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The one tool everyone owns and nobody will touch after use.
means A small long-handled brush with stiff bristles used to scrub the inside of a toilet bowl.
from 'Toilet' traces back to French toile, 'cloth,' via toilette, the little cloth draped over a dressing table — the word drifted over centuries from grooming rituals to the room itself to the fixture in it. 'Brush' comes from Old French broisse/brosse, meaning a bundle of twigs or bristles for sweeping. The object itself is a modern convenience — flush toilets spread widely only from the 1800s onward, and the bowl-shaped brush we know followed as plumbing moved indoors and scrubbing it became someone's unglamorous job.
- bacteria haven
- Stays damp, so bacteria outlive the toilet itself
- replace often
- Should be swapped every six months, rarely is
- storage flaw
- Caddies trap moisture, basically breeding tiny swamps
- design origin
- Victorian brushes were for hearths, not toilets