February 06, 2007
It’s a crappy world out there
What’s more disturbing: that my parents travel to China and Hong Kong and send me pictures of toilet-related things they think I’ll find amusing... or, that they’re right? As they predicted, these are going straight on the blog. Other wacky pictures will follow.
This idea is brilliant. But also, you must wonder: Why is the Beijing Tourism Administration taking so much time to rate every toilet? And then, you get your answers...
Ok, ok, so it's a hole in the ground. Plus side: There's toilet paper, there's bars on both sides, there's a nice foot grip, the hole seems clean. Other holes aren't as lucky...
Somehow, the trash bucket makes this one seem so much grimier than the last. That's not full of toilet paper, is it? Actually, where is the toilet paper in this photo?
Well hey, it's cheaper than a diaper.
Posted by Jason Feifer at February 6, 2007 07:53 AM
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Actually, what worries me is that there ISN'T a trash can in the first picture. I've never seen a toilet in China that can handle flushing toilet paper. And I don't think anyone wants to see a squatter get clogged and overflow...
And the preponderance of babies in crotch-less clothes is a little disturbing. Not nearly as disturbing as the time I nearly stepped in baby poop though. They really should have leash laws for those things.
Posted by Josh at February 6, 2007 08:58 AM
For two months in China, I vowed not to use a "Turkish Toilet" (I suppose they don't call them that...) and would run home everyday to use the proper one at the hotel. I was flabbergasted when I saw a very modern education facility being built with porcelain holes newly installed.
China got the last laugh however. On my way from Beijing to Xi'an, (the last few days of my summer there), on a 24hr slow train in communist class at that, I broke down near the 18th hour and used the train's steel hole, with the tracks racing along below me, who was desperately clinging to a dirty pole so I wouldn't fall over.
Oh what a Godsend was Japan with their heated seats and shower toilets built in.
Ah yes, I was with Matt on that train. I also remember the pube hair infested bar of soap that some man had nicely left in the bathroom after washing his underwear. Oh China, how I miss you.
Posted by Aaron at February 6, 2007 11:29 AM
YES...I WAS THERE WITH YOUR PARENTS, AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY THE 'BETTER'OF THE 'HAPPY PLACES'...
LOVE THE 'TUSH' SHOT !!!!! ASK YOUR MOM ABOUT TOILET INSTRUCTIONS FOR SQUATTERS ?????
MERYLE V.
Posted by MERYLE at February 6, 2007 04:58 PM
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