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[pat grimshaw]

65m kg/28m children = 2.32kg = 5 lb 1.5oz per child.

I find this hard to believe. If you took a mean age of 8 the average weight of the child is 51.5 - 63.6 pounds.

You're saying they lose 1/10th of their body weight in shit?

I find this a incredible statistic.

I reckon a child in India would weigh less than any child we'd meet. And rice and vegetable expand in the body's digestive system more more so than meat does.

 

[bankside]

No! Not the Outdoor Toilet of Uttar Pradesh!

 

[rareboy]

I reckon a child in India would weigh less than any child we'd meet. And rice and vegetable expand in the body's digestive system more more so than meat does.

I'm assuming that you are just talking out of your own ass at this point. We can all reckon how much weight you must lose just posting on JUB....

 

[zoltanspawn]

I know some JUBbers don't like the unpleasant things in life but I have to mention that the outdoor communal toilet was the scene of the rape in Uttar Pradesh two weeks ago. You can google for the pictures of the two Dalit untouchable cousins hanging in a mango tree. And today's news says another was gang-raped and murdered today— but it doesn't say if they were a Dalit untouchable or not.

Did you read about the dalit untouchables in a down-under Aussie newspaper?

 

[pat grimshaw]

... down-under Aussie newspaper?

The continuing Indian rape crisis is all over Aussie newspapers because my country is in the process of becoming a colony to India.

I had to Google to find out that the untouchables are called dalits. I don't know if I'm speaking to an untouchable every day.

 

[zoltanspawn]

Pat, one of the interesting things about caste is that it's almost totally invisible to an outsider, and highly visible to an Indian. Surnames communicate caste status, but unless one is familiar with the constellation of surnames they won't indicate much to you. I've always found this amenable since I don't care if I'm talking to a royal or a peon.

Personally, I'm a bit jealous of the immigrant communities you must enjoy over there. I've always been a pretty hardcore fan of various Indian foods and it's only recently that a couple local groceries have popped up (on the gated-neighborhoods side of town ) that are well-stocked with the basics. And I notice other nice Indian habits, like valuing education, appreciating functional democracy and unflagging hospitality if you're charming enough to be friends with an Indian family. Certainly, there must be other nations with whom you would like less to forge a relationship.

 

[pat grimshaw]

Zol, yes. I always eat out at the North Indian Diners here. And my curries never taste anything like them but I haven't been into their kitchens to see what goes in the pot and what goes on on the floor

...Certainly, there must be other nations with whom you would like less to forge a relationship.

Ooh my goodness gracious me yes.

 

[zoltanspawn]

Modi just talked toilets during his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-28799397

 

[pat grimshaw]

Hi Pat. Let's learn English!

Are you complaining about the way I spell the word "dieing"?

 

[pat grimshaw]

Modi just talked toilets during his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort...

Ah, good news. Let us hope his words will be put into practice and his presidency will be more effectual than others.

 

[pat grimshaw]

The prickly lawns in the tropics defy enjoyment. Did they first grow in India via the English? What stubborn and mean-spirited grass it is, like sitting on diminutive bamboo. ...

The English complained 200 years ago about the prickly "sour" grass and wild trees which grew in my nation. They imported "sweet grass" to make English-style lawns and also provide food for all the grazing cows and grazing horses etc. etc.

 

[pat grimshaw]

The British will be spending £74 BILLION on each other in the month on presents, food, drink. My country will spend billions. The USA will spend more but India still has to cope with lousy hygiene and sanitation for its people.

This video shows highlights of Dr Meenesh Juvekar's two hour surgery removing maggots after a fly laid eggs inside one of his patients' nose.

 

[zoltanspawn]

Shubh deepavali, bhai. ^

 

[pat grimshaw]

Shubh deepavali, bhai. ^

आप के लिए भी खुश त्योहार, पहाड़ों से आप दिलचस्प आदमी

 

[zoltanspawn]

आप के लिए भी खुश त्योहार, पहाड़ों से आप दिलचस्प आदमी

To a season without maggots and a chance for you to see fresh snow.

 

[zoltanspawn]

 

[zombiekiller]

Both my brother and I have been offered an engineering job in our home country that pays handsomely even for standards over here. We both turned it down.

Last time someone brought this up and asked me why I refused... he asked me why don't I want to help modernize my home country? My answer was simple. I'm a selfish person and does not want to live in a place where people relieve themselves in the open. There's no public restrooms!

Most people in the western world take the modern restroom for granted. Trust me, it's extremely uncomfortable once you realize you need to go but there is no clean toilet anywhere and chances are you will have to go out in the open.

What puzzles me is back in my home country, the government and businesses invest more in cell phones than public restrooms. Everyone over there has a cellphone, but there is no public restroom anywhere to be found.

 

[Telstra]

Where is Telstra when we need him?

The first thing i've noticed in this thread is In the Loving Memory of palbert.

 

[Telstra]

Your fixations are just weird.

It isn't as though buying phones precludes having indoor plumbing.

The lack of a tax base large enough to fund the type of infrastructure in 2nd and 3rd world countries for sewage systems is the problem.

By the way. We live in the country. On a very 1st world farm. And in order to save precious water and just to commune with nature....we have an outhouse and have no problem shitting outdoors. My grandmother lived on a farm and when they moved into our first world village when they retired...it was 1967 before every house in our community had a toilet on public sewage.

In densely populated 3rd world cities....it will be impossible to provide the type of sewage systems that the brits were able to slap down when they stole clear land from the aboriginals. Different solutions will be required.

In Canada and the US and I dare say Austreyeliah...there are more bears shitting in the woods than you know about.

The truth is Grimshaw...you don't know shit about shit.

The Second thing i noticed is,
what if the world don't have a sewage system, i wonder about the smell ...

 

[MrRochesterNY]

On that happy but incomprehensible Telstra note (#98 and #99), let's close this thread.