[hagbard_c]

There used to be an ad on Dutch television back in the 80's from a loo paper manufacturer with the punchline Koning, Keizer, Admiraal - ${brand_of_loo_paper} kennen ze allemaal which translates to King, Emperor, Admiral - they all know this brand of loo paper. We (i.e. my father whom we naturally followed in this respect) turned this into Koning Keizer Admiraal, schijten moeten ze allemaal or ...they all have to shit.

Everybody shits, farts, burps... device or no device. I´d say those who feel the need for a device like this are guilty by association of farting and burping even louder than average, why otherwise get something to mask their clearly obnoxious and dare I say noxious emanations in the privy?

[jnsie]

> I´d say those who feel the need for a device like this are guilty by association of farting and burping even louder than average, why otherwise get something to mask their clearly obnoxious and dare I say noxious emanations in the privy?

This seems like a jump. Social etiquette is important. A desire for visitors (or others) not to be subjected to the various sounds emanating from the bathroom is a form of politeness, not cover-up of something more sinister.

[hagbard_c]

How about you just don't listen to those sounds? Even in small apartments the bathroom tends to be separated from the living room/kitchen/bedroom/etc_room so it tends to be quite easy to ignore those sounds by just not hanging around the bathroom door.

Nope, this is taking social sensitivity far too far. By all means keep those farts out of polite company but once you're in the loo feel free to let it fly without feeling ashamed. Everyone farts, everyone pees, everyone does it.