"How to Poo on a Date: The Lovers' Guide to Toilet Etiquette" by Mats & Enzo has been named the winner of the Diagram Prize for oddest book title of the year.
Writing duo Mats & Enzo have made the finalist list for the prize three previous times with "How to Poo on Holiday," "How to Poo at Work" and "How to Bonk at Work." This is their first win.
:Scared: At first glance I thought that this book was about something completely different! :Whistle
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
I'm all in on getting that "How to Poo on Holiday" book. I have always been fascinated with toilets and restrooms when I go overseas. In fact, I have a small collection of photos of them, taken mainly in western and eastern Europe.
The oddest toilet I have ever seen is a automatically cleaning toilet that can be found at the rest stops along the German Autobahns. I took this video Nov. 2013.
You stand up, a dispenser comes out of the tank, it starts spritzing disinfectant on the seat and the bowl, and the seat turns around so the spray can hit all parts of the seat.
It freaked me out, so much that I took out my Iphone, sat down again, stood up, backed off a bit (to trigger the infrared sensor in the wall) and took a video of the whole process (I didn't poo the second time I sat down, the bowl in the video is clean).
I always wondered why there was a drinking fountain in European bathrooms, making sit so low and having it right next to the toilet was also very confusing...
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Reverend Revelant wrote: Well... I guess my toilet video didn't help spur much interest in this thread. Anyone want to see some of my European bidet photos?
BlazerBob wrote: Any from Japan, I found those most challenging.
What's to know? Don't step in the hole and remove your pants before you squat so you don't misfire into/onto your pants. Never mind the lack of privacy, drop the pickle, clean up and move on. Lots of places all over Asia that use the "hole in the floor" toilet, all you have to do is get used to guarding your wallet in public loos while you do your business and you hold your pants out of the danger zone. I found the extra small foot pads to be a bit of a problem but I could easily place my feet a bit wider and "work around them."
Of course, drunken sailors know that isn't so easy and there might be more to the story but the details don't always surface until a shipmate tells one of those stories about shore leave and how a shipmate had a problem; normally motivated by a situation that is too humorous to let go or payback for something the other guy did to a shipmate. Whatever you did will come back to you and your shipmates will pass judgement on you, laugh about it, and rub your nose in it, at least until the next guy takes your place in the "hall of shame."
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
I'm guessing you spend a lot of time at interstate rest stops as well..
I'm not an English Major but if I read that sentence correctly it merely implies that RR spends a lot of time "...at interstate rest stops..." while also positively confirming that VL does "...spend a lot of time at interstate rest stops..." Not that I had any doubt that one of VL's hobbies would be hanging around at interstate rest stops, probably uses it as a source of tax free money for "services rendered."
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
I always wondered why there was a drinking fountain in European bathrooms, making sit so low and having it right next to the toilet was also very confusing...
