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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2921 Post by G-CPTN » Wed May 10, 2023 8:29 pm

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Well we still don't know who invented the bidet. Who asked the question again?
'Twas I who posed the question, and, as well as 'recent' claims there was a very early candidate - if only I can remember . . .

Before we get into the bidet origin story, it’s important to note that the bidet was not the first system for washing after going to the bathroom. The ancient Greeks and Romans used what was essentially an old-school loofah for the task: they’d reach down and wipe with a sponge on a stick, which would then be cleaned in salt water or vinegar.

Thus the origin of the expression "getting hold of the sh1tty-end of the stick."

In 1710, the Ffrench royal family’s furniture-maker, Christophe des Rosiers, installed the first bidet in the palace. Not much is known about des Rosiers, but he paved the way for a tradition of refreshing cleanliness that continues to this day.
One of the bidet’s first users, Napoleon Bonaparte himself, loved his silver bidet so much that he took it around the world with him when he travelled! It was important enough to him that he specified in his will that this prized possession would go to his son when he died.
Who invented the bidet attachment? Let’s fast forward to the 1960s to get the answer.

Originally called the American Sitzbath by inventor Arnold Cohen, this type of bidet came on the scene when Cohen made it his mission to help his aging father get clean after going to the bathroom. It took two years and a bit of old-fashioned elbow grease before Cohen finally invented the bidet attachment. He even added a hose to the apparatus for “feminine douching and colonic irrigation.”

Cohen’s invention piqued the interest of a Japanese trading company, which decided to import the idea to Japan. It took a few decades to catch on—and a bit of tinkering with Cohen’s original design. The company combined the washing and drying features of the American Sitzbath with a high-tech, electronic toilet seat. By the 1980s, this cutting-edge device started making a splash in the Japanese market, and thus, the modern bidet toilet seat was born.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2922 Post by Opsboi » Wed May 10, 2023 10:48 pm

So - nobody invented the bidet, then?

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2923 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu May 11, 2023 9:59 am

Opsboi wrote:
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So - nobody invented the bidet, then?
Yes it was Christophe des Rosiers as G- CAPT says. Thought it would be a frog. He was a Royal bog maker. Wonder if he needed to take measurements. =))

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2924 Post by Wodrick » Thu May 11, 2023 10:46 am

If that's an answer to the bidet then I thunk him be open

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2925 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri May 12, 2023 10:03 am

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If that's an answer to the bidet then I thunk him be open
It is cos I looked it up. Agree Wodders O/H.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2926 Post by Wodrick » Fri May 12, 2023 10:06 am

OK we have all heard of U2 and Bono, but what is his real name ?

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2927 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri May 12, 2023 12:59 pm

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OK we have all heard of U2 and Bono, but what is his real name ?
No I haven't is he a dog?
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2928 Post by Opsboi » Fri May 12, 2023 1:34 pm

Wodrick wrote:
Fri May 12, 2023 10:06 am
OK we have all heard of U2 and Bono, but what is his real name ?
Clue - his actress daughter uses his surname

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2929 Post by Ex-Ascot » Fri May 12, 2023 3:26 pm

OK this girl seems to be Hewson but I looked her up still no wiser on the dog name sounding chap. Thought that U2 was an aircraft.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2930 Post by Opsboi » Fri May 12, 2023 4:08 pm

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OK this girl seems to be Hewson but I looked her up still no wiser on the dog name sounding chap. Thought that U2 was an aircraft.
Eve Hewson, daughter of Ali and Paul Hewson, aka Mr & Mrs Bono

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2931 Post by Wodrick » Fri May 12, 2023 4:20 pm

Think that's a win for ExA.

I can't believe he has not heard of Bono or indeed U2

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2932 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sat May 13, 2023 5:21 am

Wodrick wrote:
Fri May 12, 2023 4:20 pm
Think that's a win for ExA.

I can't believe he has not heard of Bono or indeed U2
Opsboi I think I just identified the lady. I still do not know who Bono is.
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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2933 Post by Opsboi » Sat May 13, 2023 11:49 am

Ex-Ascot wrote:
Sat May 13, 2023 5:21 am
Wodrick wrote:
Fri May 12, 2023 4:20 pm
Think that's a win for ExA.

I can't believe he has not heard of Bono or indeed U2
Opsboi I think I just identified the lady. I still do not know who Bono is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bono

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2934 Post by PHXPhlyer » Sat May 13, 2023 3:34 pm

Opsboi wrote:
Sat May 13, 2023 11:49 am
Ex-Ascot wrote:
Sat May 13, 2023 5:21 am
Wodrick wrote:
Fri May 12, 2023 4:20 pm
Think that's a win for ExA.

I can't believe he has not heard of Bono or indeed U2
Opsboi I think I just identified the lady. I still do not know who Bono is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bono
In 2000, Bono learned that Scott Rankin, a relative he thought to be his cousin, was actually his half-brother; Rankin was the offspring of an affair that Bob Hewson had with his wife's sister Barbara.[26]
A half-brother and a cousin rolled into one. :-o
How does that look on the family tree? :-?


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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2935 Post by Rossian » Sat May 13, 2023 5:29 pm

Not an uncommon siuation. A chap who used to go and stay on his grandparents croft in Aberdeenshire found out that the labourer on the farm was his half brother. His mother had had him as a teenager but when she wanted to go into nursing (this was the 1920s) not only did one have to pass the entry tests but had to be of "good moral character". So her parents brought her son up as their own.
The same situation happen to a female class mate of mine in the 1950s.
Trying to explain this to youngsters of today is well nigh impossible - beyond one's ken.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2936 Post by Hydromet » Sun May 14, 2023 12:05 am

PHXPhlyer wrote:
Sat May 13, 2023 3:34 pm
Opsboi wrote:
Sat May 13, 2023 11:49 am
Ex-Ascot wrote:
Sat May 13, 2023 5:21 am


Opsboi I think I just identified the lady. I still do not know who Bono is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bono
In 2000, Bono learned that Scott Rankin, a relative he thought to be his cousin, was actually his half-brother; Rankin was the offspring of an affair that Bob Hewson had with his wife's sister Barbara.[26]
A half-brother and a cousin rolled into one. :-o
How does that look on the family tree? :-?


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Not uncommon in some country towns, and possibly just better hidden in cities, for all I know. In a country town where I once lived, there were quite a few 'diamond-shaped family trees.'

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2937 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Sun May 21, 2023 11:07 pm

I had two girls in my class at Primary school where one was the other's aunt.*

Awaiting Ex-A..

As a filler, still on the musical theme
With which firm had Nigel's parents planned his future?
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*All legit, though of highly doubtful morals.
Dad had divorced mum, who was herself a divorcee, and married mum's eldest daughter from her first marriage.
Mum herself had gone off with someone and left the kids.
Mum's youngest daughter was the same age as Dad's daughter from his first marriage, his marriage to eldest daughter being his third marriage.

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2938 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon May 22, 2023 10:25 am

I thought it should be Opsboi but never mind. I learnt something today I never knew before.

Why does the the police station in Bow St London* have a white light outside not a blue one?

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2939 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Mon May 22, 2023 10:40 am

Is it because it's the City of London Police, not the Met?

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Re: Trivia Question of the Day

#2940 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon May 22, 2023 10:49 am

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
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Is it because it's the City of London Police, not the Met?
No, I think that all cop shops in the UK had blue.
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