What is this ?

[Mekong Mike]

Ok, anybody know what this contraption is ?

Well it's a toilet in vietnam.

No seat to sit on. You squat over that hole and drop your stuff down into the water where some fish are waiting to eat it.

 

[BosnMate]

Never been to Viet Nam, but knew what it was, on account of I've been to Japan, same deal, but not over water. Collected in a honey bucket, and was picked up in the mornings. Once picked up it then becomes night soil and is used as fertilizer. At least that's the way it was half a century ago. Japan's a pretty modern country now, and no doubt handles the sewage a little differently. Question Mike, is there still a Douglas MacArthur Blvd. in Manila? The General was sure a hero with the people when I was there 10 years after the war. I played dumb and asked a cab driver why the name. I got a very passionate answer, "He said he'd come back and he did."

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

well...
so Mekong...are you treasure hunting over there?

http://www.palagems.com/gemstones_in_vietnam.htm

 

[unclemac]

well...
so Mekong...are you treasure hunting over there?

http://www.palagems.com/gemstones_in_vietnam.htm

....uh.....not i hope in the picture he posted....

 

[cudamark]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I don't want to water hunt in Viet Nam.....

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I see it's long enough you can fish while you sit. ;-)

 

[Broken knee]

Be careful if you drunk, you fall through or get stuck! HE HE HE.....HH
BK