Explanation: the xylospongium is often depicted as a “communal ass-wiping tool”, but historians don’t think it was that. Instead, the xylospongium is more likely to be a toilet brush.
Pyrhan on
The idea of sitting on the throne next to your buddies (as one did in Roman communal lattrines) and saying “Pass the sponge.” will never not be hilarious to me.
nitram739 on
Okay, so, lets get over this with logic. Have you ever used that kind of sponge in your body? They are quite abrasive, now, imagine that ON YOUR ANUS.
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Explanation: the xylospongium is often depicted as a “communal ass-wiping tool”, but historians don’t think it was that. Instead, the xylospongium is more likely to be a toilet brush.
The idea of sitting on the throne next to your buddies (as one did in Roman communal lattrines) and saying “Pass the sponge.” will never not be hilarious to me.
Okay, so, lets get over this with logic. Have you ever used that kind of sponge in your body? They are quite abrasive, now, imagine that ON YOUR ANUS.
It was a toilet brush.