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Just go on the wall.

These "urinals," found in Manila, Philippines, are essentially 3 walls and a step up. The building owner is literally asking male patrons to urinate on the wall or, if you look at the trench at the bottom, directly onto the floor.

As we have traveled the world, we have seen a great variety of bathrooms, which is why we have a blog dedicated to them. And except for this bathroom, which is just a floor, and this mural, which suggests urinating on the wall, we've never seen deliberate construction encouraging either behavior. This building owner actually paid money to encourage normally-discouraged behavior.

This way to the bathroom?

The red arrows point the way to this restaurant's bathroom. Or, do they?

If you look closely, three things are evident. First, the grown man really, really, has to urinate. Second, everyone observing the protagonist is laughing at him. And, third, there is a young boy urinating on the wall.

So, what is this restaurant's message? Is it "this way to the bathroom," or is it "just use the wall?"

Fully-Automated Toilet

This is a fully-automated toilet at a restaurant in Gunsan (군산시), North Jeolla Province (전라북도), South Korea (대한민국). As you can see from the size of the controller on the left side of the image, there are quite a few customizable selections for washing and drying yourself hands-free. In fact, there is a process for using this technology to help get your desired bodily process started.

And why the sizable garbage can, you ask? Koreans generally dispose of their toilet paper in the trash, instead of flushing it.

Respect this toilet.

This toilet's lid included instructions on what to NOT do to it. Instead of the traditional circle with a line through it, the "do not do" is expressed through the toilet lid's facial expressions.

We're not sure what the temperature warning is (top left), but the warnings against matches/cigarettes (top center) and disassembly (bottom center) make sense. We're not sure how many people routinely disassemble their toilets, or public toilets like this one for that matter, but we'll let that one slide.

The bucket of water (top right) is interesting, because this is how flushing works. If your toilet has a tank, flushing empties the tank's reservoir into the bowl, forcing the contents out and replacing them with new water. There are inexpensive toilets that do not have tanks, and these are flushed by manually pouring water into the bowl from a bucket or scoop, not unlike what this image indicates.

We don't think the barbell (bottom left) literally refers to gym weights, just to excessive weight in general. However, what if a very large individual needs to operate this toilet?

Finally, the hand in the toilet (bottom right) makes the least sense of all. This could be a warning against tampering with the nozzles found in automatic toilets, the ones that wash and dry you, but this particular toilet did not have that feature. We really don't know why else someone would insert their hand into a toilet bowl. Even if you accidentally drop something into the bowl we would like to think an appropriate glove would be worn.

Industrial Strength Toilet Plunger

This is a Korean toilet plunger. And the reason why we affectionately call it "industrial strength," not that we know if there actually is such a rating, is because of the handle on the side. After you place the opening in the bowl, you pull up on the top handle. While pulling the top handle, the side handle allows you to hold the plunger in place by pushing down using your other hand or even a foot. The sight of someone unclogging a toilet by pushing down on the plunger with a foot and then pulling up with one's dominant hand instantly creates a myriad of "power" nicknames for this highly-effective tool.

AIDS-Prevention Message

Found in a public men's bathroom in South Korea, this is a condom-dispensing machine with an AIDS prevention message. Interestingly, there is no mention of pregnancy prevention, only AIDS prevention.