Friday, November 16, 2007

Modern Toilet Treat


Modern Toilet Treat
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Ice cream à la commode tops off a meal at Taipei's Modern Toilet diner, where thankfully the food tastes better than it looks. There are already 12 such chain restaurants in Taiwan catering to an apparently deep-seated national toilet fetish. (Reuters / Nicky Loh)

Haewoojae


Haewoojae
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A lavatory-shaped house, Haewoojae, which means the house for satisfying one's anxiety, is seen in Suwon, about 46 km (29 miles) south of Seoul, November 9, 2007. South Korean sanitation activists will mark the start of a global toilet association on November 21 by lifting the lid on the world's first lavatory-shaped home that offers plenty of water closet space. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA)

Skull Kiss


Skull Kiss
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A girl kisses the skull of St. John Chrysostom in a Greek Orthodox church dedicated to the saint in Lakatamia, Cyprus. Thousands of Cypriots queued for hours to touch the revered Christian relic, credited with two miraculous cures in the past three days. The silver-encased skull, on a rare trip from its home in a northern Greek monastery, will remain in Cyprus until Nov. 20. (AP / Petros Karadjias)