Bathroom Yoga

One of the things that perpetually confuses me in life is the design of some bathrooms. Now, I understand that I am relatively tall (5´10¨). However, I don´t quite consider this to be gargantuan. If I were an architect, per se, and designing a bathroom, I think I would consider the key elements -- let´s say a toilet and a sink. We could nitpick at this point and say that some bathrooms are split and have the toilet and sink in different rooms, but I am going for the sake of ease right now. For this, a toilet and sink are the two essential elements of a bathroom. People sit on a toilet, facing forward, I do believe. So my confusion comes in when the toilet has less than 4¨from the wall in front of it. Please glance at your lap at this point and decide where the 4¨mark would be. Where do you put your legs? Do you lift above? Do you sit to the side? I brought this up today to a guy from Alaska, Colin. He said the toilet he was utilizing today, in fact, would have been too small for anyone over 5´2¨. He decided to straddle. I feel that this could lead to problems -- mayhap similar to the over-the-head solution. So maybe we can conclude that the architect in question had an affair with the maid, ending on bad terms? I have no answers. Only dilemmas. This is right in align, however, with another pet peeve of mine -- low shower heads. Why would you put a shower head at 5´? Clearly, there is no disadvantage for putting it at, say 7´, and by putting it at 5´, many are forced to do an extended squat, if you will, while attempting to cleanse.