MelissaA
Brenton
Shilpa Karhik
SQUATTING For The OLYMPICS!!!
March 27th 2008 01:10
Going to the Beijing Olympics? Well it might be standing squatting room only for those availing themselves of one of the the most unpleasant, but extremeley necessary evils.
I'm talking toilets! Yes again with another toilet tale, and no, I don't have some sort of weird toilet fetish. (Although I'm sure you were just hoping for one. 
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While in the Western world it is quite normal to expect a receptacle upon which, one can perch, but in Eastern areas including China, the squat method is used, so the equipment needed to position yourself on is completely unnecessary.
Which of course presents some problems with the Beijing Olympics which begins later on this year. The organisers of the event have received numerous complaints about the lack of sitting facilities provided, especially after the San Diego Padres played the Los Angeles Dodgers at the new Olympic baseball venue.
As it is considered impossible, not to mention a royal pain, to change every toilet, organisers are focussing on the satisfaction only of the athletes, journalists and VIP's.
Although with Beijing expecting about 500,000 foreigners to attend, 3 of the venues - the 91,000-seat "Bird's Nest" National Stadium, the "Water Cube" and the National Indoor Stadium, are expected to have "Western-style" conveniences.
)While in the Western world it is quite normal to expect a receptacle upon which, one can perch, but in Eastern areas including China, the squat method is used, so the equipment needed to position yourself on is completely unnecessary.
Which of course presents some problems with the Beijing Olympics which begins later on this year. The organisers of the event have received numerous complaints about the lack of sitting facilities provided, especially after the San Diego Padres played the Los Angeles Dodgers at the new Olympic baseball venue.
As it is considered impossible, not to mention a royal pain, to change every toilet, organisers are focussing on the satisfaction only of the athletes, journalists and VIP's.
Although with Beijing expecting about 500,000 foreigners to attend, 3 of the venues - the 91,000-seat "Bird's Nest" National Stadium, the "Water Cube" and the National Indoor Stadium, are expected to have "Western-style" conveniences.
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We always expect people to speak english when they come to our country, but when we go over there we still expect them to speak english to us!
I think that Dane Cook made a point when he said "America is the greatest country on earth, but we get a little cocky."
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We do that with the people close to us too. But you wouldn't go over to your neighbors house and say, get a different toilet, I don't like that one! They own that house and it is up to them what they do with it. If someone said something about the way I keep my house or belongings I would tell them if they don't like it, get the **** out~! Nobody made you come here. We also have to remember that no one is truly from America and no one can truly claim it....unless your Native American~! We are all visitors in some respects!