Comments on: What’s on the back of your toilet? http://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/ Planning, preparing and packing for a round-the-world trip Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:10:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: A Week in Review at ThePlanetd Blog, August 3 | Canada's Adventure Couplehttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-282 A Week in Review at ThePlanetd Blog, August 3 | Canada's Adventure Couple Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:13:20 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-282 [...] of all I would like to thank twortw and lavieenchina for asking us to contribute to their series. Twortw had a fun post regarding What [...]
[...] of all I would like to thank twortw and lavieenchina for asking us to contribute to their series. Twortw had a fun post regarding What [...]

]]> By: Jen Lacedahttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Jen Laceda Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:57:12 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-252 I'm sort of a voyeur. I like looking into people's windows and looking at their furniture and how they're arranged. I like to imagine the lives of the people who live in there. And I always do this little exercise when I travel. So, this post really makes me smile. It gives me a glimpse into the "underbelly" (pun intended) of others. And by the way, I laughed my head off with Ren's "tabo" or wash bucket. That's very common in Filipino washrooms. When we do business no. 2, Filipinos generally want to wash with water first before wiping with toilet paper :)
I’m sort of a voyeur. I like looking into people’s windows and looking at their furniture and how they’re arranged. I like to imagine the lives of the people who live in there. And I always do this little exercise when I travel. So, this post really makes me smile. It gives me a glimpse into the “underbelly” (pun intended) of others.

And by the way, I laughed my head off with Ren’s “tabo” or wash bucket. That’s very common in Filipino washrooms. When we do business no. 2, Filipinos generally want to wash with water first before wiping with toilet paper :)

]]> By: What’s On The Back Of My Toilet? : foXnoMadhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-251 What’s On The Back Of My Toilet? : foXnoMad Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:56:06 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-251 [...] can find out the answer to that question, “what’s on the back of your toilet“, by reading my response to Daniel and Kathryn over at Two Go Round-The-World. Daniel asked [...]
[...] can find out the answer to that question, “what’s on the back of your toilet“, by reading my response to Daniel and Kathryn over at Two Go Round-The-World. Daniel asked [...]

]]> By: Danielhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Daniel Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:29:06 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-248 Hey Chessie—my parents have a similar doll whose dress stretches over a roll of paper. It was give to them by my grandmother (who passed away a number of years ago) and is notable for the fact that it in no way matches the rest of the decor. They hold onto it, of course, because it was my grandmother's!
Hey Chessie—my parents have a similar doll whose dress stretches over a roll of paper. It was give to them by my grandmother (who passed away a number of years ago) and is notable for the fact that it in no way matches the rest of the decor. They hold onto it, of course, because it was my grandmother’s!

]]> By: Danielhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Daniel Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:26:42 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-247 Chris, I love the coasters you referenced in your post—wish I had the space to put the full picture. They are really neat. The passage is awesome.
Chris, I love the coasters you referenced in your post—wish I had the space to put the full picture. They are really neat. The passage is awesome.

]]> By: Danielhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Daniel Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:25:44 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-246 Utilitarian, Ren. But out of everybody you had the most impressive stack of reading material!
Utilitarian, Ren. But out of everybody you had the most impressive stack of reading material!

]]> By: Danielhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Daniel Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:25:00 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-245 Hi Andy—like Beverly's blog above, we've added you to our blogroll and thank you for the comment!
Hi Andy—like Beverly’s blog above, we’ve added you to our blogroll and thank you for the comment!

]]> By: Danielhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Daniel Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:20:46 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-243 Thanks, Jason. But the credit should go to you guys for flinging open your bathroom doors and letting us all have a peak into your private lives!
Thanks, Jason. But the credit should go to you guys for flinging open your bathroom doors and letting us all have a peak into your private lives!

]]> By: Danielhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Daniel Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:20:00 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-242 Hi Beverly! Thanks for dropping in! Oh, Nicaragua! Am jealous. Just checked out your blog, too. Great pics. Just added you to out blogroll, so we can keep abreast of your new posts. Thanks!
Hi Beverly! Thanks for dropping in! Oh, Nicaragua! Am jealous. Just checked out your blog, too. Great pics. Just added you to out blogroll, so we can keep abreast of your new posts. Thanks!

]]> By: Chesshirecathttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Chesshirecat Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:54:30 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-240 What a novel question. What's on the back of your toilet? At first, I couldn't figure out the gimmick...then I realized there isn't one...they really want to know what we keep on the backs of our porcelain behemoths.... Depending on which bathroom we attend...you might find a porcelain doll wearing a knitted skirt that stretches over a roll of TP. It was my grandmothers...when she passed, it was my Mom's...now I'm my Mom's caretaker, and it sits in my bathroom...I think it belongs to me now... I've hidden a bag of septic tank "bugs" inside a knitted duck who shares the pedestal with our southern belle...the duck is also my mother's...she sits in a silver wire basket, and was knitted to hold little scented soaps and the like... Now I have three bathrooms in this house...so I'll stop here...it could get rather long. Chessie
What a novel question. What’s on the back of your toilet?

