Crappy way to die that was. Ugh.
Erfurt Latrine Disaster
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Re: Erfurt Latrine Disaster
#42Stayed in that town once and they haven't learned a thing. Taking my busniness elsewhere.
You say they haven’t learned a thing, did you fall into the toilet when you stayed there?
Re: Erfurt Latrine Disaster
#43Crappy way to die that was. Ugh.
Up there with the death of Arius.
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#44> King Henry was said to have survived only because he sat in an alcove with a stone floor. I cannot stop imagining this event from his perspective and wondering what words might have been spoken just before the collapse.
Perhaps it's the origin of the phrase "holy shit!"
Well, shit happens.
Re: Erfurt Latrine Disaster
#45Interesting to think about the horrible ambient smell that must have existed even in these noble-class locations at the time. A wooden floor built over a giant open sewage pit.
Since they did not have water toilets, it would not be viscous like sewage. It would have consistency similar to a barnyard manure pile.
To fill a floor to a depth enough to "drown" would require several years of collecting, which means it would be well decayed and much closer to soil than sewage.
But it sounds too improbable to have happened.