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China Hosts 4th Toilet Summit
BBC News ^

Posted on 11/17/2004 1:31:19 PM PST by farlander

"In the past, there were women's liberation, leprosy, Aids, the sexual revolution. All these are taboos that have been broken. The toilet problem is probably the last one" Jack Sim, WTO


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'nuff said. I guess they're moving up in the world...
1 posted on 11/17/2004 1:31:19 PM PST by farlander
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...guess they're flushing the johns....


2 posted on 11/17/2004 1:32:19 PM PST by eagle11 (Judge a religion not by the words of its adherents, but by their actions.)
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To: farlander

What exactly is "the toilet problem"?


3 posted on 11/17/2004 1:32:33 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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They must consider Beijing the "seat of power".


4 posted on 11/17/2004 1:33:29 PM PST by sheik yerbouty
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What exactly is "the toilet problem"?

Leaving the lid up, of course.

5 posted on 11/17/2004 1:34:01 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: farlander

This is the fourth one today alone!


6 posted on 11/17/2004 1:34:35 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Make everyday Veterans Day.)
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To: farlander

I wonder if they'll have some kind of GoodWill Bowl game to go with this?


7 posted on 11/17/2004 1:36:27 PM PST by Chad Fairbanks (Fascists Unhappy Concerning Kerry's Election Defeat.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

Sorry to duplicate... it's just too damn funny. Toilet, the basic human right - from the purveyors of high human rights standards, the Chinese central committee.


8 posted on 11/17/2004 1:36:47 PM PST by farlander
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You have to have been to China to appreciate Toilet Day. In China you don't have to see the John, You can smell them 2 blocks away.


9 posted on 11/17/2004 1:37:22 PM PST by mgary10 (Toilets you don't have to see them)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

For a subject this cosmic, we have to waive the usual duplicate post rules. This one just bowls people over.


10 posted on 11/17/2004 1:37:27 PM PST by speedy
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To: eagle11
...guess they're flushing the johns....

We just flushed ours, why shouldn't they?

11 posted on 11/17/2004 1:37:32 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: farlander

Well, sh*thouseology is a hugh and series discipline. I bet there are MS'es and PhDs in it.


12 posted on 11/17/2004 1:38:00 PM PST by GSlob
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To: farlander
China Hosts 4th Toilet Third-World Summit
13 posted on 11/17/2004 1:38:12 PM PST by broadsword (When Islam creeps into a human society, oppression, misogyny and terror come hard on its heels.)
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To: farlander
Check out RoboDump.
14 posted on 11/17/2004 1:38:41 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: speedy

15 posted on 11/17/2004 1:41:15 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Make everyday Veterans Day.)
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To: farlander

I don't mind dups. I am not with the duplicate post police.


16 posted on 11/17/2004 1:44:31 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Make everyday Veterans Day.)
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To: eagle11

frushing the johns


17 posted on 11/17/2004 1:45:52 PM PST by Delbert
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To: Conspiracy Guy

Ah, I see you've got a handle on it. Tanks a lot.


18 posted on 11/17/2004 1:48:21 PM PST by speedy
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To: farlander
"Hey you, g!@!!!!!@:@@ Mon-go-rians! Get away from my shiddy stall! Hey g@##### Mon-go-rians! You gonna be sahrry."

with apologies to South Park for slight changes.

19 posted on 11/17/2004 1:54:22 PM PST by small voice in the wilderness (Quick, act casual. If they sense scorn and ridicule, they'll flee..)
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I guess they DID get more work, then....

20 posted on 11/17/2004 1:55:17 PM PST by Lady Jag (YAHOOO!!! W2!!!)
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