Re: asking for the bathroom

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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