At first, I couldn’t figure out the gimmick…then I realized there isn’t one…they really want to know what we keep on the backs of our porcelain behemoths….

Depending on which bathroom we attend…you might find a porcelain doll wearing a knitted skirt that stretches over a roll of TP. It was my grandmothers…when she passed, it was my Mom’s…now I’m my Mom’s caretaker, and it sits in my bathroom…I think it belongs to me now… I’ve hidden a bag of septic tank “bugs” inside a knitted duck who shares the pedestal with our southern belle…the duck is also my mother’s…she sits in a silver wire basket, and was knitted to hold little scented soaps and the like…

Now I have three bathrooms in this house…so I’ll stop here…it could get rather long.
Chessie

]]> By: Renhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Ren Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:23:12 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-238 This was a great and fascinating entry, and gives me ideas on what I should be doing at the back of my toilet... I don't know if it's a cultural thing that makes the back of my toilet the most utilitarian out of everyone's, LOL.
This was a great and fascinating entry, and gives me ideas on what I should be doing at the back of my toilet… I don’t know if it’s a cultural thing that makes the back of my toilet the most utilitarian out of everyone’s, LOL.

]]> By: Renhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Ren Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:21:48 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-237 Haha, thanks Tammie! My wanderlust for the first half of the year was sated thanks to my Southeast Asian trip, as well as my family's trip to Bacolod and Dumaguete (here in the Philippines). And all of my friends call me a traveler anyway, so, heck, why not!
Haha, thanks Tammie! My wanderlust for the first half of the year was sated thanks to my Southeast Asian trip, as well as my family’s trip to Bacolod and Dumaguete (here in the Philippines). And all of my friends call me a traveler anyway, so, heck, why not!

]]> By: chrishttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-236 chris Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:21:09 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-236 Great post as always and thanks for letting me contribute. :)
Great post as always and thanks for letting me contribute. :)

]]> By: Andy Jaroszhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Andy Jarosz Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:48:54 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-235 Excellent! Finally we get the dirt on these guys!
Excellent! Finally we get the dirt on these guys!

]]> By: Tammie Dooleyhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Tammie Dooley Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:44:56 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-233 Well this is just a BLAST! Some funny stuff here. Thank you Daniel and Kathryn for an interesting, lively, humorous post. Great idea. And to Ren Robles -- I look at what it takes to be a traveler much the same as what it takes to be a collector. How many things do you have to collect of something to be a collector? Two. How many trips does it take to be a traveler? Two. Maybe even one. Maybe even NONE - only desire. I live by the belief I can travel with a trip to the grocery store. LOL Go Ren!!
Well this is just a BLAST! Some funny stuff here. Thank you Daniel and Kathryn for an interesting, lively, humorous post. Great idea. And to Ren Robles — I look at what it takes to be a traveler much the same as what it takes to be a collector. How many things do you have to collect of something to be a collector? Two. How many trips does it take to be a traveler? Two. Maybe even one. Maybe even NONE – only desire. I live by the belief I can travel with a trip to the grocery store. LOL Go Ren!!

]]> By: Jasonhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Jason Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:12:13 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-232 Had no idea it would amount to such an interesting post. Great idea guys!
Had no idea it would amount to such an interesting post. Great idea guys!

]]> By: Beverlyhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Beverly Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:28:26 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-231 Funny post, and a bit of a coincidence - I checked into a hotel here in Granada, Nicaragua last night and a picture behind the toilet caught my eye. It's framed, looks like it was created with one of those needlecraft kits and reads: "May the road rise up to greet you and the wind be ever at your back." I think that's a great message for travel bloggers on the go!
Funny post, and a bit of a coincidence – I checked into a hotel here in Granada, Nicaragua last night and a picture behind the toilet caught my eye. It’s framed, looks like it was created with one of those needlecraft kits and reads: “May the road rise up to greet you and the wind be ever at your back.” I think that’s a great message for travel bloggers on the go!

]]> By: Danielhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Daniel Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:24:17 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-230 Oh and Melvin — I hadn't realized I neglected to add your blog to our links page; so I've taken care of the oversight! Thanks again for the comment and for dropping by!
Oh and Melvin — I hadn’t realized I neglected to add your blog to our links page; so I’ve taken care of the oversight! Thanks again for the comment and for dropping by!

]]> By: Danielhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Daniel Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:02:20 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-229 Thanks, Melvin! Had fun doing it, too. Feel very fortunate to have met so many people so soon after starting up a new venture. It's really a great community!
Thanks, Melvin! Had fun doing it, too. Feel very fortunate to have met so many people so soon after starting up a new venture. It’s really a great community!

]]> By: Melvinhttp://www.twortw.com/2009/07/28/whats-on-the-back-of-your-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Melvin Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:54:44 +0000 http://www.twortw.com/?p=615#comment-228 Very cool! Great topic! Nothing more to add... speechless! Greetings Melvin
Very cool!

Great topic! Nothing more to add… speechless!

Greetings

Melvin

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