Monday, November 10, 2008

A little bathroom humor - you may want to skip it if you think like my mom...

Ok, I'm gonna tell you the story because Mark wants me to tell you:

We were back in my home town and one day my cousin invited us to go to some "swimming pools" in another town close by and let me tell you that this was a very very small town and the swimming pools were almost like regular swimming pools except they didn't have a filtration system and the water came from the mountains which means the water is very cold.
Before I go on let me tell you that in Honduras we have a lot of water issues, which means that you get water in your house every other day if you are lucky or every 2 to 3 days. We also don't have sewer systems in some places because a lot of areas are really poor.
So we go to the swimming pools and because the water was so cold I didn't get in. I had some stomach issues and I went to the bathroom and found out that it was just the seat with a hole in the middle with a very deep hole in it and a bucket on the side to flush the "toilet", so I decided to just wait until we got back home.
We were in our way back and a couple of minutes later my cousin realized she forgot the parrot she took with her. We went back to get her and then I really wanted to go. It didn't help that the roads weren't paved and ahead of us the police were stopping every one. Of course they wanted to get some money from us because my brother didn't have his license. So the police made us wait there to see if we would decide to hand over some money. I couldn't wait anymore.
I went to the first house I found and I saw a little girl and ask her If I could use her bathroom. She goes inside the house and comes back and she says: WE DON'T HAVE A BATHROOM" and I said, WELL WHERE DO YOU USUALLY GO? and she said "WE GO BEHIND THE HOUSE BY THE FENCE" and I said WELL, CAN I GO THERE TOO?, CAN YOU SHOW ME WHERE IT IS? She took me and I did my business basically on her backyard, so I left and thanked them for letting me use their bathr... I'm sorry their backyard. ( I also had some company back there, the dog came to say hi to me).
I'm sorry this might not be a funny story for some of you, but for Mark it is.

Keyla

(PS from Mark - I'm sorry I enjoy bathroom (er..backyard humor) and trust me this was way more funny for me from the spectator position than for Keyla. And if you don't enjoy a little bathroom humor please know that it's my fault and not Keyla's and just skip on down to the pictures of the boy.

2 comments:

Kathryn Palmer said...

This is a very funny story Keyla. The beauty of living in Honduras! I cannot imagine.

Laura said...

That is pretty funny. I can totally believe how Mark thought it was hillarious. You are a better woman than me Keyla - I could never do it!