Two taps highlight our quaint British tendency to embrace outmoded traditional practices instead of embracing modern effective ones to overcome simple problems.
Let's face it, two taps are wasteful, unhygienic and a pain in the
to use. But this matters not because it is traditional! It's something that the Victorians used to do (and they were really great!) and nevermind that everybody else realised more than a 100 years ago (even the French) that the arrangement was crap and a more workable solution was required to washing your hands after having a
.
Next time one of your British friends tries to shake your hand, politely ask him or her if they washed theirs after last taking a dump or decided against the third degree burns required to do so...
