Re: asking for the bathroom

And I still have vivid memories from age seven in 1973 of using the (squat)
privies on a commune in China that emptied into a giant vat where the nightsoil
was supposed to compost for some time. That and the chamber pot. <Shudder>

-Weiben

On Fri, 01 June 2001, "H. S. Teoh" wrote:

>
> On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 03:07:26PM -0400, Douglas Koller, Latin & French wrote:
> [snip]
> > When I lived in mainland China (albeit twelve years ago), "nightsoil"
> > carts were a common sight, carrying waste from downtown into the
> > surrounding countryside where the crudit?s were grown. This is also
> > why most mainlanders recoil in horror at the mere soup?on of a hint
> > of a suggestion of eating vegetables raw (you can claim you've washed
> > them thoroughly until the cows come home). "Salad, anyone?"
> > "Waaaaaaaa~~~~!" "Okay, okay. Come in off the ledge."
> [snip]
>
> LOL!! Although I've grown up in a family that, not surprisingly,
> emphasized that all vegetables must be cooked, I've never really known why
> (beyond the usual hygienic reasons) this was so. Now I know :-P
>
>
> T
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