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Not compared to migrant workers in South China ...

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Migrant workers in south China are wearing adult diapers on packed trains heading home for the Lunar New Year holiday because they have no access to a toilet, state media said Tuesday.
About 120 million peasants from China's vast rural areas swarm the cities for work and all try to make it home for the holiday, filling all standing room on trains and making access to the toilet impossible during trips often lasting 24 hours or more.
"During the peak travel period last year, some passengers even became deranged on their journeys because of the conditions and jumped out of the carriages," the China Daily said.
The Lunar New Year, which this year starts on January 29, is the biggest holiday in the Chinese-speaking world and family reunions prompt arguably the biggest movement of humanity on Earth.
Many supermarkets in southern Foshan had reported a 50 percent increase in sales of adult diapers for the train trips, the China Daily said in what some local commentators called the "shame of the nation." It did not mention other cities.
Domestic media said railways in China had transported 3.8 million people alone Monday, an all-time high.
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Well at least its the holidays for them. Perhaps they will have one last fling before hitting the home stretch.
 
They just need some "Oops I crapped my pants"

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Note to self: Stock up on Depends...

http://www.channelcincinnati.com/travelgetaways/6427671/detail.html

Chinese Stock Up On Adult Diapers For Busy Holiday

POSTED: 8:54 am EST January 25, 2006

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<!--startindex-->SHANGHAI, China -- Don't leave home without it. Thousands of Chinese are taking that advice and packing adult diapers for their lunar New Year holiday trips.
Trains are so crowded, travelers cram every inch, including the usually stinking bathrooms.
That means people who have to go while they're on the go can't. So, they're stocking up on diapers. Sales of diapers have soared ahead of the holiday.
This year the lunar New Year celebration begins Jan. 29. Chinese officials estimate that trains will carry about 4 million people during the 40-day holiday period.
The problem arises from the need to sell twice as many tickets as there are train seats to accommodate the crush of travelers. Those without seats must find some place -- any place -- to put themselves, including in overhead racks, between cars and in toilets.
Just purchasing a ticket can mean lining up for hours.
 
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This may get me some shit, but Chinese people are fucked up.

How many stories do you see coming out of China that are about wacky, backwards, superstitious, behind the times, or otherwise ridiculous things? Lots of 'em. Most of 'em.

I'm just sayin'....
 
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DEBuckeye said:
This may get me some shit, but Chinese people are fucked up.

How many stories do you see coming out of China that are about wacky, backwards, superstitious, behind the times, or otherwise ridiculous things? Lots of 'em. Most of 'em.

I'm just sayin'....
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May the contents of all the Depends from a trainful of communting Chinese laborers be dumped on your head.

There's some shit for you. :biggrin:
 
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