Hey wooj.. this one is for you.
I read the article above and it reminded me (don’t ask me how) of when I first came to Korea and was stationed at a small army camp in Kangwon Province. At that time most of the goods that you could purchase in the PX were rationed items - we had a limit on the amount of cola/soft drinks/beer - just about everything, but the one that I remember the most was a ration on toilet paper. We were issued toilet paper once a week by our supply officer/NCO - each person received one roll a week and was responsible for his own toilet paper. We had common latrines (bathrooms) and no one was foolish enough to leave their toilet paper unguarded. If you were sick you could receive a prescription from the doctor which you could take to supply and they would issue you additional toilet paper - just writing this makes me laugh thinking back to that time.
Along the same lines I remember that a popular joke/gag was the poor man that was stuck in the toilet but had no toilet paper. He first searched his pockets and bag for any possible paper, ie., newspapers or old paper that he could crumble and wrinkle up until it was semi-soft and then utilize it, but there was none. He then contemplated using his socks…., but…, gave up that idea. The next course of action was his wallet - he removed a thousand won bill and put it to good use.
Several years ago - my former worse-half came to Korea and soon grew tired of me telling her what to do in Korea. She was convinced that she knew everything she needed to know about Korea and yelled at me to stop telling her things as if she were a child. We were at the South Bus Station in Seoul and she had to utilize the facilities but didn’t know that there was no toilet paper in the bathroom. Of course, I could have told her but………. She was in there for about thirty minutes before she came out. It seems that she hadn’t noticed the lack of toilet paper and being unable to communicate in Korean was unable to ask the ladies in the stalls next to her for some. I can imagine the Korean ladies and their reaction to having someone pounding on the stall walls next to them and asking them in a foreign language for something………..
You know that saying about women are the most dangerous species well, I think it was that day that I learned the lesson that my father tried to teach me for a long time ago
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That is a great story! At least there was no seat to be left up. How did she like pop’n a squat? Those Korean toilets are so damn tricky for me I just end up taking my pants completely off to ensure no troubles.
RE: “what did she use for toilet paper”
Probably your name card.
Nice stuff!
In regard to the article you linked (btw, the link is a bit messed up so you might wanna check it), I think I read a similar story in a Stephen King novel where it was stated that money can be washed in a washing machine.
Having personally experienced various situations (although I don’t want to be too specific), let me just remind you that in the worst case you can always use your own underwear to wipe your ass, then discard your underwear. I guess socks would work too, but depending on how you’re dressed, it’s probably better to walk around with no underwear than no socks. Why waste a good 1,000 won bill? My God, that’s ?‡´?³? ??´?™?’s face where you’re smearing your shit.
Looking forward to hearing more stories about this former worse-half of yours. LOL.
Indian’s use their left hand. Who says she needed ANYTHING for toilet paper?
she was in there for 30 minutes trying to knock-out a large dry nugget. she didn’t need toilet paper.
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