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Signs like this could be found in the late 1800s/early 1900s, explaining this strange new technology. (media.piefed.world)

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[–] mercano@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

In a world without modern circuit breakers or GFI outlets, perhaps they wanted to keep the switch away from any water.

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[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Nah they just liked to play sick pranks while someone was on the crapper.

iTs A gHoSt pushes button rapidly

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[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Disco shits

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[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago

Either that, or there was already a switch there when the powder room was added.

They used part of the original kitchen to create the powder room. The kitchen ceiling is still above the powder room ceiling and there is a (no longer used) stove pipe running above the powder room ceiling to where the kitchen stove most likely was.

The old switch would have been exactly where it needed to be for the original kitchen.

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