Mine Granny's "Flushy" toilet ;)

Today I saw an article about "Flushed Away". It telling us how was the toilet when year 1966 back. It was so amusing and historical.

It recall me back mine Granny also been told me this sort of similar story back then she was alive.  During her childhood, she no have this kind of  modern indoor plumbing system that make each household or even each room have own  private toilet. She said modernization have spoiled us with the ultimate flushing function such as automated get stream with regular hot and cold spray, butt spa treatment with some more unpleasant sounds music. All these made us more lazy and stay longer in toilet for doing "business".

Sometime she will mumbling on us with her previous outhouses toilet. And I was concentrated listening on how amusing she swirl with outhouses toilet and the night soilman Sai Apek which mean "Poo Uncle" in hokkien dialect.  

Back into that time, she was living in Kampung where it enclosed with wire fencing. And a small gate led to about 10 same houses within that area. An outhouses toilet was just at each side corner and shared by all household. The outhouses were simple made of wooden planks. Sometime there will be some hole that worn-out on the wooden so outside people can look through. Haha. A metal oval bucket with two handles was placed directly in the middle under the hole. It would be miserable if the bucket was no placed properly. The poo will miss the hole. The next person will be headache and screaming on previously person name,  "bo tao lo!!! " mean no brain in hokkien. It very smelly once you open the door.

In the midnight, most of the children was scare to visit the outhouses toilet, because it was dark at night and petrified.  Sometime urgency make no choices rather than forced to go through the nightmare. Thousand of flies and mosquitoes will come gathering with you in the outhouses toilet, some of it will swarmed sound the lovely expense of butt. The sensation was Ouch and tickling! 

But sometime mine granny mother will prepare a pot inside the house and that is the best part instead going to outhouses toilet!!!   Or become first visitor after the Sai Apek had cleared the laden bucket. That was a fell sensation of exclusive!!! The Sai Apek will pour the full bucket into a big bamboo pole that carry along. This hero did all without a sound and twitch of nostrils.

I asked granny where did he went with the bucket laden of our "contribution". She told me he took them to form and used as fertilizer. OMG!!! yerk..... "a big swollow made"... And it did took me forbia with vegetable for a long time. lols

2 for students, 1 for teachers and 1 for principle. So diversity! lols

  

Regards,
mic