Word: toileting
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...ninth grade and farmed cotton on another man's land in return for a share of the harvest. But the land was hilly and so poor that, as locals put it, you couldn't grow anything on it but old. The Lott family didn't have an indoor toilet or bathtub until Trent was 10, but they had their priorities straight, as far as he was concerned; he had a pony and a .22 rifle, which he used mainly to shoot snakes. And he was taught to share. "People used to say that an only child would be spoiled...
...Sumedang aren't talking, at least not when Hasan is around. Most avoid eye contact with visitors and disappear around corners in the orphanage, which consists of a small chicken run, four huts fashioned out of wood and bamboo where the children and adults sleep, an open air concrete toilet and a musholla, or prayer room. A skinny 9-year-old gathers his courage to speak: "I was named Joni by my parents, but that was when I was still an infidel. I am Zulhakim now that I'm a Muslim." He looks around to make sure...
...Those who raise an eyebrow at the idea of a potted history of the commode will be bowled over by the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets. A spotlessly clean display lays subcontinental claim to the development of flush-toilet technology?first utilized in 2500 BC in Mohenjo-daro, in now modern-day Pakistan. Upon the ancient city's collapse, however, such innovation became lost in the bowels of time, only to be implemented again in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, who had a very simple one installed in her London home...
...Models of 18th century European commodes on display are more elegant?and equally ingenious: some are disguised as tables, large books and even a globe. Louis XII had a toilet installed in his throne, prompting the court jester to quip that while the French King would only eat in private, he would defecate in public...
...that this line of work is without its laughs. The museum features a wall dedicated to toilet humor, including parting advice that has no doubt salvaged many a relationship. "If you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be sweet and wipe the seat." Check out sulabhtoiletmuseum.org for more information...