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Feel Like a Real Czech Student. Inscriptions on Toilet Doors.

Sometimes I rack my brain over how to most accurately convey the atmosphere of life in Czech Republic through text and images format.
And today I got one (another brilliant) idea.

In deep childhood, one of the first pleasant shocks was folk creativity I found on the toilet door at the Palace of Pioneers in Kaluga city. One of the young pioneers left me one of the main lessons of life:

If you took a shit, you bastard,
Pull the toilet handle

(the flush on a string was a technological miracle for me then)

And then the water pressure
Will carry away your labors

(and these lines added a bit of poetry)

If there isn't one,
You'll clean it with your hand

(and these 2 lines were left in response to the original author, adding a bit of Russian realities of that time. The familiar address "you" seemed to indicate the displeasure of the respondent, who called to follow the instructions without delay)

In general, inscriptions on toilet doors - that was instead of the internet back then (now people shit past doors, in the comments).

What about this in Czech Republic? Pure Europe, cultured neat gentlemen, wishing everyone they meet the kindest of evenings with a smile? No, in Czech Republic everything is in order with this too:

Inscriptions appear as regularly as they are erased (and they are erased at the end of each semester).

"Haiku 5-7-5". Isn't it lovely to study at the Faculty of Arts in Czech Republic?

shitting on toilet
beautiful spring
my friend, don't wash that

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