[Culturechat] Betcha didn't know this!

[Vance Roy]

The Swiss are famous for keeping up with statistics, but this beats it all.

A CH marketing analysis firm has revealed the results of a new study 
just done at the behest of a CH toilet paper company. Here are some of 
the findings:

	1. Women go to the bathroom an average of five times daily; men come in 
with a bit less, three times daily.
	2. The time spent varies by sex too. Women spend an average of 18 minutes 
per visit, while men spend 3 minutes less per visit.
	3. However for "sitting" activities, women are faster at 3.6 minutes, 
while the men take a full 5 minutes on the average.
	4. Probably the most telling statistic is that a woman, with a life 
expectancy of 82.5 years will spend over a year (376 days) of her life 
in the "Stille Ort" known as the "quiet place". A man with a life 
expectancy of 76.5 years spends 291 days in this activity.

Now, one of the things that I would like to know is if the presence of 
literature in the WC changes any of these numbers. Before any of the 
ladies cry out "discrimination", let's realize that there are some 
differences in plumbing. The female does not have an external urethral 
sphincter while males do have this. Here is a case where simplicity does 
pay off.

Count on CH to be on the cutting edge of research in such matters.
-- 
Vance Roy
gigli.saw@dplanet.ch.