I can testify to the horribleness of this German toilet design. They don\'t have them everywhere in Germany, maybe only 30% - 40% of the installed toilets are like this. It amazes me that they have such a variation in toilet designs... I mean, in N. America we seem to have settled on one basic design. The only variations you see are in the mechanicals in the tank.
I was so frustrated by these toilets, I wrote the following description in a temporary journal back in 1990: