International Toilet Day. World Toilet Organization

It is unlikely that on the International Day of Museums, someone will consider it their duty to visit any museum by all means. The Melpomene abode on International Theater Day will most likely not suffer from a willful full house either. Moreover, the theaters themselves are sparse in our area. But the institution, the international day of which is celebrated by all progressive mankind, is visited by everyone. Even those who know nothing about this holiday. Only those who walk by themselves pass by him, because November 19 is World Toilet Day.
Judging by the lack of garlands and illumination in public toilets, no one is particularly preparing for this holiday. Although, everyone will be able to cope with it together with the need, both small and large. An attempt to conduct a survey on the topic "Do you know what holiday the entire civilized world will celebrate on November 19?" failed. Nobody knew anything about Toilet Day. And when they found out, they looked at the calendar (who had it with them): isn't it April 1st today?

History reference

On November 19, 2002, the world community for the first time celebrated World Toilet Day - one of the most original and merry holidays.

November 19 was declared World Toilet Day in 2001 at the International Toilet Conference in Singapore. By the way, the location of the conference was not chosen by chance: Singapore is famous for the impeccable cleanliness of latrines.

More than 200 delegates from Asia, Europe and North America, representing 17 national toilet associations, met to discuss current issues and explore new concepts for toilet development. The result of the meeting was the formation of the World Toilet Organization, which was the initiator of the creation of this unusual holiday.

Well, let's have a party!

I would like to believe that over time this gap in the education of the population will be properly filled. November 19 will be the day of a revolutionary upheaval in the toilet consciousness of the masses, who have discarded false modesty and stopped sowing devastation, relieving themselves by the toilet bowl. (And sometimes - very far past, where there is no smell of a toilet bowl.) And the words "Don't you think, young man, that your place is near the bucket?" this day will sound like a congratulation.

After all, in our country they love holidays very much, and they celebrate not only the days of all people, but also birds, and individual animals, and even the Constitution, which is not celebrated by itself and in general. It happens that the holiday is celebrated for several days (as if at the request of those suffering from heavy drinking). And it happens that they celebrate only one specific day in a year. Take Older Person's Day, for example. What is the ritual of this holiday? They caught an elderly man (preferably a poor man - it's easier to please), poured a bowl of charitable soup, dressed him up like christmas tree, gave me something to hold while taking a photo for reporting. And be healthy, get out of here old man, your holiday is over! See you in 364 days.

With an eye to the wildness of the performance of domestic rituals, a special scenario should be developed for a more or less civilized celebration of this touching and close to the vital organs of every person's event - Toilet Day. Let not this year, but next year this holiday will certainly be on our street. And it will be worthless to celebrate it in entrances, gateways and under fences. It is imperative that everyone in need celebrates the holiday in a human way, and, having photographed him, as it should be, for accountability, he should not be driven out of his "home" place prematurely. We are, well ... oh, do not twist near the toilet, but still Europe. And the origins of this holiday originate precisely in European urinals and water closets. They, the Europeans, already have something to be proud of: a year ago, the Toilet Museum appeared in London, in the creation of which the European Union also took part, which allocated 350 thousand pounds sterling for these needs.

World Toilet Day is invented by the International Toilet Organization, which is headquartered (no, not in the closet!) In London. According to Jack Sim, the founder of this organization that brings together dozens of countries to forums, it's time for people to break taboos and talk openly about toilets in order to improve the quality of water closets and make them accessible to everyone. Perhaps it's time for us to break the taboo. After all, we are not ashamed to go into a public toilet located in the area of houses 3 and 5 on Shevchenko Street? Why should we be ashamed to talk about him?

Due to certain circumstances, the author could not visit the part of it with the letter Ж on it. But this letter in this case can hardly be interpreted as "female". Because the adjacent M does not mean "masculine". Most likely, it means "courage". For a person who does not possess this quality (especially a faint of heart, with a weakened psyche), going to the toilet, can easily do it.

Recently, at a meeting with war veterans in the executive committee, the question was raised about what examples and how we should educate schoolchildren so that they, without hesitation, could strap on grenades and lie under an enemy tank. Unfortunately, before the discussion, I was not lucky enough to visit the aforementioned toilet. Now I can say with firm confidence that if the students are taken only to this toilet, without allowing them to visit any other, then after a while they themselves will ask for grenades, calculate the enemy's tank and, without hesitation, lie under it. Of all the lessons of courage, this will be the most powerful.

