Charmin Wrote:
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> Gonads & Strife Wrote:
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> > Charmin Wrote:
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> > > I heard the lemon oil thing from GI's who had
> > > pulled tours in Turkey
> > > and have nothing to link to but if you like I
> > can
> > > pose the question
> > > to some of them who are on my vet's websites.
> > As
> > > far as the toilet's
> > > in Turkey go, have a look.:
> > >
> > >
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http://www.ehow.com/how_4494183_use-turkish-toilet
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> > > .html
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> > I will give you credit for that website. It is
> > accurate in the description, but the procedure
> is
> > far less taxing than it seems. Also, unless
> you're
> > in the eastern part of the country (and I mean
> > bordering Iraq) the in-ground crapper holes are
> > actually pretty nice and won't spray anything
> when
> > you're finished. Bottom line is nobody in the
> > developed part of Turkey (parts not occupied by
> > the PKK) is using their fingers to clean their
> > ass. As a vet myself I can tell you that we say
> > things like that to civilians all the time
> because
> > we heard it from someone else. Purple monkey
> > dishwasher. Get it?
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> Okay, I get it. I spent a tour in Germany and
> shared a room with two
> other GI's who had both pulled tours in Turkey. At
> that time Turkey
> was considered one of the worst assignments in the
> world and I had
> no desire to be stationed there. They also told me
> about the ladies
> of the prisons.
Gonads,
One of the cultural shocks I went through in Thailand was their
toilets. On a train it was a hole in the floor with two pieces of
rubber tire to place your feet on while squatting. You could see
the the railroad ties through the hole. In the villages they just
disappeared behind some bushes. Whenever I was out and about I always
carried a roll of TP in my AWOL bag just in case. In the towns large
enough for a hotel I remember seeing this sign frequently.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/2671298735_7a0ac4b888_z.jpg
On our post in Udorn, we had the same signs up in the latrines
for the locals who used them.