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Horror story printed on toilet paper in Japan
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TOKYO (AP) — In a country where ghosts are traditionally believed to hide in the loo, a Japanese company is advertising a new literary experience — a horror story printed on toilet paper.
Each roll carries several copies of a new nine-chapter novella written by Koji Suzuki, the Japanese author of the horror story "Ring," which has been made into movies in both Japan and Hollywood.
"Drop," set in a public restroom, takes up about three feet (90 centimeters) of a roll and can be read in just a few minutes, according to the manufacturer, Hayashi Paper.
The company promotes the toilet paper, which will sell for 210 yen ($2.20) a roll, as "a horror experience in the toilet."
Toilets in Japan were traditionally tucked away in a dark corner of the house due to religious beliefs. Parents would tease children that a hairy hand might pull them down into the dark pool below.
Would this help you go to the loo?
My children never flush the loo/toilet after them.
英語的美感來自於你總是可以用一種比較委婉的方式來表達它。想說廁所時，你可以用「廁所」一詞，或者也可以說盥洗室（lavatory）、盥室（lav）、洗手間（restroom）、衛生間（loo）、茅房（bog）、茅廁（john）、水廁（water closet）、華盛頓俱樂部（WC）、男廁（Gents）、女廁（Ladies）等等。他說，英語是這世界上最有創意的語言。
我不確定當時我真的了解威爾的重點，但是到了課程快結束時，我已經隱約可以體會他試圖說明的是什麼了。我揮別老師們，爸媽把我從薩福克郡（Suffolk）載回薩里郡（Surrey）。那是九月的第一天。我們在倫敦郊區的一間加油站停了下來，我看著車窗外面，注意到一張破爛的《倫敦標準晚報》（Evening Standard）海報，上面用嘲諷的語氣寫了一排字：「多迪(註)與黛安娜身亡」（Dodi and Di Dead）。
等到我們的車開回下摩特雷克路的時候，我把那幾個音節在腦海裡重新排列組合：多—迪，迪—多，戴—戴。那新聞標題所報導的是令人如此悲傷的一件事，但只要稍稍改成「Dodi and Di Die」，唸起來就像「多迪與呆呆」，多麼好笑啊。
在那個當下，我深信自己已經搞清楚那些以英語為母語的人是什麼心態了：即使是在最不適當的時刻，這種語言仍然無法不玩文字遊戲。在各種語言所組成的家族裡，英語就像是個令人尷尬的父執輩人物，即使在葬禮上還是要講黃色笑話。
---摘自《當金龜車尬上MINI：英德交流三百年》 http://goo.gl/hr9w8b
(註)黛安娜前王妃（Princess Diana）去世前的情人，多迪．法耶德（Dodi Fayed）
pee Show phonetics
verb [I or T]
INFORMAL FOR urinate
pee
noun INFORMAL
1 [U] urine
2 [S] when you urinate:
I must go for/must have a pee.
verb [I or T]
INFORMAL FOR urinate
pee
noun INFORMAL
1 [U] urine
2 [S] when you urinate:
I must go for/must have a pee.
wee (URINATE) Show phonetics
verb [I] (ALSO wee-wee) INFORMAL OR CHILD'S WORD
to urinate:
Daddy, I want to wee!
when a group of friends (female, but could be male also) unfortunately decide to go to the bathroom together, and hold a conversation while they all pee. most people would find this awkward.
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