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11,730. I’ve always liked toilets. (Art & Toilet) Two Melons and a Stinking Fish, BBC 2013, Sarah
20,266. The worst toilet in Scotland. (GBH Films & Toilet) Trainspotting 1996 starring Ewan McGregor & Ewen Bremner & Robert Carlyle & Kevin McKidd & Kelly MacDonald & Peter Mullan & Keith Allen & James Cosmo et al, director Danny Boyle
59,527. This is a Roman communal toilet ... 144 public latrines in downtown Rome. (Rome & Toilet) Professor Mary Beard, Meet the Romans II: Street Life
87,450. In the 1920s a Seattle dentist patented the perfect medical solution: the paper toilet-seat cover ... These goddamn things are everywhere. (Safety & Toilet) Penn & Teller, Bullshit! Safety Hysteria s2e2
90,402. It is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 p.m. if you live in an apartment. (Switzerland & Toilet) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! 2006
60,051. In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal. (France & Toilet) Gertrude Stein
70,454. Austin Powers: What exactly do you do, Number Two?
Number Two: That’s my business. Now, if you’ll excuse me I have to go to the little boys’ room. (Do & Toilet) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 starring Mike Myers & Elizabeth Hurley & Robert Wagner & Seth Green & Mindy Sterling & Michael York & Fabiana Udenio & Will Ferrell & Mimi Rogers & Joe Son & Paul Dillon & Charles Napier et al, director Jay Roach
30,448. From this moment the expression ‘to spend a penny’ was said to enter the English language. Jennings’ invention is a huge success. (Great Britain & England & Toilet) The British VI: Tale of Two Cities
43,108. We never clean the toilet, Neil. That’s what being a student is all about. (Comedy & Student & Toilet) The Young Ones: Sick, Rick
91,440. I’m going off now to stuff loads and loads of paper down the toilet. The Young Ones: Bambi, Vivian
67,261. The English only spent that money because they were desperate for any form of sanitation. Because of a terrifying disease they had imported from India: Cholera. Terrifying because by the mid-nineteenth century it had killed 100,000 people in England and they hadn’t the faintest idea what caused it or how to stop it. (Civilisation & Toilet) James Burke: Connections 1994: Something for Nothing s2e5
67,262. The new thing to have was a lavatory. Everyone wanted one. (Civilisation & Toilet) ibid.
72,363. There’s nowhere like your own toilet. (Family & Toilet) The Royal Family: Family Lunch s2e2, Nana
72,863. Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet. (Feet & Toilet & Edward VIII & Urine) Edward VIII
76,094. I think this is the only tenement block in Islington where you can sit in the toilet with your door open and cook your breakfast at the same time. (Homelessness & Toilet) Ken Loach, Cathy Come Home 1966, BBC The Wednesday Play, story Jeremy Sandford *****
80,352. Well, my wife and I were married in a toilet – it was a marriage of convenience! (Marriage & Toilet) Tommy Cooper
91,436. Q) How many men does it take to change a toilet roll?
A) Nobody knows. It’s never been tried before. Ken Dodd
91,437. Last night, Mr Governor, my toilet was broken into. Broken into. There are some places that to an Englishman are sacred. The Italian Job 1969 starring Michael Caine & Noel Coward & Benny Hill & Raf Vallone & Tony Beckley & Rossano Brazzi & Maggie Blye & Irene Handl & John le Mesurier & Fred Emney et al, director Peter Collinson, Mr Bridger to prison governor
91,438. Nobody is allowed to use my lavatory. Kenneth Williams, Fantabulosa! BBC
91,439. Peter Cook: Good evening, sir.
John Lennon as uniformed toilet attendant: Excuse me, sir. Are you a member? ... There is a £5 waiting list. Not Only But Also 1966
91,441. You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar. George Carlin