Right now in Bangkok itâ??s the 6th annual World Toilet Forum. The Forum has as its slogan: â??Happy Toilet, Healthy Lifeâ?? â?? which I must say if you are going to pick words to live by then these are as good as many others! Much better than the ridiculous â??Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Moriâ?? translated: It is sweet and noble to die for your country (If you donâ??t think its ridiculous then you should read Wilfred Owen or read more current affairs).
Anyway back to the original subject of Happy Toilets. Not only is there a World Toilet Forum but there is also a World Toilet Organisation, which I thought must have been a satire on the WTO, and there is also a World Toilet College in Singapore, whose nr 2 objective (sorry I couldnâ??t resist it) is â??To establish Singapore as the premier training hub for the restroom industry.â??
The WTO site (Toilet not Trade) also has a selection of photographs entitled Beautiful Restroom Images – but I thought that I would provide something more low-tech so this is from the public latrines in Ostia
Why the sudden interest? Well I just wanted you all to know that tomorrow is the International Toilet Day – a fitting tribute to the technologicalization of the natural processes. What can I say? Except â??Happy Toilet, Healthy Lifeâ??
Oh and of course you can also buy t-shirtsâ?¦