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noamnety

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21. That's more private than some I've used.

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 07:29 PM

Feb 2014

For a while in the army we used ones like that roman one posted upthread - two rows of toilets, no stalls, and they faced each other, so you had to avoid eye contact with the person across from you, or learn not to care.

Number 1, Number 2, or for us women, Number 3. People are remarkably adaptable.

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Would you use the Russian Olympic toilet buddy system? [View all] Renew Deal Feb 2014 OP

just spent 10 fun filled minutes reading tweets on #sochiproblems NRaleighLiberal Feb 2014 #1

I agree Renew Deal Feb 2014 #2

I was just listening to WBZ sports fan - Adam Jones had the same theory.... NRaleighLiberal Feb 2014 #3

I'm not a Republican, so no jmowreader Feb 2014 #4

I could do a No. 1 next to someone, but not a No. 2 Yavin4 Feb 2014 #5

When I'm taking a shower in the morning, my wife occasionally comes in madinmaryland Feb 2014 #25

Must be love Yavin4 Feb 2014 #27

She did it again this morning!! madinmaryland Feb 2014 #33

Give me the Roman one jakeXT Feb 2014 #6

What is the guy dabbing in the trench? I can see the others washing their hands, etc patricia92243 Feb 2014 #11

cleaning toilet paper jakeXT Feb 2014 #12

WOW! No spread of disease there. trof Feb 2014 #22

I don't think they worried about covering up with robes. n/t UTUSN Feb 2014 #29

Ahhhh, the good ol' days, back when people used to take communal #2s. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #14

The communal "squat" toilet still in use in Asia. progressoid Feb 2014 #26

I live in Asia davidpdx Feb 2014 #32

They have them in Saudi Arabia, too. Aristus Feb 2014 #34

some already do jakeXT Feb 2014 #7

I could probably pee with a close girlfriend that nearby... a la izquierda Feb 2014 #8

Surely that's just a spare ... surrealAmerican Feb 2014 #9

Heh, look how far away the TP dispenser is from both of them! Lars39 Feb 2014 #10

There's nowhere to rest my coffee cup Shrek Feb 2014 #13

I'd carry a roll of this stuff wherever I went: Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2014 #15

Gives me flashbacks of Army basic training pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #16

my frat house bathroom was like that steve2470 Feb 2014 #30

Check out this Photoshop. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2014 #17

They should have photoshopped him into the toilet davidpdx Feb 2014 #31

I think one of them is for fishing, and one is for sitting petronius Feb 2014 #18

Only if it was grantcart.... cliffordu Feb 2014 #19

I'm Larry "Wide Stance" Craig and I approve this toilet Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #20

lol Renew Deal Feb 2014 #28

That's more private than some I've used. noamnety Feb 2014 #21

When we knew the honeymoon was over: trof Feb 2014 #23

The couple that shits together, stays together... madinmaryland Feb 2014 #24