Adult nappy sales soar in China
Adult nappy sales soar in China
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Mrs Fish

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Thursday 26th January 2006
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ananova said:
Adult nappy sales soar in China

Adult nappy sales are soaring in China as millions prepare to endure marathon train journeys to be with their families for New Year.

Finding a vacant toilet is often impossible during journeys that take as long as 30 hours on overcrowded trains, says the Australian.

Some supermarkets reporting a 50% rise in nappy sales since the travel season started on January 14.

Up to four million travellers a day crowded onto China's trains which chug slowly between cities as far apart as Harbin in the northeast and Kunming, about 30 hours away in the south.

Stations sell twice as many tickets as there are seats. Every space is filled. Travellers crouch on the floor, sleep in luggage racks and sit for hours in lavatories.

Li Tingting, 30, made the 19-hour journey from Beijing to her home in central Hunan province only by jumping off the train at one station and racing into a public toilet.

"I climbed over so many people, but every space was full. I checked all the toilets. Next year I bought an adult nappy," she said.

RemaL

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Thursday 26th January 2006
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NO S**t

Mrs Fish

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Thursday 26th January 2006
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Well I'm sure there must be some after that length of time

Jaglover

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Thursday 26th January 2006
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And I thought the trains here were bad. I remember on a packed train back from Swanage I had to turf some guy out of the toliet to have a piss.

Makes mental note not to use trains in china.

Mrs Fish

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Thursday 26th January 2006
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Especially at New Year

sparkythecat

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Thursday 26th January 2006
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Ting Tong ?

No, not Ting Tong, Me 'Kin Pong

mybrainhurts

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Thursday 26th January 2006
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They have forum dedicated to such travellers...

It's called the Poop and Piddle






Boom Boom....

Zod

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Thursday 26th January 2006
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What a foretaste of hell those trains must be.

catso

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Thursday 26th January 2006
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jessica

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Thursday 26th January 2006
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sparkythecat said:
Ting Tong ?

No, not Ting Tong, Me 'Kin Pong