Comments on: happy world toilet day!

By: olivia

olivia — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:53:50 +0000

I don’t know, there was a clip where Cameron Diaz got really giggly about peeing outside in Central America or something. But probably they have a whole toilet staff…

Also those squat toilets are CRAP (ha no pun intended etc.) for when you’re drunk and they’re slippery. Ew.

By: erin

erin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:24:04 +0000

Angelina has her poo extracted from her body and injected back into her face.

My thing is the no-toilet-squatting-thing so popular in many Eastern countries. I mean, your thighs get a great workout but . . . . eep.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:49:56 +0000

Henri blew my mind by me thinking about where exactly people like Angelina Jolie go when they’re on their goodwill missions. They can’t POSSIBLY just “twosie” in the woods, can they?

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:36:24 +0000

you are so weird.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:00:38 +0000

I second the need to check out Kenny. It just came out on DVD in the US a couple of months ago so you should be able to rent it. It’s in my list of top ten australian films.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:17:56 +0000

Thanks for bringing attention to this important issue, Posh! I am 100% pro-toilet. And almost as importantly, I am 100% pro-OMG SQUEE LITTLE BABY PIGGY BEING RAISED BY A DACHSHUND!!!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:57:14 +0000

olivia and jen, you girls are totally my heroes. seriously, there should be toilet day medals, and then i would award them to you.

but yeah, it is an important issue, and if i was scarjo or angelina, i would totally work on installing toilets in third world countries. mostly cos then i could use them!

By: Jen K.

Jen K. — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:41:04 +0000

Did you ever go to Mexico with the church??? Well, if you did, you’ll certainly remember the hole in the ground with a “shack” that you could see through…I held it and held it and held it and held it until I could not hold it anymore…yuck.

Although, the grossest “toilet” I used was while I was at boot camp. We had to dig a hole in the ground, pretty deep, and balance above it. That was it. Then, we had to place fresh dirt over our business. I guess it was good that a tent tarp was placed over the hole for privacy. Ahhh, the memories of survival training. All I can say is that guys really do have it easier in the woods!!!

Soooo, YAY FOR TOILETS!!!!!

By: olivia

olivia — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:29:06 +0000

Hey! I love world toilets! Except the “Ladies” one upstairs because it’s either broken, or the ladies on that floor don’t want other people to use it. So I have to go down 2 flights of stairs and then back up.

Anyway, this is the best one I took a picture of in Africa:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91756673@N00/53217448/

Although it’s definitely not the grossest one I used. But I’ll spare you. Yay! Toilet talk! I didn’t think people did that in America, but it’s something you do abroad. A lot.

By: Henri

Henri — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:06:10 +0000

There was a thing on NPR last week about how important toilets are, but how rarely people who go volunteer in third world countries – particularly famous people volunteering for photo opps – decide to spend time on pooping. They prefer to get their pictures taken next to the nice clean water spout they installed, apparently.

And while obviously water is important, I thought it was interesting to think about the fact that people don’t naturally think about the importance of where we put stuff when we’re done with it because we’re always focused on how to get the stuff we want and need in the first place.

I wish that Creature Comforts Aardman animation clip had featured some gorillas throwing their poo in it. That would’ve fit this post much better, and I’m kinda surprised that I haven’t seen that in one of those pieces yet.