what the fuss was about.
A little Seattle background: Amanda is a year older than our older daughter, so she would have been here during the summer we had a serious lack of water, maybe when she was in 4th or 5th grade. It was a bad drought, and people stopped watering their lawns and many of them stopped flushing toilets each and every time. Our kids were taught then that there's no harm in just leaving the lid down . . . nasty, yes, but really so what.
Just flush it once or twice a day and clean it well once a week. We later hosted an exchange student (from Eastern Europe) who was horrified by this practice and let us all know she thought we were disgusting. We didn't care.
So anyway, my question is, what is meant by "using the brush" every time, and why is it necessary?
