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Public toilet has 1,000 stalls in four stories

Chongqing officials hope for Guinness record

"We are spreading toilet culture," official says
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BEIJING, China (AP) -- They're flush with pride in Chongqing, where a recently opened porcelain palace features an Egyptian facade, soothing music and more than 1,000 toilets spread out over 30,000 square feet.


The entrance to the public toilet has an Egyptian facade.
3 of 3 Officials in the southwestern Chinese city plan to ask Guinness World Records to have the free four-story public bathroom listed as the world's largest, state-run China Central Television reported Friday.

"We are spreading toilet culture. People can listen to gentle music and watch TV," said Lu Xiaoqing, an official with the Yangrenjie, or "Foreigners Street," tourist area where the bathroom is. "After they use the bathroom they will be very, very happy."

Footage aired on CCTV showed people milling about the sprawling facility and washing their hands at trough sinks. For open-aired relief, there's a cluster of stalls without a roof. Watch the wonders of world's largest restroom »

Some urinals are uniquely shaped, including ones inside open crocodile mouths and several topped by the bust of a woman resembling the Virgin Mary.

There are also plans to build a supermarket nearby, which will sell toilet-related items, CCTV reported.
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Something less than PC – at least by some “Foreign” standards ...

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PF will love the second pic.

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Ironic when I remember a German establishment was forced by public outcry to get rid of its urinals in the shape of women's mouths just a few months back...

and yes, OF, I can well imagine PF would wash the skin clean off his hands at one of those sinks...

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I think I'd be too scared to pee.

1000 stalls...Hope there's never a collective clog in the drains.

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I bet there's still a line for the ladies room.

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