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JessickerFletcher
11/19/09

In reply to Skip To My Loo
What type of gift is customary to World Toilet Day?

On second thought, I don't want to know.
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TransFat
11/19/09

In reply to Skip To My Loo
For anyone that was bummed they didn't have somewhere to go bathroom as cool as that kitty spacepod from the other day.
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SkipToMyLou
11/19/09

In reply to Skip To My Loo
Oh, a post just for me! And on my favourite holiday, World Toilet Day.

I'll think of you later Anna, as we celebrate with the traditional unwrapping of the toilet paper, and the giving of urinal cakes. Yay World Toilet Day!
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Lymed
11/19/09

@SkipToMyLou: Now we all know what to get you for your birthday.
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SkipToMyLou
11/19/09

@Lymed: Now you've ruined the surprise :(

Never mind, there's always Bidet Day!
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GirlFailer
11/19/09

In reply to Skip To My Loo
I always get nervous walking into the toilets in foreign countries. You never know what it's going to look like. Sometimes it's a normal bowl, other times it's a porcelain trench you have to squat over, and sometimes it sprays you in the butt if you push the wrong button.
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Kivrin
11/19/09

@GirlFailer: I've heard that the vast majority of public restrooms in China do not provide toilet paper. I am not okay with this.
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Lymed
11/19/09

@GirlFailer: For me its the whether or not you can flush paper down question that gets me. And then trying to explain to other Americans that it is their fault their toilet keeps overflowing, once you realize the answer is no.
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GirlFailer
11/19/09

@Kivrin: They didn't have it in Okinawa in a lot of places, too. They sell these little rolls of charmin, and I carried them with me. I'm not a fan of the drip dry method.

#tips
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BestEuphemismEver
11/19/09

@Kivrin: I went to the bogs in Shanghai, and you paid at a desk at the front for loo paper. Memorable.
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GirlFailer
11/19/09

@Lymed: Yeah, sometimes I wonder if it's common in certain countries to not poo in public. It would make sense with the lack of TP, and the easily overflowing toilets.
#tips
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lilyHaze
11/19/09

@Lymed: This was repeatedly explained to us when we went to Nicaragua for a volunteer mission. Also, no flushing for #1.
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Lymed
11/19/09

@GirlFailer: The overflowing toilets are more an issue of plumbing capacity which often is related to the economic condition of the community.
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Confabulatia
11/19/09

@Kivrin: Toilet paper is not the scary part; you carry a small packet with you. The scary part is squatting over a little trench with NO DIVIDERS and fifty older women squatting/watching you. (This was in Beijing at a tourist restroom, and they're not all like that.)
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shorty63136
11/19/09

In reply to Skip To My Loo
Do you have to climb up into those??
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Daniele
11/19/09

@shorty63136: I was just gonna say the same thing. That would suck if you *really* had to go. Poor lady is gonna need a step stool (no pun intended....okay maybe. ) to get into that thing. Get it? Stool? Ok, whatever.
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burningdinner
11/19/09

In reply to Skip To My Loo
Do they make Hallmark cards for this one?
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Ailatan
11/19/09

@burningdinner: Poo Poo, Congratulations on that new loo!
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burningdinner
11/19/09

@Ailatan: Be happy; look dapper! Let's celebrate the crapper!
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Ailatan
11/19/09

@burningdinner: For every King, there's a Throne!

Also, for ladies (in pink, of course)
For every Queen, there's a throne!
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Twerpsichore
11/19/09

@burningdinner: Wonder why that ice is blue? / Happy Toilet Day to you.
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CurtCole
09/23/09

In reply to How Much Is That Doggy Out The Window?
That dog hasn't quite mastered Tyra's SMIZE technique.
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MizJenkins
09/23/09

In reply to How Much Is That Doggy Out The Window?
I have never understood how it could be legal to drive with a dog loose in the front seat of your car. And people who drive with their dogs in their laps make me positively stabby.
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GirlFailer
09/23/09

@MizJenkins: You know what, I agree. Only because I learned first hand what can go wrong when dogs ride in front seats. I used to let my large dog ride in the passenger seat and one day he bumped my window button, and it rolled down automatically. He jumped out while I was driving about 50 miles an hour. Luckily he was okay, he just had some scrapes and a skinned butthole, but I learned that I was a fucking idiot who expected my dog to be safe in the front seat. I tell everyone this now, in hopes that it won't happen to anyone else. It was traumatic for both me and my dog. What started out as a fun trip for us ended up scarring both of us for life.

