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- Path: sparky!uunet!hobbes!charless
- From: charless@sco.COM (Charlie Stross)
- Subject: Re: Landlord Peeves!! (was Re: JENNY'S LES
- Organization: SCO Technical Waffle and Blurb Department
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 11:03:13 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.110313.12988@sco.com>
- References: <1992Nov20.095140.28087@email.tuwien.ac.at> <lgqb55INNf0a@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>
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- In article <lgqb55INNf0a@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM writes:
- >
- >Alex writes:
- >>rather than having to place the delicate thighs on the muck which is
- >>usually found on a sodden toilet seat, you simply plant your feet
- >>next to the hole and assume the crouching position. there's no need
- >>to touch anything except the toilet paper and the chain.
- >
- >But when your pants are down around your ankles, are they, ah, in
- >harm's way when you Assume the Position?
-
- Nope. You learn to keep them out of harm's way -- very quickly
- indeed.
-
- I am reminded of a rural Thai improvement on the Italian design.
- You build your house on stilts over a tidal estuary. The lavatory
- consists of a hole in the floor; you can see the muddy waters
- twelve feet below. It sure keeps those household odours under
- control, but you *don't* want to go inspecting the foundations
- until you've posted a note in the bathroom ...
-
- Peeve: diahorrea in aforementioned circumstances. (On the other hand,
- I suppose it was my fault for accepting the preserved sea-cucumuber
- in the first place. BTW, I wonder if it tastes anything like a
- banana slug?)
-
- --
- Charlie Stross aka charless@scol.sco.com ..... UNIX oriented text mangler
- WARNING: The opinions voiced in the preceding electronic document are the
- product of a warped mind. Take two before meals.
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