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stcredzero
This happened when I was in college when our local "hippie-goddess" chick met this guy from the Pacific island of Yap. They were in love and he wanted to marry her, but she insisted on having "American style" plumbing before she'd say yes and go and live with him on Yap. The guy got his hands on a backhoe and put in a septic system himself. Guess it really was love.
wheels
DNS seems to be acting up at the moment. For some reason news.ycombinator.com is resolving to Reddit.
glymor
In a country where more households have TV sets than lavatories

This seems insane.

Indoor plumming is perhaps somewhat involved but what about outdoor lavatories?

Maybe my image of rural Britain having outhouses everywhere is mistaken or occurred at a latter stage of development...

Hexstream
Think that's insane? What about this:

"Some upper-caste communities are not happy having lavatories in their homes because tradition dictates that such an arrangement is unclean.

Mr Monda said: “People do not want to go to the toilet in the home where they cook food. And many old people enjoy the opportunity to go for a walk. It gives them the opportunity to check on their fields.” "

ekpyrotic
Allowing articles which are not within the immediate sphere of a hacker's interest is a slippery slope.
wheels
Note that once an article is flagged enough times it is [dead]-ed. I'd encourage others to use that feature for wildly off-topic posts such as this one, and to spend a little time digging through the "new" section for stuff that is relevant to the site.
ekpyrotic
Thanks for the information wheels.
sutro
This headline is best enjoyed when sung to the tune of Bob Marley's "No woman, no cry."