Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Aaron, I too find it odd and at times annoying, because I grew up in a country (Denmark) where this phenomenon is virtually unknown. There are a couple of public toilets in Copenhagen where you have to pay, but it is to keep the junkies or homeless types from using them as hangouts. My first real encounters with paying to pee was when I moved to Belgium from the US in 1995. Although in Belgium the financial burden (at least for men) is reduced by the fact that outside the cities it is perfectly socially acceptable to pull over and pee on the side of the road--remember that (1) all that Belgian beer has to come out eventually and (2) the symbol of Brussels is Mannekin Pis, a little peeing boy. Yours urologically, Nathan Aaron Sandler wrote: > As far as Nathan's Peepee women go, I am always disturbed when I'm in a > place where this is the norm. To an American like myself, access to a > bathroom/toilet/wc is an inalienable right...not to be interfered with > by imposing a cover charge! Of course, I imagine many people feel the > same way about tipping when visiting the US, so I usually swallow my > feelings and try to act like a Roman. But I am glad to hear Nathan also > finds it a bit odd: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_46alt7.jpg > > Best, > Aaron > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Bicycle project: http://www.fotocycle.nl Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com