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Signspotting: Please Sit on the Sitting Toilet, Malaysia
by Nora Dunn

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Only in Asia (Malaysia to be exact), would they have to tell you to SIT on a sitting toilet …
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About the Author
Nora Dunn is a Professional Hobo and Freelance Writer, having given up the daily grind to search the world for the greatest adventures and best stories. She can be reached through her blog, The Professional Hobo.














March 23rd, 2009
There are squatting toilets here too … strangely, there has never been signs telling you not to sit in those …
March 24th, 2009
…I’ve seen footprints on an asian loo seat before – so it really must happen!
(it’s still pretty funny though. haha)
March 24th, 2009
Strangely enough we have these same signs in our university bathrooms in Christchurch NZ, so perhaps not just in Asia … I laughed out loud (in the toilet) when I first saw them!
March 27th, 2009
It doesn’t happen in Malayasia alone. Happens in India as well. As for NZ, I think the sign was put up for the Asians
March 28th, 2009
Ahaha, not only in Malaysia!! Similar to arnika, we have them in some university bathrooms. They’re a pretty recent (and loltastic) addition.