User:Virtualerian/Poseidon's kiss

Poseidon's kiss (or toilet splashback) is a term to describe the phenomenon of water splashing to the anus and buttocks when a person defecates into the flush toilet. The splashback is caused when the fece displaces water, and forms a cavity of air in the fluid of the bottom of the toilet bowl. All the air has nowhere to go, and so the discontinuity in pressure causes the water to slap back together. The toilet splashback can be easily avoided by altering the surface tension of the water using a toilet paper In Germany, standard toilets are designed in the reverse bowl design/shelf style which almost completely eliminates splashbacks.