http://www.chanomitalk.com/articles/2006/11/16/courtesy_flush en-us 40 making sense of language <p>In Japan they bring a whole new level of courtesy and resoucefullness to their culture. The first time that I sat down to squat over a porcelain hole in the ground is another story in itself, but my point is about this little round button next to me on the wall. I looked at it and thought maybe this is the flusher, but it seems to be in the wrong place. Long story short I pushed it and the toilet flushed or so I thought. In fact the toilet did not actually flush, but it was a button just to sound as if the toilet had flushed. Do you know what I am talking about when I say courtesy flush, obviously Japan does. I guess the theory behind it is that so many people were doing the courtesy flush when they went to the bathroom that it was wasting large amounts of water. So the school decided that it would be cheaper and more beneficial to the water supply by putting in a fake courtesy flushing system. I thought to myself this is hillarious and I would push the button over and over again .</p> Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:15:05 -0500 urn:uuid:3fe3bed6-5d78-48f9-ad1f-2b444452da95 DavidPfitzner http://www.chanomitalk.com/articles/2006/11/16/courtesy_flush 出会い発見 http://www.chanomitalk.com/articles/trackback/440