gorfram says:In Prague Castle, there's this little nook, complete with a lovely view.
(It appears that the maid's not been in lately, but the graffitists have.)
gorfram says:So what happens to that which you leave behind?
In most cases, it drops down a stone chute built into the wall of the castle.
With luck, it mostly misses the walls. Garderobe chutes were sometimes sluiced with rainwater from the roof, or just with the discarded dishwater.
gorfram says:Chutes discharged outside the castle walls. Here, you can see that "right below the garderobe" is stiil a favorite with all sorts of greeny-gucky wall-growing things.
gorfram says:This French has kept its chutes short, placing them in a tres chic staggered sequence that prevented them from discharging onto each other.
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