tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27605810.post8145951774058800097..comments2023-09-22T04:03:04.774-07:00Comments on Just give me a Minute . . .: Cultural differencesPfingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741397045938415768noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27605810.post-49619723537992154822011-02-18T10:05:33.584-08:002011-02-18T10:05:33.584-08:00oh yes. know all about this :). my parents were mi...oh yes. know all about this :). my parents were missionaries in S.A.<br />...and IF you were really lucky, and had a restroom emergency while out in the public (city) world, you may or may not have been able to purchase a 4 inch by 4 inch piece of "sandpaper" to use and then discard somewhere on the ground. if out in the country, well, just forget about any of that! laughing...Wonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133025629839093270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27605810.post-81293447126251056212010-12-05T11:44:46.692-08:002010-12-05T11:44:46.692-08:00Good point, though sometimes it's hard to arri...Good point, though sometimes it's hard to arrive to definite conclusionsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27605810.post-88093411368488651702010-11-15T23:47:07.222-08:002010-11-15T23:47:07.222-08:00hello, Michelle! here in the Philippines the same ...hello, Michelle! here in the Philippines the same is so true. in public restrooms there are signs that say "PLEASE DO NOT THROW TISSUE PAPER IN THE TOILET BOWL". but this city girl grew up throwing tissue in the toilet bowl! i think used tissue piling up in waste receptacles is horrible! but i just follow the rules in public restrooms. except when i do "number 2" (which is not peeing-which is number 1).Lissahttp://lispoblete.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27605810.post-31504042619991657382010-09-22T06:34:05.666-07:002010-09-22T06:34:05.666-07:00Heh heh ... I KNEW I would forget something! :) ...Heh heh ... I KNEW I would forget something! :) I had to think very carefully before I wrote that post, because so much of it has become "normal" that I don't think anymore about what would be strange.<br /><br />Yes - we've living in confusion in more than one country with that toilet paper thing... if only we could stop crossing borders! :)Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828475090100914640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27605810.post-42765944628214998002010-09-19T16:30:45.159-07:002010-09-19T16:30:45.159-07:00In China they don't flush the paper either. Th...In China they don't flush the paper either. There's a bucket on the side... of the hole. Yeah, no toilet. :(Heather Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814444108289873041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27605810.post-84420702795045453142010-09-18T12:55:58.243-07:002010-09-18T12:55:58.243-07:00Thank you for posting this! Explains some of the ...Thank you for posting this! Explains some of the mess I see in public restrooms around here, being not far from Mexican border. <br /><br />I was thinking about you earlier this week. I had an assignment for my Spanish class to write an essay (in Spanish) comparing families in the US and families in Spanish speaking countries. That was so difficult!Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10452366197853755449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27605810.post-84575758833929725662010-09-18T12:34:08.912-07:002010-09-18T12:34:08.912-07:00Haha this post brings back memories from trips to ...Haha this post brings back memories from trips to Mexico years ago. At church camp the trash cans would be overflowing by the last day and the smell was almost unbearable. Then when back in the States it seems weird to be flushing t.p. instead of putting in the trash can.{K}https://www.blogger.com/profile/07975466284382787311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27605810.post-8483223497219316852010-09-18T12:13:02.633-07:002010-09-18T12:13:02.633-07:00great post michelle!!! so true!great post michelle!!! so true!Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16695528789213788862noreply@blogger.com