Night Train said:
there could be a person up there having a dump surrounded by cameras and publicity people declaring the outcome of the poo and then interviewing it for prime time viewing with a wedding exclusive in Heat magazine.
Does anyone else watch that Supersizers eat medieval, or whatever, programme? The other night they did the French Revolution, during which they revealed among other things that when Versailles was built, the architects were busy with La Grande Vision, and forgot about bathrooms. So when courtiers needed to take a dump, they'd just go behind a big curtain or piece of furniture and get on with it. Orange-water was sprinkled around liberally throughout the palace to mask the stench.
Oh, Louis whatever the number was was such a glutton that he was known pretty much universally as 'the fat pig'. Your Highness.
I actually work just round the corner from Trafalgar Square, and used that link to see what was happening. Suddenly realised I could hear a police siren on the site, and live, through the open window. How cool is that?