I love how Okinawans add those extra touches to make even everyday things special. For instance, all the taxi cabs I see have these lovely lacy seat covers on all the seats... even the headrests. Also, road construction signs have pictures of different flowers on them... like, "Caution: Road Work Ahead" with a photo of a lovely orchid beneath the Japanese and (thankfully) English text.
So it should have been no surprise to me today when I went to the ladies' room at a shopping center... (Marcie's typing this... just so you know... and, if you feel you're about to get a dose of TMI, then go ahead and skip reading the rest of this...)
Anyway, like I said... I go into the ladies' room. I walk past the "squattie potty" stall... just wasn't feelin' it... and proceeded to find a "normal" toilet. I'd barely laid tush on the seat when all of a sudden I began to hear the sweet sounds of nature... blowing breezes and birds chirping... Wha?!?!?!? Can you believe they have automated nature sounds that play so as to drown out any... um... noises one might make whilst takin' care of business. And sure enough, the lady in the stall next to me had chirping birds playing as well. It. Cracked. Me. Up. I thought I was going to laugh out loud right there in the stall. I don't care who you are; that's just funny.
How...lovely?
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