World's Most Intimidating Men's Bathroom Sign

This is the door for the men's bathroom at Ashley Buffet, Gunsan (군산시), North Jeolla Province (전라북도), South Korea (대한민국). It's intimidating, if you think about it...

Squat Toilet on a Moving Train

Beyond the normal challenges facing a westerner using a squat toilet, also known as an indian toilet or turkish toilet, this one was photographed on a moving train running between Taipei (臺北市) and Hualien (花蓮縣), Republic of China (Taiwan)(中華民國).

Squat Toilet

A squat toilet, photographed in Uijeongbu (의정부시), Gyeonggi Province (경기도), South Korea (대한민국). If you've never used one before, it's hard to know what direction to face, what to hold on to, what to wipe with, or how to flush it.

A tomato?

Someone had to bring a tomato into this public bathroom before someone could drop it, step on it, or whatever happened to it. Why don't know why anyone would consider a restroom to be the ideal place to snack on a tomato.

A Disturbing Sticker

This sticker was photographed on the inside of the door of a bathroom stall at the Andong Bus Terminal, Andong (안동시), North Gyeongsang Province (경상북도), South Korea (대한민국). We don't know why the depicted man is on his hands and knees, what his left hand seems to be feeling for, nor, especially, why he seems to be crying blood.

Dirty Bucket Shower

Photographed somewhere in the Visayas, Philippines, this dirty bucket is for showering. You fill up the bucket with water, and then you use a scoop to pour the water over your body. And while this method of bathing is very common, it is not as common to find the buckets this filthy-looking.

Cartman Chewing Toilet Paper

This was photographed outside a public bathroom in one of the many bus terminals and train stations throughout South Korea (대한민국). We have no idea why chewing on toilet paper would seem like even remotely appropriate restroom signage. And as baffling as that is by itself, we also noticed the striking similarity between the character doing the chewing and the character Eric Cartman from the TV cartoon series South Park.

Suit and Tie?

Found outside a men's bathroom in a hospital in Iksan (익산시), North Jeolla Province (전라북도), South Korea (대한민국), the choice of signage seems strange considering that one does not normally dress up in formal wear or business attire to go to a hospital, let alone to go to the restroom.

Excessive Back Arch

Found outside a random bathroom in South Korea (대한민국), this sign states that this bathroom is for infants. What we find funny about it, however, are two things. First, if you look closely, the sign graphically depicts the urine stream. And, although that is common among Korean bathroom signs, it is also common for these signs, like this one, to not show an intended receptacle of any kind for the stream. Second, and what really caught our eyes initially, is the excessive back arch.

Korean Rest Stop Children's Bathroom

Photographed at a highway rest stop somewhere in the Republic of Korea (대한민국), this is a full children's bathroom, complete with toilet, urinal, and sink, within the men's public restroom. While we cannot say that every South Korean rest stop features this amenity, we can at least say that it is very common.

Wash your face in a toilet?

Photographed somewhere in South Korea (대한민국), this is part of the control console for an automatic toilet. The top button stops everything, the next two buttons down activate the bidet water streams, and the bottom button activates an air stream for drying. As far as the remaining button, the one that looks like a human face, we have never heard an explanation for what that one is supposed to do and, to be honest, we never had the courage to test it.