Of course, it is regrettable that at a time when spaceships ply the endless expanses of our Universe, we are forced, in order not to enter, to look for a fairway in a water closet. And run around the city (not only in Slavyansk, but in any city of our Fatherland) in search of a closet while the world's first nationwide electronic map of public toilets is being created in decaying capitalist Australia. In our country, pointers are extremely rare and warn of possible happiness (as old man Zhvanetsky said, “happiness is to see the toilet and have time to run to it”) only when you can find a place by smell. We will celebrate this holiday with such gloomy indicators.

Toilet of the Year for Person of the Year

For 15 years in England, there has been a competition for the best toilet in the country. During the summer, applications are submitted, then a vigilant commission bypasses the establishments. Ordinary citizens can also vote for their favorite toilet by calling. The best water closet wins the "Toilet of the Year" award.

It is too early to talk about holding such competitions in our country. False bashfulness gets in the way. We can hold a contest "Person of the Year", "Miss-2002", and where this person or the same miss will go, if they suddenly, I beg your pardon, feel an urge in an inappropriate place, we shyly keep silent. However, there is nowhere to go especially.

Since Soviet times, there have been no changes in urban planning norms regulating the number of public toilets per capita. There is one public toilet for every 1000 people. Anyone with mathematical knowledge can calculate whether these norms correspond to reality in his hometown. These figures will not be in favor of common truths.

Here it would be appropriate to recall once again the same Australia, which it would not hurt us if not to overtake on the way to a bright toilet future, then at least catch up. The idea of creating a toilet map originated in a fund to help people suffering from bedwetting. And the humane government decided to support the noble endeavor by allocating an additional 1.5 million Australian dollars for the project. The map contains information about the location and place of operation of toilets, as well as about some features - for example, whether wheelchair users will be able to visit the institution. Our wheelchair users, even with such a card, are unlikely to be able to get into the local water closets, where there are steep stairs and turns everywhere. This is another reason why many wheelchair users rarely travel to the city.

However, the need, or rather, the inability to cope with it, knocks out not only wheelchair users. As evidenced by medical observations, after 40 years, every third woman suffers to one degree or another from stress urinary incontinence, and the situation worsens with age. Cystitis (that's when you have to go to the toilet every five minutes) is also a common disease. There are a lot of reasons for this - lifting weights and staying in the cold, postponed abortions and inflammations, complications after childbirth. Of course, the lack of accessible toilets is not the main reason diseases, but still can seriously aggravate the situation. Retention of urine leads to cystitis, frequent cystitis leads to tumors - the circle is closed.

Men have similar problems. After 45 years (or even earlier), many of them gradually develop an adenoma of the prostate gland, which may not quietly remind of itself until the end of their life, or may develop rapidly. Restraining the urge to visit the toilet leads to inflammatory processes that accelerate the development of the tumor. And the adenoma itself encourages you to run to the toilet more often.

Trying to drink less so as not to go to the restroom is also not the case. The body, which is 80 percent water, must be washed out in time. Doctors also constantly repeat about the need to regularly cope with great need. Proctologists threaten with hemorrhoids, therapists say that all diseases begin in the intestines, where undigested toxins accumulate.

And a separate word about children, whom society allows to sit under a bush much more readily than adults. It should be noted that he is doing the right thing, since a child who could not bear it and "disgraced himself" runs the risk of getting an intractable neurosis.

We are still concerned about the neuroses of children, although the state of the "disgraced" adult, probably, cannot be called psychologically safe either.

It's good to be a pussy, good to be a dog ...

As you know, there are people who, by the nature of their activities, are firmly tied to the place of work, but at the same time geographically far from such a blessing of civilization as a stationary toilet. These are hawkers and kioskers who not only trade, but also guard their goods, so it is problematic for them to leave for need. But if the hawker one way or another has to leave good things to his fellow neighbors at least once a day, then the inhabitants of the kiosks can get ... a bucket to the lid. This is especially true for kiosks located in "sleeping" areas, where the nearest public toilet is "seven miles in the forest". The "pot" of the kiosk worker helps to save both the goods and the precious working time, but the amber, as you yourself understand, still holds on to the workplace. One of my acquaintances (don't b ... di, Dima, I won't give out your surname!) At the beginning of his kiosk career somehow forgot to go home in a big way in the morning and had to go to the kiosk in plastic bag... According to him, people did not approach the kiosk for half a day.

But the smell is half the trouble, because the bucket (at least sometimes) also needs to be emptied. Where is this to be done? Urban planners have not provided for special places in the "sleeping" areas for emptying the "pots". Therefore, all this stuff usually dumps out somewhere nearby.

