4 Weird British Bathroom Related Things.... on a Friday

This is probably a more random post than normal, but the UK has some weird toilet stuff and I just felt like blogging about it today.  So... here are 4 random toilet related things on a Friday:

Space Saver Toilets

Let's talk about toilets.  There are two weird things I have seen here in the UK.  The first was highlighted by Elisabeth in her recent post - she discovered the weird british Toilet with Sink in the Top.  

Now I don't know if this is uniquely British, but it always struck me as uniquely weird.  

Bathrooms, Toilet Rooms, and Shower Rooms

The second weird toilet thing, and one of my least favourite house layouts in the UK (and also in Europe) is the separate toilet room from shower and sink room.  It seemed fairly common here in the 50s, and we've toured many houses with this design.  There will be one room with a bath/shower and sink, and then a small room with just a toilet.

I find this layout super weird because where am I supposed to wash my hands? Why is there a toilet with no sink? What if a kid wants a quick wee mid-bath?  

I was lamenting this to Elisabeth who said she LOVED this layout because it means the bathroom isn't always taken up whenever anyone wants to do anything shower/toilet related.  I could see her point.  But I am still curious of the wider consensus - is this a brilliant house layout or a relic of the 50's?

Bathroom Lights and Plugs

It's apparently not safe to have plugs or switches in bathrooms in the UK.  Every bathroom either has a pull cord light (not a switch) OR a light switch outside the room.  And there are no real plugs, there are weird UK bathroom plugs, so you can't plug in a hair drier or straighteners or anything useful, except you can plug in a shaver and sometimes an electric toothbrush charger.  

Dentists

OK, this is moving a bit away from toilets, but teeth brushing is a bathroom thing (right?).  Anyways, I feel there is a common consensus internationally that british teeth are not the greatest / most aesthetically pleasing.  I was surprised to learn that british people do not seem to be aware of this generalisation, and were somewhat offended when I may have mentioned it before.  

I pay for a private dentist here, and had a hygienist visit last week (my first in a year... oops!).  A cleaning takes 15 minutes. I am sure that it used to take longer in the states.  It also cost £90 privately, which seems insanely expensive to me, especially for the quickness.  The dentist appointment would be another £90 and is 5 minutes long.

I recently got on the wait list for a NHS dentist (so service would be a lot cheaper).  The waitlist is somewhere between 2 and 3 years.  We also signed up the kids and they apparently get a priority slot, which means they get a visit in October.    

Are separate toilet rooms weird? Am I alone in thinking british people aren't known for their pearly whites? Do you have a switch or a plug in your bathroom?  Would you put a sink in the back of your toilet?