Sit down and shut up

God I lover Germans. They are so clever and anal retentive, all at the same time. The latest invention from the creators of the combustion engine and the Heineken come the WC Ghost, a small device that is attached to toilet seats. When the seat is lifted a recording warns the attempted pottier to to sit down so as to avoid splashing.

“Hey, stand-peeing is not allowed here and will be punished with fines, so if you don’t want any trouble, you’d best sit down,” one of the devices orders in a voice impersonating the German leader, Chancellor Gerhard Schroder. Another has a voice similar to that of his predecessor, Helmut Kohl.

Their prototype English-speaking WC ghost says in an American drawl: “Don’t you go wetting this floor cowboy, you never know who’s behind you. So sit down, get your water pistol in the bowl where it belongs. Ha, ha, ha.”

[thanks Katie, via The Telegraph]