Wednesday, November 19, 2014
On the surface, it seems like a big whoop, some slapstick goof on the utilitarian porcelain fixture we use daily, (unless we happen to be roughing out in the sticks when a hole in the ground is the only option). It's a joke to finagle another day off of work! It's about toilet cleaning, a bane to housewives according to advertising, and it sounds like a way to sell more greeting cards, "Give Your Potty A Hug Today" on the cover, "It's your birthday Asshole!" on the inside. One of those quasi-affectionate "bro" type of cards that beer drinking buds might stick on a gag b-day gift 6-pack of laxatives.
But no, it is none of these. It is about sanitation, and 2.5 BILLION lack what we take for granted, clean and safe toilets.
http://www.unwater.org/worldtoiletday
http://worldtoilet.org
http://www.wateraid.org/us/get-involved/world-toilet-day
http://www.planusa.org/content2909175
We who have squabbled over having a sewer really ought to get our heads out of the muck and see what one third of the world has to deal with, daily; disease, rape and humiliation.
Read this page for some toilet facts:
http://globaldimension.org.uk/calendar/event/4572
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