Friday, February 12, 2010

Top 10 Reasons to Love Your Pit Latrine

These are in no particular order, and I wanted to include a picture, but it's not happening today.

*You can't stink it up because it already smells.
*You don't have to worry about flushing with your foot vs. your hand to avoid germs....you just don't flush.
*You can see what's happening in the yard through the crack in the door.
*It's self cleaning...the lizards eat the bugs.
*You can flush anything down it; tin cans, wine bottles, whatever....although I don't.
*No water is wasted.
*The toilet will never flood.
*No one can hear you pee.
*There's great ventilation through the holes in the walls and ceiling.
*You don't have to worry about dropping something in and having to fish it out. Once it falls in it's gone forever! Unless it's Rusty's torch and then your host family will fish it out and give it back to you in the morning!

3 comments:

  1. HA! You outta' send this one into David Letterman.

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  2. Wow, good times?!?! Something you will remember FOREVER!!!

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  3. the flood part isn't exactly accurate, especially if it's one of the more rainy years in lesotho.

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