Two tiers of countries

[Elok]

Do people fold the used scrap so the stained side is inside before they throw it into the bin?

Er, I don't know. I generally do so. Should I go digging through trash cans in public bathrooms to find out, or just ask folks, "how do you, personally, wipe your ass?"

[Hauldren Collider]

I seem to recall a loinburger thread on this topic.

[Al B. Sure!]

That would make sense. Philadelphia is probably some Native American word that means "no one wants to ****ing live here."

Greek for "Brotherly Love". Philos is love, adelphos is brother. The Lenape village located here before William Penn (or the Swedes before him) arrived was called Shakamaxon. Don't know what that meant.

[BeBMan]

In Egypt, toilet paper is offered at the hotel but there are explicit instructions telling you not to flush.

You had the wrong hotel. Those I stayed in (some years ago) had no such silly limitations.

[The Mad Monk]

x-santabot'd

It meant "Waiting to be mugged by Philadelphians"

[MRT144]

You had the wrong hotel. Those I stayed in (some years ago) had no such silly limitations.

1999, Marriot Cairo

[Al B. Sure!]

1999, Marriot Cairo

What were you like 14?

[MRT144]

What were you like 14?

15. Great trip to be on when you're a teenager into history.

[Al B. Sure!]

What do you do with the toilet paper if you can't flush it?

I suggest you get out more, MikeH. There' a whole world out there and even mundane things get done differently in different parts of the world. It's not like England everywhere.

[Provost Harrison]

I suggest you get out more, MikeH. There' a whole world out there and even mundane things get done differently in different parts of the world. It's not like England everywhere.

I think you're the first American that has learned to be ironic.

[Provost Harrison]

Personally my worst hatred is having to sh*t in those holes in the ground that they call toilets in backward hellholes. I'm looking at you France!

[MikeH]

I suggest you get out more, MikeH. There' a whole world out there and even mundane things get done differently in different parts of the world. It's not like England everywhere.

Touché.

You'll note though that I merely asked the question, I didn't condemn the country as inferior.

But I am crap, I've only been to 14 countries.

[Tuberski]

Thread should be titled "Two plies of countries".

ACK!

[MikeH]

[BeBMan]

1999, Marriot Cairo

They probably pulled your legs since they're all American-haters

Seriously, I was on the Red Sea coast first, then had some days in Cairo too, and never encountered the prob. Also not in hotels in Jordan a year before, though I there I saw smaller hotels (that were usually not used by "westerners" though) did have lavatories you wouldn't want to use if you could avoid it.