Where is the SES looking? - someone will ask. For documents. According to the rules, each kiosk starts working only after the SES is convinced of the documented ability of the kiosk to visit a toilet. There is such a contract in every kiosk, but often it was deliberately concluded without the possibility of fulfilling it. After all, kiosks work either around the clock or much longer than many institutions.
By the way, a citizen who empties in places not intended for this automatically comes into conflict with the law. Because in this way he commits "an administrative offense that infringes on public order." That is classified as petty hooliganism and is punishable by a fine.

But perhaps desperate toilets seekers are considered sufficiently punished as they are due to the mental and physical discomforts they have endured? For example, in Europe, a person who was forced to endure such torment of the body can claim to be paid a sum of money to him. So, a citizen who could not get to the toilet on a German express for two hours (imagine, even there sometimes there is no water on the trains), the court awarded a monetary compensation in the amount of 300 EURO, determining that the victim "was tortured in the form of an irresistible desire to go to toilet".

As for the domestic rules of toilet behavior, if our citizen stops his "torture" outside the walls of the restrooms, he risks being fined from 17 to 51 hryvnias. The difference in the amounts excites the imagination (I wonder how you have to defecate at 17, and how at 51?), But in reality everything is quite prosaic. The amount of the fine is determined by the guards taking into account the behavior of the offender. If they see that a person is ashamed, but there is no longer the strength to "be tortured", then they can feel sorry for him. And if a citizen violator urinates with special cynicism, and even on the shoes or trousers of a citizen of the chief, then here the punishment will be maximum.

So this is the state of affairs, gentlemen sitting down assessors. If we do not want to become prematurely disabled and criminals, then it is time for us to face the truth and start fighting for our toilet place in the sun.

Are you celebrating World Toilet Day on November 19th? It’s in vain. The fact is that this is a very important holiday, albeit a very original one. First of all, it is worth recognizing that without a "white friend" people would be somehow uncomfortable to live. All of us, we have to admit, are somewhat dependent on the "rest room" and we all want it to be clean and comfortable. But the representatives of many villages, residents of Cameroon and many other interesting countries on earth, not all have a similar opportunity for a civilized visit to latrines. They are in a tighter position.
In 2001, I realized the importance of the existence and development of the toilet business. An international conference on the problems of toilets was even held in Singapore, and Singapore itself was not chosen by chance - this city is an example of cleanliness of latrines.
A fun conference brought together delegates from Europe, Asia and North America (over 200 people) - representatives of 17 national toilet associations. They set themselves the goal of not just speculating about the problems of lack of toilet paper in public restrooms, and it was not at all their intention to scold "toilet Cerberus" who collect "tribute" for natural needs and even, as one might think, they did not want to laugh at jokes about people stuck in booths. The purpose of the conference was to think over innovative concepts for the development of the toilet business!
As a result of this fruitful meeting, the delegates decided to 'consolidate' the tradition and formed the World Toilet Organization. And World Toilet Day is now another reason for another feast ... at a large conference table, of course.
And everything seems to be clear with this day of the toilet, but how to celebrate it? Well, do not spend the whole day with a "faience friend". We propose to do so - on November 19, every year to pay special attention to the "most popular room in the house". Wash, clean, polish and repair all plumbing.

Voice greetings

World toilet day
We will celebrate today without haste!
And we wish that in winter and summer
The atmosphere was good in it!

Public and rural wooden,
Home, railway station and others
We wish you strange visitors,
So that you can stay clean!

To joyfully meet everyone at the entrance
And they saw off joyfully twice!
So that only the water is not turned off for a century!
And they didn't write obscenities on the wall!

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Once upon a time, but not so long ago, everything was invented!
But believe it or not, the most important thing is the toilet!
Where would we go to think? And where would you spend your time?
Where would we read the newspapers? Where would the queue wait?

Of course, nowadays the toilet is not the solution to all troubles!
But only he at the appointed hour managed to more than relax us!
And, if on this very day, you are not too lazy to go THERE,
That means happy holiday to you, I congratulate you from the bottom of my heart, loving!

And let your private toilet always light up, if you need light!
And he will gently take you into his arms without melting!
So that, as on a throne, full of thoughts, you took up your mind right there!
And returning again and again, he gave him my love!

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The whole world will celebrate the toilet holiday!
What do you think it means?
And that means: everyone on this day
Overcoming laziness in my heart,

Will go and buy a brand new toilet seat,
To dress the toilet, as if in a tailcoat!
Then and toilet paper,
Hang up for him like flags!

And it will be over, over and over again
Congratulate him with your attention!
Let it be famous for the whole great world
Nice, nice, clean toilet!

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We don't need to look for a special reason
To celebrate the holiday today!
After all, the toilet, like a true man,
Today promises us to shine!

