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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
The mens washrooms had urinals too, actually - they were a big cattle trough, with a water pipe running across the wall that had nail holes punched in it to provide a rinsing stream of water.
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Just be careful, I was in a muslim country, entered a bathroom with several turkish toilet stalls, a trough like you described, and some conventional sinks. Seemed simple, trough for #1, stalls for #2, and a normal hand wash. All good.
I was pissing in that trough for several weeks when I suddenly had an 'official' chase after me screaming and yelling about what I had done was very bad.
Apparently, the trough is to wash the hands and feet just before entering the mosque to pray.
At that moment all I could think was 'if they cut off your hands for stealing, what are they going to do for this?'
Suffice to say after the requisite apologizing and groveling, I am still whole and was never imprisoned.
PS--I stood to pee when I used the turkish toilets. Worked for me.