Sewers/toilets in middle earth?

[blantyr]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

Since we're accepting talking trees, undead wraiths, and spiders that live for thousands of years, I can deal with just going with the idea that bodily waste in Arda just magically disappears, leaving a "sweet scent of flowers".

Maybe the elves work that way. Can't see it that way for the Orcs. Not sure we want to work our way through Treebeard's long list assigning scents...

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by blantyr

Maybe the elves work that way.

Well, we all know the Elves were too noble to fart. I can't imagine Turgon committing a gaseous indiscretion on his throne in Gondolin. Now, the Hobbits, on the other hand, I can imagine them having actual contests in the Green Dragon. After all, they do refer to specific areas of The Shire as "Fartings".