neocarbunkle

Congratulations. I remember some of your previous blog posts about your marriage. I hope this next chapter in your life will be all happy and exciting.

Trying to live in China (just for a few months) has long been on my list of things to do (so far the circumstances have never been right and I've only spent a few weeks in Hong Kong, which of course is not the real China). Can you speak any Chinese?

I've read somewhere (don't remember the source(s)) that it is quite common in China that when people travel, especially for the big holidays (from the coastal cities back to the countryside to visit their families), they wear diapers to avoid having to search and queue for the toilets at stations and on trains (because there are loads of people everywhere). I'm not sure about the extent of this or whether it's true at all; perhaps you will have a chance to find out and report to ADISC.

In any case, enjoy China and please keep blogging.

Ditto on Avalanche's thoughts. I admire the size of testicles required to make this sort of leap.

Originally Posted by Avalanche

Congratulations. I remember some of your previous blog posts about your marriage. I hope this next chapter in your life will be all happy and exciting.

Trying to live in China (just for a few months) has long been on my list of things to do (so far the circumstances have never been right and I've only spent a few weeks in Hong Kong, which of course is not the real China). Can you speak any Chinese?

I've read somewhere (don't remember the source(s)) that it is quite common in China that when people travel, especially for the big holidays (from the coastal cities back to the countryside to visit their families), they wear diapers to avoid having to search and queue for the toilets at stations and on trains (because there are loads of people everywhere). I'm not sure about the extent of this or whether it's true at all; perhaps you will have a chance to find out and report to ADISC.

In any case, enjoy China and please keep blogging.

Please excuse the lateness of this reply.

I am sort of on a quest to find answers to questions like that. My Chinese is not that good, but I have tried to search the internet to find the Chinese equivalent of a site like this, and so for not much luck. Disposable diapers are kind of a new thing in China and are still expensive for most people so a lot of people grew up without the diaper experience. As far as to avoid toilets, I'm not sure, but the public toilets are so horrendous, I think anyone would be happy to use a diaper instead.