古罗马人在清洁方面比古希腊人更先进一些:他们选择用绑在长棍末端上的海绵来保持卫生,社区内的所有人都共享这一卫生用品。没人用的时候,就把棍子浸泡在公共洗手间里的一桶浓盐海水中。公共洗手间里还配备了一把大理石长凳,凳子上挖了一个个洞——你知道这些洞是用来干什么的——前面的洞可以伸进带海绵的长棍。而且,古罗马人如厕时没有分隔墙。
Around 1391, during the Song Dynasty, a Chinese emperor decreed that large 2-foot-by-3-foot paper sheets must be made for his toilet time. Until then, people in China just used random paper products.
大约在1391年,中国的宋代时期,一位中国皇帝下令为其制作宽2英尺长3英尺(60厘米乘90厘米)的大张卫生纸。在那以前,中国人如厕用的纸都很随意。
In colonial America, things weren’t much more advanced. After settlers left Great Britain for the colonies, the best things they could find were corncobs. Ouch. It wasn’t until later that they realized they could use old newspapers and catalogs. In fact, the reason there was a hole through the corner of the Old Farmer’s Almanac was so people would be able to hang it on a hook in their outhouses.
在殖民时期的美国,如厕用品也没有先进到哪里去。在移民者离开英国前往殖民地后,他们能找到的最好的如厕用品是玉米棒子。用起来一定很疼。直到后来他们才意识到可以用旧报纸和目录册。事实上,《老农民年鉴》的边角上之所以有一个孔其实是为了方便人们将其挂在屋外厕所的挂钩上。
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