Continuing our frantic, time-starved existence, we are once more turning to a favourite tv show for inspiration for a blog update. In the Battlestar Galactica episode Exodus: Part 1, president Gaius Baltar reminisces:
Well, let me tell you about my day. It was a hoot. Had the most fascinating chat with one of the Dorals. He's got this theory about sanitation being the key to regaining human trust and confidence. Something about toilet paper. No, lack of toilet paper, that's it. How if people could only wipe their bums properly, there would be a measurable uptick in the polls.
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0801849/quotes)
Is this theory, in fact, transferable to real-world politics?
For those of you who have not yet passed out due to boredom, here is more Battlestar Galactica-related hygiene trivia:
Now, when is somebody going to get their arse in gear and design
a toilet seat in the shape of a Cylon raider?
Well, let me tell you about my day. It was a hoot. Had the most fascinating chat with one of the Dorals. He's got this theory about sanitation being the key to regaining human trust and confidence. Something about toilet paper. No, lack of toilet paper, that's it. How if people could only wipe their bums properly, there would be a measurable uptick in the polls.
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0801849/quotes)
Is this theory, in fact, transferable to real-world politics?
For those of you who have not yet passed out due to boredom, here is more Battlestar Galactica-related hygiene trivia:
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| Katee Sackhoff's hygiene woes |
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| Make your own toilet roll viper plane! (Or, if you're German, wiper plane.) |
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| Some lucky bastard bought one of the Battlestar Galactica toilet doors at auction! |
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| This bathroom, at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver, featured in Battlestar Galactica |
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| Battlestar Galactica toilet paper! |
Now, when is somebody going to get their arse in gear and design
a toilet seat in the shape of a Cylon raider?
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