tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post7759569990081577212..comments2024-01-09T13:55:46.379-05:00Comments on 15 Minute Lunch: Mexico: Part III - Mr. Virgil? This is your wakeup call.Johnny Virgilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-77675675557848444792010-11-18T04:33:38.136-05:002010-11-18T04:33:38.136-05:00Eco Potty Wipes - the #1 Wipe would be a great plu...Eco Potty Wipes - the #1 Wipe would be a great plus for the tinklers. Would cut down on tremendous waste and they are much softer than paper.<br />Just throw in the mesh bag, pull the drawstring and they go right into the washing machine. No brainer. Only for the ladies:) <br /> #1 Wipe....<br />http://www.etsy.com/listing/50334077/cool-mom-picks-says-yes-to-eco-pottyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-18710411571986395952010-04-22T20:34:24.414-04:002010-04-22T20:34:24.414-04:00Mybad, I should have warned you about the plumbing...Mybad, I should have warned you about the plumbing in Mexico, ooops.nunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833886980442919570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-18604160530632039162010-04-16T11:11:47.882-04:002010-04-16T11:11:47.882-04:00Perfect description! How funny.Perfect description! How funny.D. Jean Quarleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01327174739435123349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-81185022631746264452010-04-12T21:08:57.721-04:002010-04-12T21:08:57.721-04:00Oh JV...you make life bearable sometimes. LOL! M...Oh JV...you make life bearable sometimes. LOL! Muah!Balthazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210841284503527877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-63762404045232324982010-04-12T12:41:34.187-04:002010-04-12T12:41:34.187-04:00Those birds should have ended up at a road side lu...Those birds should have ended up at a road side lunch stand.Mahalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428501380180444456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-55340996285334703492010-04-12T11:54:52.115-04:002010-04-12T11:54:52.115-04:00Great post, as usual. I have also gone to the Tul...Great post, as usual. I have also gone to the Tulum ruins, can't wait to read about that adventure!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16557401352580728638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-52205327544027726692010-04-10T15:24:15.753-04:002010-04-10T15:24:15.753-04:00I'll admit, A few times I flushed the first sq...I'll admit, A few times I flushed the first square. And thank you, cottonelle for your premoistened wipes.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-48539113936166525872010-04-10T14:49:58.035-04:002010-04-10T14:49:58.035-04:00The no flushing T.P. exists in most of Asia as wel...The no flushing T.P. exists in most of Asia as well. Someone wrote something about this subject on an Asian related forum once that went something like this: "You mean my toilet can handle my Saturday morning Guiness log, but it can't handle the few squares of T.P. that follow?"<br /><br />While living over there, we had some locals over for dinner one night and I forgot to remove the garbage can from the bathroom. It was full of T.P. by the end of the evening. I just picked it up and dumped in the toilet and flushed it all away. Problem solved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-65118011710269248192010-04-08T20:42:04.956-04:002010-04-08T20:42:04.956-04:00I have never heard of this problem with the flushi...I have never heard of this problem with the flushing of toilet paper. This is quite probably the most disgusting thing I have ever heard of. Based on your unwitting travel tips, I am now going to limit my travel to civilized countries. Thanks so much.Jen Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10900261769824561993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-84623768856835806012010-04-08T17:03:26.707-04:002010-04-08T17:03:26.707-04:00"Make $3000 an hour and lose weight at the sa..."Make $3000 an hour and lose weight at the same time!" <br /><br />Can I have the phone number for that one please?KidSisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-28448222325617290762010-04-08T10:23:02.782-04:002010-04-08T10:23:02.782-04:00Trust me, nobody would do that if it wasn't re...Trust me, nobody would do that if it wasn't required by law.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-68746052613180827212010-04-08T10:15:09.644-04:002010-04-08T10:15:09.644-04:00Toilet habits, really a deep seated cultural thing...Toilet habits, really a deep seated cultural thing. The TP thing has never bothered me but it has been a deal breaker for some Americans I've known. I don't see it as much different than baby diapers or depends in a trash can, better even since there is much less *stuff* involved. <br /><br />Want to see it from the other side? Talk to a middle class Mexican about how the same Americans that are grossed out by putting their own paper in a trash bag next to them will go and follow a DOG down the street and actually pick up piles of its poop in a little baggy and then carry it around with them!Jonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775514857047122526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-12047100825973486792010-04-08T09:32:05.847-04:002010-04-08T09:32:05.847-04:00I gagged when I looked at the picture of the crisp...I gagged when I looked at the picture of the crispy lady at the beach, just so you know. Hilarious blog, you definitely have another follower. :)HulaBunshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09379487888764096689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-90782589430944795792010-04-08T06:19:55.392-04:002010-04-08T06:19:55.392-04:00Nessa, it doesn't surprise me that you know wh...Nessa, it doesn't surprise me that you know what they are. The grackle sounds about right, because that's what it looked like. Sort of black/purple/brown with beady bright yellow eyes.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-38718817713409304562010-04-08T06:09:44.833-04:002010-04-08T06:09:44.833-04:00Ari, I can almost get behind the no-seat thing fr...Ari, I can almost get behind the no-seat thing from a a hygienic standpoint, but anon, there is no way wiping your butt with your hand is cleaner than using TP. I prefer not to touch my feces. I'm really hoping that they keep their fingernails cut down to the nubs in India. Is a handshower a bidet or something else? A bidet sounds pretty good, but I've never experienced one. I have visions of walking around with a wet ass.