Would you use the Russian Olympic toilet buddy system?

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And who would you share the bathroom with?

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	Yes, I'd use the toilet with a friend
	1 (17%)
	Yes, I'd use the toilet with a friend while holding hands
	1 (17%)
	No, but I'd try to use both at the same time
	0 (0%)
	No
	4 (67%)
	Not sure
	0 (0%)
	Other
	0 (0%)
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[NRaleighLiberal]

1. just spent 10 fun filled minutes reading tweets on #sochiproblems

some funny stuff posted there....

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2. I agree

I think I'd give up showering and shaving for two weeks. Maybe eating too.

I wonder if this is the Russian's way of getting a competitive advantage.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. I was just listening to WBZ sports fan - Adam Jones had the same theory....

Putin's idea is to do whatever it takes to ensure the Russian teams win!

[jmowreader]

4. I'm not a Republican, so no

Only a Republican is full enough of shit they need two toilets.

[Yavin4]

5. I could do a No. 1 next to someone, but not a No. 2

Definitely not a No. 2.

[madinmaryland]

25. When I'm taking a shower in the morning, my wife occasionally comes in

and takes a shite! She's says, when a girls gotta go... and besides her shite doesn't stink. yeah, right!

[Yavin4]

27. Must be love

Right?

[madinmaryland]

33. She did it again this morning!!

[jakeXT]

6. Give me the Roman one

[patricia92243]

11. What is the guy dabbing in the trench? I can see the others washing their hands, etc

but can't figure what that guy is up to. (lower left corner)

[jakeXT]

12. cleaning toilet paper

Small piece of natural sea sponge tied on the end of a wooden stick. The stick has a loop of leather at one end.

Toilet paper did not exist in Roman times so the Romans used a "spongia" instead. This was a sea sponge attached to a long stick. Roman public toilets consisted of a long marble bench with holes at the top (to sit on) and holes at the front - for the sponge sticks. Most Romans wore long tunics, with men’s reaching the knees and women’s being longer, and probably nothing underneath so it was easy to use toilets communally. You would sit on the toilet, (possibly chatting to friends) and when you were finished you would push the spongia through the hole at the front, wipe your bottom, rinse it in the channel of running water by your feet and leave it in a basin for the next person to use!

http://www.objectlessons.org/health-and-beauty-romans/sponge-on-stick-ancient-rome-replica/s69/a349/

[trof]

22. WOW! No spread of disease there.

Whew.

[UTUSN]

29. I don't think they worried about covering up with robes. n/t

[Vashta Nerada]

14. Ahhhh, the good ol' days, back when people used to take communal #2s.

[progressoid]

26. The communal "squat" toilet still in use in Asia.

[davidpdx]

32. I live in Asia

I've never seen the communal squats, but I have seen the squatters (I call them shitters). I always aim for the backboard. Yeah I know, TMI.

[Aristus]

34. They have them in Saudi Arabia, too.

Saw them when I was in the Gulf in 1991. They also had 'thrones'. Used those instead. Habit...

[jakeXT]

7. some already do

[a la izquierda]

8. I could probably pee with a close girlfriend that nearby...

In fact, in crowded bars, I have shared stalls. It's not a big deal. But number 2? No. No way. I need peace and quiet.

And once, when I was in Mexico for Day of the Dead, the only available toilet was locally known as a P'urhepecha toilet. Basically, a hole in the earth covered by a piece of plywood, with a hole cut out. You squat. Indigenous women wear long skirts for a reason. Well, I had tight jeans on. Two of my girlfriends had to hold an arm each so I didn't fall in the hole...it was an experience.

[surrealAmerican]

9. Surely that's just a spare ...

... in case one of them breaks or gets clogged?

It's always nice to have a backup loo.

[Lars39]

10. Heh, look how far away the TP dispenser is from both of them!

Nyet!

[Shrek]

13. There's nowhere to rest my coffee cup

Or plug in my IPad.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. I'd carry a roll of this stuff wherever I went:

[pinboy3niner]

16. Gives me flashbacks of Army basic training

This was a common WWII-era barracks latrine design. This photo shows 4 of the 5 toilets in a barracks latrine at one Army post...


http://parallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsforums.yuku.com/topic/28773

[steve2470]

30. my frat house bathroom was like that

I absolutely hated it. Throwback to WW2 eh ?

[DinahMoeHum]

17. Check out this Photoshop. . .

Medvedev and Putin, standing up to pee. . .K-I-S-S-I-N-G

[davidpdx]

31. They should have photoshopped him into the toilet

That's where his head belongs.

[petronius]

18. I think one of them is for fishing, and one is for sitting

Not sure which is which though - probably wouldn't want to get them mixed up...

[cliffordu]

19. Only if it was grantcart....

[Brother Buzz]

20. I'm Larry "Wide Stance" Craig and I approve this toilet

[Renew Deal]

28. lol

[noamnety]

21. That's more private than some I've used.

For a while in the army we used ones like that roman one posted upthread - two rows of toilets, no stalls, and they faced each other, so you had to avoid eye contact with the person across from you, or learn not to care.

Number 1, Number 2, or for us women, Number 3. People are remarkably adaptable.

[trof]

23. When we knew the honeymoon was over:

I was on the crapper one morning and Miz t. came in and brushed her teeth.
I said "I guess the honeymoon's over?"
"Looks like it."

[madinmaryland]

24. The couple that shits together, stays together...

:hugs: