AFP via Yahoo: Japan's toilet ambassadors help Singapore scrub up
The classroom erupted in delighted cheers at the teacher's vigorous thrusts into a toilet bowl. The plunger-wielding "professor" from Japan, Atsuhiro Katsumata, was in Singapore to help the city-state's toilet cleaners brush up their skills. Despite its reputation as one of Asia's cleanest cities, Singapore, it seems, has yet to take its seat among the ranks of those with the most sparkling urinals. Enter Katsumata, 44, who gave a class of 51 local cleaners tips on dealing with choked toilet bowls...The curriculum taught by Katsumata and his two Japanese assistants includes a history of toilets, and how to dismantle urinals. They even learn to use hand mirrors to check for urine crystals which lead to bad smells...more...