In honor of the holiday, he will dress decently
He's in a new, very white toilet seat!
And will meet us at the place, as usual,
Dispelling our complex darkness!

And on this day we are very happy to congratulate
Its already for the eleventh time!
Let him receive awards for cleanliness!
And in gratitude a couple of the most gentle phrases!

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We shouldn't offend the toilet ...
After all, he sees everything, he certainly remembers,
How do you sit down for so many years
Only on him ... and he, if necessary, will remember,

How are you still completely barefoot baby,
They only went to it out of need ...
Now you are an adult, young strong man,
But you haven't changed the toilet ...

And this means that we congratulate again
Happy dear toilet day!
We will give him all our love
In winter, spring, and autumn and summer!

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For the first time, World Toilet Day, leading among the most amazing holidays, was celebrated on November 19, 2002. Unusual holiday appeared on the calendar in 2001 in Singapore at the World Toilet Sanitation Summit. The idea of creating a holiday arose not for a joke. According to the UN Deputy Secretary General, about two thousand young children die every day from intestinal infections. The main reason for the sad statistics is the lack of sanitary toilets.

Today the World Toilet Organization deals with the problems of sanitation. Its missions include: adopting new toilet standards, encouraging consumers to find comfortable toilets that meet modern sanitary standards, and promoting toilet associations around the world.

I wish you in the toilet
Time is great to have
Open wider chakras
And you will go to the astral plane.

World Toilet Day
I sincerely congratulate you
And pleasant visits
I want this room.

It's not easy for all of us without him,
We have no life without him.
Became irreplaceable for a long time
In our life there is a toilet.

Let all functions be their own
He performs for us
And at the right moments
Deftly helps.

I wish you this day
Don't be bored for a minute
Maybe someone doesn't know
You need to celebrate a holiday -

The day has come for the toilet
Very important and big,
I am you, my friend, at the same time
Congratulations with all my heart!

Toilet day is a fun day, this is our general holiday,
Here we read newspapers and dream about our own,
Whether you are a hundred year old sage or a young first grader,
Without a toilet, you cannot call your house a dwelling.

To avoid infections, practice good hygiene,
Let the toilet be clean and comfortable after all,
Agree, this is a place of very frequent visits,
A ritual space, not a small trifle.

The holiday is unusual and extravagant
On this day we celebrate
World toilet day
We have been meeting since 2001!

The purpose of the holiday is simple -
He calls for cleanliness and hygiene of all,
And the need for latrines
Worldwide confirms!

This unusual holiday
Toilets are different day.
Congratulate you with a smile,
Today I'm not lazy at all.

I wish the pharaohs
Flush the pyramids.
And in a faience box
Only to dream of happiness.

Happy World Toilets Day,
And sorting, and closets.
The holiday is very unusual
Strange, not even typical.

But honestly, no doubt
There is nothing more important than hygiene.
Let her be okay
No problem and no lining.

If it is closed or under repair
We don't like the white light,
We need him like air,
Clean, bright toilet.

On this holiday I wish you
Don't be bored in the toilet
And at the moment, well, the most important,
Super thoughts to give out.

Congratulations on Toilet Day.
Oh, how many problems would have been without him.
Calmly take the holiday,
Do not be surprised. After all, it’s a matter of everyday life.

May everything be fine with you
I wish you to be on friendly terms with hygiene, of course.
Let no one condemn this holiday,
I wish the toilets will be forever!

To some, the holiday may seem strange,
But, you must admit, we have no life without HIM.
Well, this is where we all go,
When you suddenly really need a toilet?

Therefore, I congratulate you today
With this cool celebration.
Let hygiene surround us everywhere
And at night, and, of course, during the day.

Congratulations: 24 in verse.

Judging by the lack of garlands and illumination in public toilets, no one is particularly preparing for this holiday. Although, everyone will be able to cope with it together with the need, both small and large. An attempt to conduct a survey on the topic "Do you know what holiday the entire civilized world will celebrate on November 19?" failed. Nobody knew anything about Toilet Day. And when they found out, they looked at the calendar (who had it with them): isn't it April 1st today?

History reference

On November 19, 2002, the world community first celebrated World Toilet Day ( World toilet day) is one of the most original and merry holidays.

Well, let's have a party!

After all, in our country they love holidays very much, and they celebrate not only the days of all people, but also birds, and individual animals, and even the Constitution, which is not celebrated by itself and in general. It happens that the holiday is celebrated for several days (as if at the request of those suffering from heavy drinking). And it happens that they celebrate only one specific day in a year. Take Older Person's Day, for example. What is the ritual of this holiday? They caught an elderly man (preferably a poor man - it’s easier to please), poured a bowl of charitable soup, dressed him up like a Christmas tree, gave him something to hold in his hands while he was photographed for reporting. And be healthy, get out of here, old man, your holiday is over! See you in 364 days.

