# Do you like a clawfoot bathtub?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-a-clawfoot-bathtub/414685>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 7, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-a-clawfoot-bathtub/414685 "2007-08-07T00:17:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-a-clawfoot-bathtub/414685/41 "2007-08-07T22:18:41Z")

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For men short in stature, climbing into or out of a clawfoot tub could be a literal ball-breaker. For elderly people, possibly worse. For anyone else, it’s all a matter of individual taste.

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**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-a-clawfoot-bathtub/414685/42 "2007-08-07T23:00:14Z")

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[QUOTE=Walloon]  
[Bathtub madonna](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_madonna).  
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I believe that’s called “Mary on the Halfshell”

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