I recall entering a men's bathroom facility at a train station in Bologna, Italy in the mid-1970s. The 'facilities' consisted of a hole in the floor with two wedges on each side of it to place your feet. And a coiled up hose on the wall 10 feet away.
Back then, I was quite the Bohemian, and this even disgusted me, and that was saying something.
All through Turkey like that. Bombsight toilets. But I remember grandmothers in Italian men's rooms who sat there collecting coins for maintaining the cleanliness of the room.
OK, OK. I won't make any comments about the open sewers in South America where I lived for a time. Instead, I'll point out that these signs note fundamental and biological differences that no amount of progressive posturing can erase.
Addendum: I know that many older buildings don't really have the space to convert to all single-user restrooms.
But just watch....Should Hillary get elected, there will be some kind of cronyism involved so that Clinton-friendly manufacturers can get the rake-off.
AOW, Right on both counts. I read in the news in the last few days that some major business was going to single user rest rooms. I think it was Target.
And yes, Everything like this that happens is for some few to make money. I got gas for the lawn mowers today using the POS gas can that was regulated upon us in the last decade, and I had the thought that anytime we end up with a product that is a disprovement, we are dealing with (probably) China making some deal with some POS in government to regulate the product into mass existence.
It's a feeding frenzy. No one is working for America/Americans in any significant position or capacity.
AOW, A quite commendable position. See, once again, the guys win out. I for one, don't care how many women invade my rest room as long as they are good looking.
Ed, AOW, I wouldn't call that an invasion. A welcome Intrusion perhaps, depending on the quality of the Mademoiselle's. And of course a quite chivalrous thing for my brothers and I to allow and in fact Invite.
Once long ago, when we were on vacation and the ladies' room was out of order at a gas station, I used the men's room. Single-user john, so no big deal. Well, except for the odor. Yikes!
And in 2009, during the 9/12 March on Washington, there was an extreme shortage of facilities (Don's Johns) -- probably because the actual turnout for the march far exceeded the expected turnout. So...I used the men's room at the Botanical Gardens because the line for the ladies' room was MILES LONG. The security officer asked if any of us women would be willing to use the men's room. We queued up by the droves -- and, even so, that line was much shorter than the line for the ladies' room. Wouldn't you know it? When my turn came, the only stall available was at the far end of the restroom. Past an entire row of men at urinals I marched. "Excuse me, gents. Excuse me, gents." They didn't see to mind. LOL.
AOW. PPPPPPS. Our rest room at work has an exhaust fan and a light switch as any person would expect. Can you believe I go in there on occasion and the last occupant has left the light on but has turned the fan off ?!? What the hell :)
Z, If I were to design such a visual directional aide, it would be the profile of a person with a thought balloon that was filled with squigly lines, puffs of smoke and maybe some insects crawling around.
AOW, That one works. Yea, these are the people who obama brings in by the 10's of thousands who will "Enrich" our society.
Fuck me.
Yes, you can swear here. This blog was in fact Created for the ailing mother of an Army Ranger in the 82nd who wanted to do some swearing and didn't have a place to do it.
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ReplyDeleteIn days of old when knights were bold
ReplyDeleteAnd toilets uninvented
They dropped their loads beside the roads
And went off quite contented.
~ selected from A Sub-Treasury of 4th Grade Humor
I recall entering a men's bathroom facility at a train station in Bologna, Italy in the mid-1970s. The 'facilities' consisted of a hole in the floor with two wedges on each side of it to place your feet. And a coiled up hose on the wall 10 feet away.
ReplyDeleteBack then, I was quite the Bohemian, and this even disgusted me, and that was saying something.
All through Turkey like that.
DeleteBombsight toilets.
But I remember grandmothers in Italian men's rooms who sat there collecting coins for maintaining the cleanliness of the room.
Well, this post went south in a hurry.
ReplyDeleteLOL >>>
DeleteC-CS
OK, OK. I won't make any comments about the open sewers in South America where I lived for a time. Instead, I'll point out that these signs note fundamental and biological differences that no amount of progressive posturing can erase.
ReplyDelete(I lived in South America, not in the open sewers. Danged participles!)
DeleteEuripides. Amazing what "The Greatest Country on Earth" is dealing with these days isn't it.
DeleteGREAT IMAGES!!!
ReplyDeleteC-CS
C-CS, Thanks I thought worth posting. Makes me want to buy a bar just so I can have fun with bathroom doors !
DeleteLOL :-)
DeleteC-CS
I vote for the cloud watering the flower and the one about remaining seated or standing closer.
