Now please understand I am not knocking anyone with this post, I have many friends in the US, I love NC and a Friend from there took me metal detecting there years ago, thats where I found the one and only US Civil War Round, a live 30 pound Parrot round, it is disarmed and now in my collection.

I find it odd about the big deal some US States about bathrooms, we all know what I am talking about.

The Counties of Canada and the US
may be great friends, and every Canadian I know has friends in the US, however we do think differantly

Guns, elections this Bathroom thing ect… now with all that said.

Many of the forums members here, that have traveled to or live in Mainland Europe must think this bathroom thing is really over blown.

I remember the 1st time I went to Europe, I landed in Paris, took a wrong turn and ended up in the middle of Paris at morning rush hour, I had never driven there before, so I guess you can understand the problems I faced, I felt like a target!!!

Later on our way to Normandy ( later the same day, after I found a way out of Paris) to meet a friend there. I wanted a coffee and to use the bathroom…I did not know about those bushes at layovers.

We stopped at a large Fuel station, I asked my better half to grab me a coffee while I went to the Bathroom.
A woman was mopping the floor near the entrance of the bathroom, as I waited she said "come, come" so I went in to take a pee at the "wall" much to my surprise, as I was using that item, a few women walked behind me talking..I was surprised by this and thought I may have gone into the the woman’s tolite…the next thing I knew, the same women that had said "come come" was mopping around my feet!!.. that was the first time I learned that both sexes ( and I guess all sexes) used the same bathroom!!!
Being a Canadian I was very surprised by this..and over my trip it took sometime to get used to that.

I remember a few days later sitting down in the little room ( as we call it here) doing what had to be done.. 2 French ladys sat on either side of me and carried on a conversation..it made my task very diffacult to finish!!!
By the Time I left Europe I was used to it..no big deal!!!

I guess some of the law makers in some US States, have never been overseas.

AGAIN this is not an insult to anyone… Just something I learned on my travels, which tend to open our eyes.

Just My Thoughts

Dean O
Canada