Although I had some
ghastly experiences in Chinese toilets, most of my memories are
happy ones. I much enjoyed reading the words of wisdom posted above
urinals all over China, from the succinct
"Closer, easier" to the more verbose
"You can enjoy the fresh air after finishing a civilized urinating". I was heartened to see that the Chinese visa processing office in Vancouver maintained the tradition with a similar sign posted at its bathroom facilities.
The urinal etiquette instructed the user to maintain eye contact with the urinal at all times, and not chit chat or look at neighbours while taking a leak. The user generated stream also had to be parallel to the Earth's surface. Physics experiments, particularly those involving parabolic trajectories, were strongly discouraged.
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“I just peed in the sink. Why? Because there was already somebody in the bathtub.
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― Jarod Kintz