ReplyDeleteBut that last one? Accurate! Hehehe.
AOW, Women are always right. I relearn that lesson over and over again. Why can't I get it through my thick skull? :)
DeleteWhy can't restrooms be converted to single-user restrooms? Not perverted enough for the Progressives? Hmmmmm?
ReplyDeleteAddendum: I know that many older buildings don't really have the space to convert to all single-user restrooms.
DeleteBut just watch....Should Hillary get elected, there will be some kind of cronyism involved so that Clinton-friendly manufacturers can get the rake-off.
AOW, Right on both counts. I read in the news in the last few days that some major business was going to single user rest rooms. I think it was Target.
DeleteAnd yes, Everything like this that happens is for some few to make money. I got gas for the lawn mowers today using the POS gas can that was regulated upon us in the last decade, and I had the thought that anytime we end up with a product that is a disprovement, we are dealing with (probably) China making some deal with some POS in government to regulate the product into mass existence.
It's a feeding frenzy. No one is working for America/Americans in any significant position or capacity.
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ReplyDeleteI, for one, do not want to share a community bathroom with any penis other than that of my husband.
ReplyDeleteThere! I've said it!
And I sure as hell don't want to share any shower with any penis other than that of my husband.
There! I've said it again!
AOW, A quite commendable position. See, once again, the guys win out. I for one, don't care how many women invade my rest room as long as they are good looking.
DeleteI am reminded of stadium events where the women invade the men's facility to avoid the long lines in their's.
DeleteInvade?
DeleteEd, AOW, I wouldn't call that an invasion. A welcome Intrusion perhaps, depending on the quality of the Mademoiselle's. And of course a quite chivalrous thing for my brothers and I to allow and in fact Invite.
DeleteLet's see....When have I used the men's room?
DeleteOnce long ago, when we were on vacation and the ladies' room was out of order at a gas station, I used the men's room. Single-user john, so no big deal. Well, except for the odor. Yikes!
And in 2009, during the 9/12 March on Washington, there was an extreme shortage of facilities (Don's Johns) -- probably because the actual turnout for the march far exceeded the expected turnout. So...I used the men's room at the Botanical Gardens because the line for the ladies' room was MILES LONG. The security officer asked if any of us women would be willing to use the men's room. We queued up by the droves -- and, even so, that line was much shorter than the line for the ladies' room. Wouldn't you know it? When my turn came, the only stall available was at the far end of the restroom. Past an entire row of men at urinals I marched. "Excuse me, gents. Excuse me, gents." They didn't see to mind. LOL.
But if the men had "intruded" into the ladies' room....
DeleteEd,
DeleteWell, sometimes women adjust their undies once out of the stall. We don't want men to prance in while we're adjusting our undies.
That afternoon at the Botanical Gardens, the men looked around at us. They seemed a bit alarmed and, um, protective.
AOW, You can use my rest room anytime, and I won't intrude on you in any way.
DeleteI even adjust my undies from time to time.
AOW. PPPPPPS. Our rest room at work has an exhaust fan and a light switch as any person would expect. Can you believe I go in there on occasion and the last occupant has left the light on but has turned the fan off ?!? What the hell :)
DeleteKid,
DeleteCan you believe I go in there on occasion and the last occupant has left the light on but has turned the fan off ?!?
Inconsiderate people!
AOW, Unreal. Apparently they think they don't stink.
DeleteJFK put a man on the moon. Obama put men into the ladies' restrooms. -- Facebook find on the page of the helper staying with us.
ReplyDeleteSaw that. and a Good One AOW.
DeleteSO...what would be symbols for the bathroom for LGBTQ)YWR(^W#$*^@#$^$???
ReplyDeleteZ, If I were to design such a visual directional aide, it would be the profile of a person with a thought balloon that was filled with squigly lines, puffs of smoke and maybe some insects crawling around.
DeleteHey, Kid, get a load of this:
ReplyDeleteMuslim pervert exposes himself, then pees in a sink in a ladies bathroom at Back Bay Station in Boston.
Those moslem clowns sure are obsessed with sex aren't they. Sex and violence I should say. The link gives me page not found but I get the idea.
DeleteLet me try the link again.
DeleteAOW, That one works. Yea, these are the people who obama brings in by the 10's of thousands who will "Enrich" our society.
DeleteFuck me.
Yes, you can swear here. This blog was in fact Created for the ailing mother of an Army Ranger in the 82nd who wanted to do some swearing and didn't have a place to do it.
Kid,
DeleteI've been known to use that expression. Sometimes I add the word "dead."