The discrimination of excretion
The inequalities mount...
You may have remembered my astonishment when I was forced to pay to um...well, you know.
Today, while buying a round of can privileges for my friends (20Kc--about a dollar or .25 a piece), I found out something remarkable. At the same time I slipped my quazi-quarter fee to the attendant, across the hall, the boys were paying a mere 3Kc per butt!
I was in shock.
Perhaps it is for the toilet paper investment that, as sitters, we perpetually require. But I am sure that it equals out in the end. When a man sits...he um...realllllly sits. (You can also read that sentence with an "h" placed after each "s"). Yet, no-- we paid more, to use toilet paper that was coarse enough to give splinters. And, as proper women should, we did it all with a smile.
I am surprised they didn't revoke my voting rights or tighten my corset.
(apologies if you found this crude. even if you blushed a little, I am sure you also laughed.)
posted by Melanie Kahl @ 5:17 PM
6 Comments:
Great observations......Sounds like separate, but not equal.......
CK
I'd get lost in THAT bathroom if under the influence of too much bile vino. Whoa...optical illusion city! I think us girls are paying for the toliet paper on ALL visits, while boys just "wait for the shake" and use the TP 50% of the time. Other than that rationale, it can only be assumed that Prague Ministry of _______ is headed by a man.
Love, Auntie R.
haha, I absolutely loved this entry. It sounds like you're having an amazing time over there. Keep writing, I've been reading for the past few days.
-Brian (Naiman)
I believe you will find that the fee is tied to time elapsed per usage and square feet of floor space per porcelain fixture installation. You MGAITF's need to lighten up a notch. (Militant Females Against Inequalities in Toilet Fees) And I would think there just has to be a better acronym for your organization than that. (Hint, hint to other readers.)
Ok harvenheimer. You knew I'd bite your hook. A girl with her legs crossed tightly could be a BOOK (Babe Out Of Kc). All women are FLUSH (Females Lacking Urinary Standing Honors), but do not care, because they are also SQUATS (Sitting Queens Using Absolutely Sanitary Techniques). Bet the boys bathroom is a lot cruddier and hand-washing is non-existent in the 3Kc areas.
Love and Purell, Auntie R.
My friend, Ed, who may dispute that discription of our relationship, has adopted "buying a round of can privileges" as his "new favorite phrase".
FYI, it is an old Czech tradition - drunkest one at the table pays. Notice how matter of factly Mel works mention of the social custom into her sentence as an adverbial clause. Very smooth. Just like a native.
And A.R., why wash when you haven't touched anything? You aren't one of those B.O.O.B.s so common at sporting events, are you? [Babes Occupying Opposite Bathrooms]
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