Seriously, the guilt I feel about this is never ending. I REALLY encourage people to rethink allowing dogs to ride anywhere in the car unrestrained.
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Kivrin
09/23/09

@GirlFailer: Yeah, if it's illegal for kids to ride unbuckled, then the same rule should apply to dogs. (And I'm now promising never to let my little pup ride without buckling her in! Used to be good about it, but I get lazy sometimes.)

Still, I'd be a lot more concerned about this woman in the photo if she had a cell phone attached to her ear, like 90% of the drivers I see on the road every day. THOSE people make me stabby.
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wtfox?!
09/23/09

@MizJenkins: Seriously! My dog has to stay in the backseat (he prefers it back there anyway), because he's large and bumbling, and the one time I let him into the front seat he managed to knock my car into neutral while I was on the highway. After I recovered from my heart attack, I pulled over and shooed him into the backseat, where he happily stays.
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mbot says Spock yeah!
08/11/09

In reply to The Way Forward
I can't help but hear this music when I look at this...
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TeacherDee
08/11/09

In reply to The Way Forward
"consumer spending...rose 15.2 percent in July 2009 compared with the same month in 2010."
dude, china already knows the figures for the future! the way forward indeed.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
08/11/09

@TeacherDee: *runs off to invest in Chinese retailers*
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TeacherDee
08/11/09

@dianersb was bit by a zombie: but you're already too late! it's on the way down from here. better see if you can get someone on the phone about Q1 in '11.
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girlnamedblue
12/12/08

In reply to Pajama Game
Hmm, I just miss my high school music competitions... The only time I felt I could get away with yoga pants, tshirt, and pillow was when we'd be on a bus for four hours. That, and if it was too cold, you could still wear your pajama pants under your uniform (floor length dresses) and no one would know.
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Raspberry Swirly
12/12/08

In reply to Pajama Game
Can we work on a crackdown of publicly wearing curlers? And I don't mean, you just came from the beauty shop and needed something from your car. I mean, you're out at the mall in curlers and house slippers. So angering.
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MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治
12/12/08

@Raspberry Swirl's love is on lockdown: It depends. If the curlers are accessorized with a dangling cigarette indoors, it gets a pass in my book.
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Brigit
12/12/08

@Raspberry Swirl's love is on lockdown: That's its own Doña institution, and I also hate it. Sunday mornings in the mall are the worst.

"Doña, I don't care if you have Misa afterward, just take those curlers out and put a pañuelo for chrissake!
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girlnamedblue
12/12/08

@Brigit quiere comer pasteles!: And a hairnet is not appropriate coverage.
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Raspberry Swirly
12/12/08

@girlnamedblue: Nor are do-rags.
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RedVelvetCake
12/12/08

In reply to Pajama Game
Until last September, I would not have been caught dead wearing pajamas in public. Then came Hurricane Ike and the near total destruction of my neighborhood. I wore pajamas in public fairly often after that, because I just didn't give a shit about anything anymore.
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
12/12/08

@RedVelvetCake: You are entitled, my dear.
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WickedWitchoftheWest loves dough.
12/12/08

In reply to Pajama Game
A former colleague of mine wore pjs to work often. In a law office. She got fired pretty quickly. I guess clients found it hard to trust an attorney wearing fuzzy Winnie the Pooh pants.
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Brigit
12/12/08

@WickedWitchoftheWest: BREINDED CAREER MOVE. LET ME SHOW U IT.
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MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治
12/12/08

In reply to Pajama Game
狗屁, 上海. 狗屁.

Just in case they're readin'.
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