Sometimes an image can instantly transport the viewer to a different place and a different time
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Agadir, Morocco 1984. First real job post-college. Had to help out a fellow tour guide who had imbibed excessively in a restaurant which, although popular with tourists, had one of these squatters.
While attempting a No. 2, which turned out to be more high-velocity liquid than sub-sonic solid, he slipped and fell backwards into the rather contaminated bowl. The back of his company shirt and blazer did not survive contact.
Due to the close proximity, his sense of smell was overwhelmed, causing an element of projectile vomiting, which, while on one's back, means there are few places for said projectile to land. The front of his company shirt and blazer did not survive contact.
He swore he didn't believe it possible, and it may have been the several flagons of "vintage" Moroccan red wine (from a plastic container) talking, but he insists he continued issuing forth from the only orifice not yet mentioned at the same time as the other two. His company trousers did not survive contact.
I was approached by a waiter who requested my presence to resolve an incident; I expected it to be one of my tourists who was querying a bill or something of that nature and required an interpreter.
I was greeted by the sight of - well, I leave it to your collective imagination what the scene resembled.
The solution involved several buckets of water, a long-handled broom and a large
bribe negotiated settlement with the restaurant owner to provide a pair of old painting overalls, a pair of flip-flops and a black plastic bin liner. This was followed by a long walk back to the apartment complex as the taxi drivers were surprisingly unwilling to stop within 10m of that bin-liner. May as well as had massive luminous BIO-HAZARD stickers on it.
Most gallingly, my colleague claimed to have lost all memory of the evening from the middle of the meal until waking up the next morning. This was before the days of merging cameras and phones.
Thanks
@bowji john for that pleasant stroll down memory lane!