I know someone who learned to take Imodium A-D as a prophylactic measure while spending extra time trying to squeeze lots of itinerary into a visit. But London has just given up or decided that the middle age benjo ditch style wasn't such a hassle. ("'Benjo means toilet but its a little crude, kind of like 'crapper'. 'Toire,' from English 'toilet,' is better. 'Otearai' is best. No Japanese person knows what a benjo ditch is.'")
Those numbers are scary: "In Beijing, where the average salary is a 10th of London's, there are 7,700 toilets, or one for every 1,948 people. China's capital plans to renovate 3,700 in time for the 2008 Olympics. London, which will host the 2012 games and has one toilet per 18,000 residents, has no such plans."
Here is a dubious story of a "benjo wookie." It is not terribly convincing and some of the material of late seems to have taken a scatological course so let this be the last of it.
(Bloomberg link via Boingboing)
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