Toilet of the Year for Person of the Year

However, the need, or rather, the inability to cope with it, knocks out not only wheelchair users. As evidenced by medical observations, after 40 years, every third woman suffers to one degree or another from stress urinary incontinence, and the situation worsens with age. Cystitis (that's when you have to go to the toilet every five minutes) is also a common disease. There are a lot of reasons for this - lifting weights and staying in the cold, postponed abortions and inflammations, complications after childbirth. Of course, the lack of accessible toilets is not the main cause of illness, but it can seriously aggravate the situation. Retention of urine leads to cystitis, frequent cystitis leads to tumors - the circle is closed.

We are still concerned about the neuroses of children, although the state of the "disgraced" adult, probably, cannot be called psychologically safe either.

It's good to be a pussy, good to be a dog ...

As you know, there are people who, by the nature of their activities, are firmly tied to the place of work, but at the same time geographically far from such a blessing of civilization as a stationary toilet. These are hawkers and kioskers who not only trade, but also guard their goods, so it is problematic for them to leave for need. But if the hawker one way or another has to leave good things to his fellow neighbors at least once a day, then the inhabitants of the kiosks can get ... a bucket to the lid. This is especially true for kiosks located in "sleeping" areas, where the nearest public toilet is "seven miles in the forest". The "pot" of the kiosk worker helps to save both the goods and the precious working time, but the amber, as you yourself understand, still holds on to the workplace. One of my acquaintances (no b ... di, Dima, I will not give out your surname!) At the beginning of his kiosk career somehow forgot to go home in a big way in the morning and had to go to the kiosk in a plastic bag. According to him, people did not come to the kiosk for half a day.

Toilet paper - information carrier

Designer Andrew Cubbitt suggests turning toilet paper into a medium for business and financial information. Thinking about the world-wide habit of reading in the toilet, he developed a device that is installed on one of the walls of the toilet, at the user's eye level, and allows not only to connect to the Internet, but also to print whatever his heart desires from it. It remains unclear, however, how office colleagues will look at a person leaving the toilet with a roll of paper covered with stock symbols.

Amnesty is not subject

By the way, a citizen who empties in places not intended for this automatically comes into conflict with the law. Because in this way he commits "an administrative offense that infringes on public order." That is classified as petty hooliganism and is punishable by a fine.

There are holidays that make the majority of the world's population smile with their name or focus. This can be attributed with certainty to such events. Not so long ago, in 2002, the entire progressive community of the world enthusiastically celebrated the first World Toilet Day (in English - World Toilet Day). An original and truly funny, but also with a deep connotation, a holiday for everyone.

When are we celebrating? When is World Toilet Day? Its celebration date falls on November 19th. World Toilet Day has been approved in Singapore. At the 2001 International Conference, more than two hundred delegates from various countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and America approved the establishment of a holiday dedicated to toilets. By the way, the venue for the conference was not chosen by chance: the state of Singapore is famous today for the cleanliness of latrines and the impeccability of public toilets.

World Toilet Day. Story

Participants who gathered to discuss the problems of public latrines represented about seventeen national toilet associations. They considered the concept of the development of a latrine business. And the result of the conference was the approval of the World Toilet Organization and the creation of such an extraordinary holiday.

Reminder to humanity

World Toilet Day is a reminder to people that not everyone living on planet Earth can use public toilets and relieve their needs in special places designated for this. According to the World Organization, approximately 40 percent of all residents of countries and continents do not have this opportunity more or less regularly, since public toilets are simply not available. And more than two and a half billion people do not have access to sanitation facilities at all, including latrines (even with cesspools, as the most primitive of all).

Catastrophic consequences

In essence, World Toilet Day is not a joke holiday. It has motivation and deep meaning. The inability to use toilets, public and private, is disastrous. They are very harmful to human health, they are the causes of diseases such as, for example, dysentery or disorders of the digestive system.

UN Assembly

In its resolution entitled "Sanitation for All", the UN approves in 2013 the celebration of the date - November 19 as world day... The General Assembly calls for measures to improve toilet sanitation in all third world countries as the most unreliable in this context. Gaps have been recognized and identified in relation to the objectives of global sanitation services. And the existing UN Waters network is now collaborating with governments and those participants who are interested in hosting the festivities. Today, within the framework of this event, activities are being carried out that are aimed at drawing attention to sanitation and public toilets, designed to improve their condition and increase the number in some countries. Particular attention is also paid to raising the standards of closets in terms of hygiene and technological improvements.