Weird foreign customs.

[Gangerolf]

It's just selling it that is banned

[Gangerolf]

I don't understand why. You can't get lung cancer from it, and no one has ever been harmed by passive "snusing"

[Pekka]

That makes more sense.. I bet you're right.

edit: also I agree with you. 'snusing' is not healthy, but at least there are no innocent bystanders who has to suffer from it. Also you can do it indoors, no smoke etc..
So, if people want to do that, I can't see any reasons why laws should stop it.

[Dinner]

You can get throat, lip, or tongue cnacer from smokeless tabbaco.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Oerdin
I have another story though this one happened to a friend of mine who went on vacation in Turkey. Apparently Turkish bathrooms don't have any toilet paper in them and instead they have an old man who sits by the door and sells you liquid soap after you have used your bare hand to wipe your rear. :barf:

My friend didn't know this so he went in took a dump and then had to whip his behind with his hat (which he then left in the pit toilet) because he couldn't find anything else to use. Talk about a weird custom; I mean **** tickets (toilet paper) only cast a penny for a dozen or so sheets. Talk about cheap.

Actually Turkish toilets all have built in water jets at the back which wash your arse and is operated by a tap underneath and this is where the soap comes in and then you dry your arse...actually when you think of it, it is considerably more hygienic than toilet roll...

[Az]

Don't you have those in europe? We have something similar as well. It's like a small shower, that you use to wash.

You still have to use the paper to dry it.

[Gangerolf]

You can get throat, lip, or tongue cnacer from smokeless tabbaco.

While that may be true for other kinds of smokeless tobacco, they've actually removed the "causes cancer" warnings from the snus boxes because it couldn't be proved. It still says it's bad for your health though.

[Pekka]

Gangerolf, and as it doesn't hurt others, I see no problems and I think there should be no laws forbidding you to do it. It's your own fault if you then have cancer because of using it. But then again, I have the right to do it in here, but I just have to come to Sweden to buy it... so.. I guess they're kind of doing the right thing.

Azazel, hey we have only nice clean toilets! Toilets are sometimes funny in foreign places as I have used to nice toilets.. then in some countries there can be just a hole in the floor and you're supposed to do your business there? Nice!

[Az]

I know that the european public toilets are good. Israel's have been getting better, as well, lately. I am talking about appartments, do you have this little shower near the water tank?

"Whole in the ground" reminds me of Cairo airport.

[Pekka]

Azazel, No? At least not here where I live. I don't know what you're talking about, dude you must have been travelling all over Moscow ghettos or something.

I still remember the airport toilet in Hania, Greece.. there were too separate stand up thingies you pee in. They were so close together that when a big man and a smaller guy were pissing the same time, the bigger guy was pushing the smaller guy accidentally because it was so small . And yes, the big guy was American

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Actually Turkish toilets all have built in water jets at the back which wash your arse and is operated by a tap underneath and this is where the soap comes in and then you dry your arse...actually when you think of it, it is considerably more hygienic than toilet roll...

My friend was in the Air Force and was stationed in Inkirlik (spelling?) which is in the eastern portion of Turkey. Not exactly in a major tourist area so I imagine the local standards are below that of say Istanbul.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Pekka
Gangerolf, and as it doesn't hurt others, I see no problems and I think there should be no laws forbidding you to do it. It's your own fault if you then have cancer because of using it. But then again, I have the right to do it in here, but I just have to come to Sweden to buy it... so.. I guess they're kind of doing the right thing.

Azazel, hey we have only nice clean toilets! Toilets are sometimes funny in foreign places as I have used to nice toilets.. then in some countries there can be just a hole in the floor and you're supposed to do your business there? Nice!

Oh god, those holes in the floor Now when I am on a normal toilet and I go for a number two, I automatically number one at the same time, it's kind of like habitual. But when I was in France in Abbeville, I went to the toilet to have a number two but it was a hole, so I had to prop myself up against the wall. Went and did a number one as well and pissed all over my trousers I learnt a valuable lesson about hole-in-floor toilets that day

[Pekka]

Azazel, I've never seen that problem you're describing. But then again it might be that I just don't remember and here in Finland we don't have any problems with water supplies, as we have too much water anyway. So those sound unfamiliar. But I don't know how it is in other countries, but I think in Northern Europe and Scandinavia you won't find anything to complain.. about anything!11111111 Because we rule.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Oerdin


My friend was in the Air Force and was stationed in Inkirlik (spelling?) which is in the eastern portion of Turkey. Not exactly in a major tourist area so I imagine the local standards are below that of say Istanbul.

Incirlik

[lightblue]

The whole rural french "squat-over-a-hole-in-the-ground-whilst-having-a crap" kind of toilets has always held no appeal with me

First time i saw bbqed guinea pig in Ecuador was kinda funny too. Tastes like rabbit surprisingly