Urinal voted most important art work
 

"Radioman390" wrote in message
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Yes, this is OT.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_2307781.htm

Note that the photo shows a view from above, or else the Orientals pee
differently than the rest of us.

Actually, I can't speak for other oriental countries, as my experience in
Japan and Thailand included western style toilets (which are also becoming
more common here in Korea as time goes by), but here in Korea, the average
toilet is a small basin set into the floor, looking very much like a urinal
laying on it's back. They squat to pee or defecate. This is really a
challenge for a westerner who is used to actually being able to sit to
eliminate. They look very much like this one, found in Japan:

http://www.cromwell-intl.com/toilet/...japan-ueno.jpg

Oh, and if you're going to use a public toilet in Korea (these are mostly
squatters, but most of the roadside truck stops, similar to rest areas in
the states, but with some shopping and restaurants), be sure you bring your
own toilet paper, as they don't normally stock it. Also, be prepared to be
grumbled at if you actually flush the TP down the toilet, they discourage
this, insisting instead that you place your used TP into a receptacle next
to the toilet (our plumber has griped to us about flushing it.. and the city
taxes us extra for finding it in the septic tank, but we're not about to
have it smelling up the bathroom or even the stairwell.

As an aside, they don't have individual garbage pickup here. What happens is
you take your recyclable trash down the street to recycle bins. Any food or
non-recyclable trash must be placed into special (taxed) bags and placed
next to the recyclables. These bags are purchased at local grocery stores,
and can be purchased in different sizes from 10 liter to 100 liters.

Exactly correct, According to a British art expert, "the work reflects the
dynamic nature of art today". My response "A load of crap" I must agree
"Radioman390" wrote in message
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Yes, this is OT.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_2307781.htm

Note that the photo shows a view from above, or else the Orientals pee
differently than the rest of us.

On 12 Dec 2004 10:25:35 GMT, (Radioman390) wrote:

Yes, this is OT.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_2307781.htm

Note that the photo shows a view from above, or else the Orientals pee
differently than the rest of us.

Well, this was undoubtedly Marcel Duchamps' dada-ist "found piece"
after WWI.

If you had seen most of your friends dead (and they were in some cases
the lucky ones) in one of those World War I battles in which hundreds
of thousands of people died and the lines moved 5 feet you'd be of
that mindset as well.

Surely the urinal as art was less absurd than the slaughter on the
battlefield.

A few months ago, I went into the downtown Manhattan branch of the
Strand book store (mostly remainders and used books) and on one of the
dollar/book shelves I bought an art auction catalog. There were a
number of color prints by fairly well known artists but the one which
moved me the most was a black and white sketch by the German
Expressionist, George Grosz, in which a general in a spiked hat is
saying "God is With Us", dated 1920.

Joel Rubin wrote:

On 12 Dec 2004 10:25:35 GMT, (Radioman390) wrote:

Yes, this is OT.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_2307781.htm

Note that the photo shows a view from above, or else the Orientals pee
differently than the rest of us.

Well, this was undoubtedly Marcel Duchamps' dada-ist "found piece"
after WWI.

If you had seen most of your friends dead (and they were in some cases
the lucky ones) in one of those World War I battles in which hundreds
of thousands of people died and the lines moved 5 feet you'd be of
that mindset as well.

Which WWI battles resulted in hundreds of thousands of people killed?

Just curious.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"dxAce" wrote in message

Which WWI battles resulted in hundreds of thousands of people killed?

Just curious.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



The battle of Verdun in 1916 was a real slauter. French casualties during
the battle were estimated at 550,000 with German losses set at 434,000, half
of the total being fatalities. The only real effect of the battle was the
irrevocable wounding of both armies. No tactical or strategic advantage had
been gained by either side.

http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/verdun.htm


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I saw five gallon buckets of urine on street corners in China in
1964.They have trucks that come along and pick up that urine.They take
it somewhere where they make some kind of medicine out of it.
www.toiletmuseum.com Don't forget to flush.

......D-Day Larry

**** on it.

"Radioman390" wrote in message
...
Yes, this is OT.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_2307781.htm

Note that the photo shows a view from above, or else the Orientals pee
differently than the rest of us.