> We still have squattie potties here in Taiwan. They're flush squatties, but
> they're squatties. Mind you, private residences have Western-style toilets
> but most older public places have squatties. And toilet paper is NOT
> provided. Cary your own!
This same warning applies to Bosnia! Note that in Bosnia even some railway
carriages have the "Turkish toilet" on board.
>
> Adam
>
>
> >From: Weiben Wang <wwang@...>
> >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
> >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> >Subject: Re: asking for the bathroom
> >Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:25:59 -0700
> >
> >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
> > >
> > > --
> > > The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day
> >they
> > > start making vacuum cleaners... -- Slashdotter
>
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