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-61818130265807071212010-04-08T02:44:22.728-04:002010-04-08T02:44:22.728-04:00Maybe its just cleaner to use a hand shower or som...Maybe its just cleaner to use a hand shower or something to wash your butt after potty! That is the most sanitary way to keep yourself and your toilet clean i think... (Of course you wash your hand with soap after that! :P).. but people in the west don't know it??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-86845799371321672062010-04-08T01:24:12.052-04:002010-04-08T01:24:12.052-04:00Hey, the cat had a better place to poop than the h...Hey, the cat had a better place to poop than the humans, didn't it?<br /><br />Kenya, India, Greece and Dominican Republic have nothing on Italy. Yes, Italy. Holes in the ground and "toilets" designed without seats are the rule, not the exception. <br /><br />It's a crazy world out there, my friends.<br /><br />Long time lurker / admirer.Arinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-84966364601021958222010-04-07T21:55:41.525-04:002010-04-07T21:55:41.525-04:00P.S. KC - it's Chichen Itza, I believe.P.S. KC - it's Chichen Itza, I believe.Nessa Happenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454080363207458241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-6517648517662628512010-04-07T21:52:23.827-04:002010-04-07T21:52:23.827-04:00We had two of those screaming bastard birds in Ant...We had two of those screaming bastard birds in Antigua. The first was called a Bananaquit, or Honey Creeper.<br /><br />It was DEFINITELY a creeper, that much I know. <br /><br />It sat in a tree RIGHT outside our bedroom patio doors, and shrieked from 4 a.m. on, non-stop. It was joined in its efforts by the Carib Grackle. There is no bird call more obnoxious than the Carib Grackle's. I've tried to find a recording of it for you, but - perhaps unsurprisingly - no one has recorded it. It's that bad. Even the bird sites that normally have sound files for every bird just say, "it's piercing call makes them hard to miss." <br /><br />NO SHIT. It's especially hard to miss at 4 in the morning when the bird is essentially perched on your head. F*ers. I found myself praying one of the really large lizards would go all Godzilla vs. Mothra on the both of 'em.Nessa Happenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454080363207458241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-27465284642249523052010-04-07T16:47:13.301-04:002010-04-07T16:47:13.301-04:00KC, YES. There were many many hairy italian guys w...KC, YES. There were many many hairy italian guys with beer guts wearing banana hammocks. <br /><br />Gringa, I suppose you can get used to anything, but I found it a little disconcerting at first. I suppose using your hand and communal water is probably much worse.<br /><br />Anon, there was no lid. <br /><br />Lorraine, I will never go to india, and that's just one of the reasons. I can look at pictures on line. You in the military?<br /><br />Chris, there were really only a handful. But jarring if you're not used to it.<br /><br />Mouse, good point. <br /><br />Badger, do your ears start to itch? I wake up in the middle of the night and pull them out, every time.<br /><br />Shine, where'd you stay?<br /><br />KC from TX, thanks. I thought it was only the beachfront areas, but maybe it's just areas with crappy septic systems or something.<br /><br />scarlett, I'm sure the ring bearer got an eyeful. <br /><br />Anon, Kenya sounds delightful. <br /><br />Jen, Britni, thanks! Fragrant, next time I go, I surely will.<br /><br />Char, it wasn't so much the nudity or even the size or droop, but it was the level of tanning that really creeped me out. They looked like a natural-tanned leather couch. So did the rest of her, incidentally, but I'm talking major sun damage to the girls here.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-49151253147577787022010-04-07T16:25:01.142-04:002010-04-07T16:25:01.142-04:00First time I told my niece and nephew to NOT flush...First time I told my niece and nephew to NOT flush but to put the paper in the trash can they looked at me like I'd said to come back out into the restaurant and wave their paper around on a kite string... so horrified... but they did it. <br /><br />I'm getting to the age and droop that your boob commentary is almost offensive... which explains why these girls don't go out to play on the beach... <br /><br />Hope you found some good food while you were down there... Playa.Info is chock full of good suggestions! so I hear....Charnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-87939241104591277762010-04-07T15:00:47.804-04:002010-04-07T15:00:47.804-04:00Hysterical. I've been to Playa del Carmen a fe...Hysterical. I've been to Playa del Carmen a few times, and found it to be quite cosmopolitan -- and filled with loud birds.<br /><br />I think the woman with the satchel tits was probably related to my ex-husband, who has two twin aunts down there. So effectively and collectively, that's four satchel tits. Say hi for me, will ya?Fragrant Liarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452052210826471034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-58474660150591406292010-04-07T12:32:06.720-04:002010-04-07T12:32:06.720-04:00The bird classified had me laughing so hard that I...The bird classified had me laughing so hard that I started crying at my desk. Well played.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594055315981533305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-25019190638260190262010-04-07T11:41:52.951-04:002010-04-07T11:41:52.951-04:00Great blog. Way to make a vacation educational! :)...Great blog. Way to make a vacation educational! :)Jen at The Places We Livehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147836252027178456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-62123123880378004292010-04-07T11:20:32.859-04:002010-04-07T11:20:32.859-04:00The not flushing TP thing isn't too big of a d...The not flushing TP thing isn't too big of a deal. You get used to it. I've been to many places in Mexico where you were lucky the toilet flushed at all. Usually you have to get a bucket of water from the well and pour it into the bowl to make it flush.<br /><br />When I was in Kenya, I was happy just to have a hole to squat over sometimes. When traveling by bus, whenever people need a break the driver just pulls over to the side of the road. Women go on one side of the road, men on the other. If you didn't bring any toilet paper you either find someone who did or you're out of luck.<br /><br />Ah, good times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com