Bathroom Literature

I promise this will be the final post about toilets. Conveniently in the stalls at work - as you're squatting at the pooper there is a window with some Chinese proverbs (they are 2 feet off the ground). They are actually really interesting and I enjoy reading them. I think some, such as "look before you leap" are immediately applicable. These proverbs are replaced daily so I make sure to visit the bathroom so as not to miss them.

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Also. While I was surfing the net doing some research about why squatting is preferred in China....I came across a website that discusses toilets on the ASIAN continent. One paragraph caught my eye:

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"Toilets are rarer than water in Afghanistan. There also aren't very many trees and a lot of the fields have land mines in them, all of which tends to narrow one's choices down a bit."

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THANK GOD I DONT HAVE TO DEAL WITH LAND MINES.....but the next sentence was even more interesting.

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"A decent hotel may offer clean facilities but that's about it. A cheap hotel may have some kind of toilet down the hall but it will be as bad as ANYTHING ON OFFER IN CHINA, perhaps even worse."

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Apparently....China is world renowned for THE WORST toilets anywhere. Maybe I should stop complaining, because I have a feeling it's going to get MUCH WORSE.