We're going to eat out of a WHAT?

We're going to eat out of a WHAT?
Thu Jun 30, 9:15 AM ET
It may take a strong stomach to eat curry or chocolate ice cream out of a toilet bowl, but a commode-themed restaurant in Taiwan does booming business serving up just that.
The Martun, or toilet in Chinese, restaurant in the southern port city of Kaohsiung boasts lengthy queues on weekends as diners wait for a toilet seat in its brightly colored tile interior.
Food arrives in bowls shaped like Western-style toilets or Asian-style "squat pots."
Manager Hung Lin-wen said the original inspiration came from a toilet-shaped spaceship in a Japanese cartoon. The theme has attracted droves of novelty-seeking young people who come to play with their food and gross out their friends.
"We think the theme is special, and the food is tasty," Hung said.
But no matter how delicious, a few customers still find the combination a little hard to swallow.
"The taste is good, but I still feel disgusted when I look at it," said diner Lin Yu-may.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050630/od_nm/taiwan_toilet_dc;_ylt=AgjJdygOrHuiMwV83ZJ59Qys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-

This reminds me of a funny story. Once upon a time I was a Corpsman (medic) in the Navy and attended Marine training for the Fleet Marine Force where I received my qualifications to be assigned with a Marine unit if I chose. This training was held at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside California. It was kind of like another boot camp specifically for field medics but with the Marines in charge, an interesting experience let me say.

Part of our duties during this training was of course cleaning the barracks and yes, of course, cleaning the bathroom was part of that too. There was this Staff Sergeant (can’t remember his name) who was the head guy that inspected the Barracks after we cleaned them and it was totally up to him whether we passed inspection or not. Perfect inspection so far.

This Staff Sergeant came through and inspected all of the bunks, lockers, checked window sills and floor for dust with a white glove, etc and so on. I was assigned to walk around with him as he inspected hearing his critique of every minor detail.

When he got to the bathroom he did something totally unexpected. He walked up to the first urinal and removed his white glove. I had a perplexed look on my face I am sure wondering what for. He then proceeded to run his bare finger under the inside rim of the urinal and held it up, looking at me and proclaimed, “If I taste urine you fail”, after which he inserted his finger in his mouth licking the finger thoroughly. After removing his finger he informed me that we failed and that we would stay there and clean again till we passed. He then did the same thing with the rest of the urinals as well as the toilets as my jaw hit the floor.

Someone then had the idea of a new way to clean the facilities. We cleaned them as much as we could then a guy broke out the scope to top it off with a clean fresh minty flavor for our nut-ball Staff Sergeant. Upon his return he left with a smile on his face and we passed inspection. I must say that I witnessed this with my own two eyes. WHAT A FREAK is all I can say… lol. But I wouldn’t tell him that to his face… hehe

Problem is I would have said, “Are you fucking out of your mind? You sick bastered!”

What do you expect? He was a MARINE!

haha....that story is hilarious! Scope lol....

Ahem...anyway-- is China trying to compete with Japan in weirdness? If they keep it up they just may have a chance!