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Post by moira on Nov 16, 2004 0:24:07 GMT -5
lol, yep, definitely a moose addict.
I'd be more scarred than I already am of porta-potties if I was the one stuck inside when they all tipped over. I'm absolutely terrified of those things. I seriously am. If I really have to go to the bathroom, it takes a few minutes for me to get up the courage to go in one of them. I think part of that fear is because I watched Schindler's List and I vividly remember the little boys hiding in the public porta-potty things and standing up to their necks in all that stuff....and since I was really little and too young to emotionally accept what the holocaust was about and everything....that movie really branded me.
Oh, another toilet story: I was stuck in a little bathroom in my own house a couple years back, actually. It was after everyone went to bed, too. I went in, and for some reason, the door handle would not turn and let me out. I had to bang on the door for like 15 minutes before my brother came down and angrily asked why I was banging on the door. Then he had to get my dad to go get the drill set to get the door open. I was really embarrased, haha
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Post by hermoine on Nov 16, 2004 8:34:07 GMT -5
lol, mine is far worse Moira. I went in the bathroom, and locked the door, a common thing I do. I had a little difficult turning the key but in the end it turned. When I went to open the door I couldn't turn the key!I was starting to panic! Everyone was upstairs(the bathroom I was in was upstairs) so I was banging on the door trying to attract someone's attention. Then I remember I had my mobile phone with me. So I sent my dad a message saying "I'm locked in the downstairs bathroom. Help!!!"
So then my dad came along and I passed him the key from the window we have, so he could easily open it himself. I'm NEVER going to lock that door again. Yup! Rescue with a technological touch. ;D
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Post by hermoine on Nov 19, 2004 18:24:31 GMT -5
Lookie lookie! I have some new toilet pics and the article says they're toilets from around the world. I keep wondering who the heck thought of writing such an article.
Toilet no. 1:
(This is the caption that went with it)Yep, this is actually a toilet! This open-air lavvy in Westminster not only looks space-age but can actually go back into the ground!
Same loo. Different position. :
Caption: There it goes! These loos, installed by Westminster City Council in London, mainly pop up at night.
Caption: This cleaver toilet in Tokyo is called the 'sound princess' because when you wave your hand over the sensor, it makes noises so that no one can hear you go to the loo!
Caption: Bling! Go to the loo in style on this 100% solid gold toilet at the 3D-Gold jewellery store in Hong Kong (a toilet made out of gold. It's bound to be ice cold. :
Caption:And, if you thought human loos were strange, check this out! The first doggie toilets were installed on the streets of Beijing - woof!
(That one I found hilarious! ;D)
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Post by KoNeko on Nov 23, 2004 2:52:38 GMT -5
Solid gold toilet... I wonder how much that costs? And with those popup toilets, what happens if you're stuck in one when it goes into the ground?
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Post by Fantasia on Nov 23, 2004 8:51:02 GMT -5
That would be absolutely terrifying.
Here's a bit of random toliet-trivia for you: Elvis Presley owned a solid gold toilet, and he died upon it.
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Post by KoNeko on Nov 25, 2004 3:26:13 GMT -5
Ew. When you die all your muscles relax, which means that if he was on the can to go and poop or something... ew. Even if it is solid gold.
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Post by moira on Nov 25, 2004 10:21:07 GMT -5
Haha, Ko, the splendid imagery you used there reminds me of the place my mom works -- in a hospital. And from some of the stories she's told me, you don't have to die for those bowels to just let loose and keep on a comin'
I think that one toilet that plays noises as you go to the bathroom is a really good idea. Cause I'm always self-conscious of making a lot of, uh, bodily noise when in a public stall and there are people in the room. A few years ago when I'd go to camp, one of my friends would turn on the faucet full blast while we all went so we didn't have to hear anything.
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Post by hermoine on Nov 25, 2004 17:49:30 GMT -5
Yeah the one creating the noise would be kinda useful I guess, though personally, I try never to use public toilets unless I really have to.
Also with the one about the animals and such, I think it's a really good idea. Me and the residents of my street only know what a terrible smell there is whenever a horse passes by. Those animals can't even walk in a road without leaving a trail with an odour behind them. You should see the cars swerving right and left to avoid getting their tyres dirty.
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Post by KoNeko on Nov 26, 2004 5:27:19 GMT -5
Ew. We have horses in the city on those horse and cart things that people go on for touristy purposes or something, but the horses have like, poo bags or something tied to them so they don't leave poo on the streets.
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Post by hermoine on Nov 26, 2004 12:46:55 GMT -5
Yes, but do the horse's owners use those here? NOOOOOO!!! The ones who pass in my street are those training their horses for the Sunday races or something like that. But we have those for tourists with the open-carraige sort of thing. This is a very appropriate one, AND, you get to see the lovely present lef by the horse in the pic too.
This is a better image of it:
Going back to the topic, you know the place in the first pic? Of course you don't know where it is, but in that same spot or in that area, I actually saw this guy once, brushing up the yucky stuff on a (what the heck do you call it?! ) You've got a brush, and when you have dirt, or dust or anything at all, you use the brush to put it on this flat thing. Anyway, this guy didn't have a brush, so he actually used his HAND!!! I was like . That is really unhygienic!
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Post by moira on Nov 27, 2004 3:37:41 GMT -5
haha, a dustpan I believe is what you call it, or at least that's the word I use. Ew, using his hand, huh?
I live in a sort of housing park/community area where you own the house, but not the land, and so when you take your dog out for a walk, you have to clean up the poop after it. They offer doggie bags to put the poop in which is nice and a trash can that's designed for that purpose only, but it's just nasty having to take (I use a cat scooper) and put it underneath the dog's butt to collect his....yeah. I try hard to hold my breath when I do that, because I just hate the smell. And I always scrub my hands with soap after coming back. I can only imagine what it's gonna be like to potty train my kids when I have them eventually.....oh my gosh! That just reminded me of a babysitting experience where I had to deal with that....*shudders* Yeah, I think I've gone into enough detail already without telling about the adventures of babysitting, eh?
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Post by KoNeko on Dec 3, 2004 18:41:50 GMT -5
Ew, that's really unsanitary, although in India people do that with fresh cow dung. You know, because cows are sacred and stuff there, so I heard that when a cow poops on the street someone will run over and pick it up and slap it probably against a wall to dry in the sun or something, because it makes a good fuel later (come on, it's basically dried grass with a bit of methane thrown in).
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Post by hermoine on Dec 4, 2004 3:19:14 GMT -5
Ewww! I wouldn't want to be the owner of that wall. But in Brazil they do use the animal's leftovers shall we call them to produce gas, which is more pollutant-free than any of the type of fuel we use.
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Post by KoNeko on Dec 5, 2004 23:51:10 GMT -5
Time for a new topic methinks. Anyway, here's a great way to annoy your co-workers!!
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Post by hermoine on Dec 6, 2004 9:45:51 GMT -5
You'd have to wear sunglasses by the time the sun's up. I wonder how many times he/she would keep on hearing, "The sun's blinding me!"
You have got to love fish for this one!
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