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Flushing out the potty mouths

Westerners have a lot to learn about not holding back when it comes to conversations about bodily functions

Published: 12/02/2012 at 03:13 AM
Newspaper section: Brunch

Wanpen was away from work yesterday but today she is back. Frail but animated.

"Sorry I was absent," she announces to the other girls in the office.

She grimaces and pats her stomach. "Tong sia!"

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Discussion 1 : 14/02/2012 at 07:31 AM1
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Thank you Mr. Biggs for yet another hilarious articles. You almost had me rolled on the floor with laughter and lost the content I had in my mouth while reading your eassay. I could emphatise with your Australian virgin ears for I've spent my grown up years away from my birth country and have assimilated to the western culture to recognise that we wouldn't discuss about our bodily functions at a workplace in such a fashion you described above. By the way, the associated picture (of a pair of hairy legs on the throne) is not very attractive but it certainly makes your points.
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