Yesterday, I had a sort of emergency and rushed to the ETG for their bathroom

[conuly]

They take a sort of "more is more" approach to the way they've decorated that small space. Every inch is covered in flyers - ads for low-cost dentists and optometrists and handymen and psychics, a poster about saving the earth, a map from Amnesty International detailing where Syrian refugees mostly flee to, newspaper clippings... and up on the ceiling, on the fan, a little note: "Why are you reading the fan? AGAIN!?"

They also have a magazine rack, though if they think I'm reading communal magazines in a public bathroom... well, I mean, if I was really desperate, but I don't go out in public without a book so....

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Comments

[wpadmirer]

My grandmother (maternal) was a flapper, complete with the bob and wearing improper clothes. I've seen some photos, and it's funny, but yes, it was NOT sexy. Certainly not in the way the 1950s made it!

[sapphire2309]

that sounds like a Lovely bathroom

[conuly]

Certainly won't have to resort to reading nail polish while pooping.

[conuly]

But there's more charisma in the original anyway.

[sapphire2309]

ayup

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

"Why are you reading the fan? AGAIN!?"

Duh, because the fan has words on it. How is a person (who can read) supposed to look at words and not read them? It would be like hearing words (in your own language) and not understanding them.

[conuly]

It would be like hearing words (in your own language) and not understanding them.

To be fair, this happens to me all the time.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Is it because you automatically transcribe spoken language into text in your mind, and sometimes people don't speak clearly enough to accurately transcribe?