Have you ever had trouble comunicating to the locals you want the toilet? If you live in Australia like me you will be familiar with 'Dunny', but here are some of the names I have found other countries use: Wash room - Europe Rest Room, or John - USA Pissoir (a Urinal) - France Loo … Continue reading Names for the Toilet
As the son of a railwayman I have always been interested in trains. In Japan the enthusiasm for trains is at a whole new level. There are conventional trainspotters taking photographs and recording numbers called Tori-tetsu (tori means to take, and tetsu means train) Sharyo-tetsu are fans of train design, who love this one of … Continue reading Nation of Trainspotters
