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Day: May 17, 2012
What in the hell is diversity?
If we’ve learned anything from “Anchorman,” it’s that diversity is an old, old, wooden ship, used primarily during the Civil War era. However, this old, old, wooden ship was not named Diversity, and we’re pretty sure the Gulf of Mexico wasn’t used for much battle during the Civil War.
Japan is one big toilet
Oh, excuse me, I’m sorry, Japan has one big toilet. That helps out. See, most public restrooms can be kind of crappy (get it?). They’re cramped and dirty, which probably doesn’t help relax your mind while you’re relaxing your body (get it still?). But architect Sou Fujimoto has a better , bigger idea.
Fujimoto has designed the world’s biggest toilet, not by creating a giant toilet — the porcelain throne itself is normal-sized — but by virtue of designing a giant, outdoor stall. If you’re a woman (sorry, no guys) in Ichihara City in Chiba Prefecture and need to take a leak, you can pay a little to use this 10 million yen toilet in a clear glass box, placed on 200 square meters of land adorned with beautiful flowers. It may look sparse now, but things will continue to grow until the area is bursting with grass, flowers, and trees. And don’t worry, no one will see you, because the toilet is surrounded by a two-meter fence.
Ideally, Fujimoto would like to see access extended to men, who need to take a particularly serene dump. I’d like to try it out too, but let’s be fair here: women won’t like sharing a restroom with men, and men’s restrooms are usually pretty nasty. Why not make a second outdoor toilet next door?
There’s a place in France where the naked ladies strike
Here in the U.S. our waiters make their living off of tips, it’s not that way in France, and neither is it for their strippers. Topless dancers at the famed Crazy Horse night club in Paris have gone on strike, because the wages aren’t good enough, but of course.
For the first time since 1951, the cabaret has had to cancel shows because of the strike. The women say the conditions are unworkable, since they have to work 24 days per month. For those of you doing the math at home, yes, that’s a day or two more than the average 5-day job, but in France, that may as well be like working 80 hours a week.
It’s likely the dancers are also pushing for more smoke breaks.