No hay paso my ass. I'd rather say there's no going back.
Classy decoration: a tie rack
Classic urinal
El Cevichito is one of the finest bars we know, and worth visiting Costa Rica for. It's located on the north west side of la Basílica de los Angeles, sort of hidden behind the more famous but much less appealing Puerta del Sol. Costa Rican bars tend to have a rather random decoration, but this one takes it a bit further. On the walls hang perhaps 15-20 ugly old ties, a beach towel from San Andres, the usual pictures of football players and ladies, plus an old Huggies poster. The shelves have their guaro and whisky, plus a little collection of toys, including a policeman with a huge sombrero on a motorcycle. The bar has one table and a few bar stools, plus an old couch by the entrance; allowing more than ten guests at the same time would be to push the limits.
The Linda Vista does indeed have a nice view when the weather allows it. However, the food and general conditions of the establishment were not convincing. Although it was not completely awful, I doubt that anyone ever comes back to this place a second time.
Many a film character has suffered WC-related violence. Usually, there is drowning or smashing of heads against one or several WC parts, and some times the ring is used to further destroy the cranium or perhaps strangle the victim.
1.1.1 The Spirit: Striking weapon In The Spirit, based on Will Eisner's excellent comics, the villain The Octopus takes WC violence to a new level, as not only the ring, but the entire WC is first a mobile striking weapon, and then turns into a handy containment device.
We would also like to give special credits for the immortal line uttered by The Octopus when noting that the Spirit seemed somewhat baffled by the impact:
Come on! Toilets are always funny!
We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
1.1.2 Sin City: Drowning By the way, The Spirit was directed by Frank Miller, who also directed Sin City. Here is a scene from the latter, where the WC is used in a more traditionally violent way:
1.1.3 The Godfather: Trickery Then there is also the possibility of simply hiding a weapon in the toilet, as in the Godfather, a trick preceding this scene:
1.1.4 Leathal Weapon 2: Explosives Finally, we remember how the bad guys converted Danny Glover's peaceful retreat into a deadly bomb in Leathal Weapon 2, when Mel Gibson was still considered a funny and somewhat handsome actor, not an old nazi.
1.2 The WC as a washing mashine
1.2.1 Futurama From one of the Futurama films. This description should get the googlers interested: five chicks in a jail cell. Wet pink undies.
1.2.2 Låt den rätte komma in, a.k.a. Let the Right one In A Swedish vampire drama for the young but not faint at heart. In this scene, Oskar has received some help from his friends, who have washed his trousers for him.
1.3 The WC as an abortion clinic.
1.3.1 Big Love
Another scene from Big Love, just as the young lady is losing her baby.
We have been visiting the 3.432 m high Irazú Volcano a lot lately, as IWCRP delegations from all over the world have come to learn more about the secret art of photographing WCs for the benefits of all humankind. In their spare time, they went to see the Irazú and its particularly nice toilets.
We would also like to remind you that the only decent coffee available in Uruguay is at the Café Irazú in Montevideo
These pictures were sent to us by famous costa rican photograher George Rouppolo. They were shot at Sanatorio Carlos Durán in Prusia, Cartago, a former tubercolosis sanatorium built in 1915 and shut down in 1963. Every teenage goth band has to go here and take gloomy band pictures, and stoners go here to be scared of ghosts.
According to the photographer, the toilets were on the ground so that the patients could simply drag their unhealthy bodies there instead of walking. However, looking at the pictures, the WC appears to be of the french type, with a ruffled surface much more suited for placing one's feet than one's behind.
George Rouppolo's art can be enjoyed at http://www.grouppolo.tk/
No hay paso my ass. I'd rather say there's no going back.
Classy decoration: a tie rack
Classic urinal
