Starbucks toilet coffee prompts anger in Hong Kong

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• I see a new building code coming up. All bathroom sinks must be located at least 30 feet from all toilets and urinals to prevent the spread of the dreaded piss sickness as there is no cure for it at this time.

  All of you who do not have the recommended 30 foot seperation should not use the water from your bathroom sink to wash your hands, shave your face, rince the toothpaste out of your mouth, rinse your tooth brush or razor.

  Millions of Chinese don't have any indoor plumbing and I really doubt they give a shit.

• Ancient Chinese secret huh?

  • Ha! The younguns may have to Google that one, but thanks for the Friday Funnies. Snorked iced tea on that one. :P

    • Damn, I tried something new and it worked. Nobody noticed?

      • *sigh* click the smiley up ↑ there. Yeah, the smiley.

        • I tried it. Now you are telling our age ghost, only us old farts remember that ad. (teehee)

• "There is no direct water supply to that particular store, ..."

  Well WTF, people!??! Isn't that the FIRST thing you do??!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRt2_OLY3Ho

  • Unbelieveable crawley, I even gave you a thumbs up for once. Not only did you stay on the topic you even added a little funny, if you like stupid movies anyway.

    But hey! There may be hope for you yet.

  • Shuttup, creepy.

• Seems like a labor-saving convenience to me - the Starbucks baristas can pee while the water jug is filling, saving time and money. Multi-tasking! Plus some miscellaneous perks (pardon the pun): the sound of water running will help them pee faster, the jug of water is great for rinsing your hands clean, and any lingering odors from previous occupoopers will add a tinge of Kopi Luwak-like flavoring.

• So that's how Starbucks got that unique "Grande" flavored coffee.

  • I've been known to enjoy a Grande from time to time, almost always the morning after Thanksgiving.

    • Flush twice, it's a long way to Hong Kong.

• I am having trouble picturing this. I THINK they are saying that the tap is in what we in the US call a "bathroom". I know in most other countries they call the whole room a "toilet". So, unless I am missing something and they were actually scooping water out of a toilet bowl, I don't see the problem. It's the same water as you would get in a kitchen faucet. Right? And, they say that it was sanitized, so in case any germies floated over to the tap, they were killed off.

  What is a little weird is that a very western organization like Starbucks would be in a location that does not have modern plumbing facilities. I mean, it would be like finding one in the middle of a village in Kenya. But hey - all those non-profit workers over there need their Starbux to survive.

• I'll have a foo-foo grande, double espresso pee pee late' with extra foam please.....

• Is that one of the two Starbucks that classy Lena Duhnam peed in on Memorial Day??

• No. Way. I'm checking headlines, minding my own business and run across this

  http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/05/29/poop-transplants-how-well-do-really-work/?intcmp=obnetwork

  Bop over here and what's at the top of the front page?

  • WHAT.THE.EFF!!??!!

    Who would ever even THINK of this? Much less agree to be the recipient? Or the donor? Or.. or... or... OMG! GROSS. I must go puke now.

  • That Poop story is ironic, and almost like an IRS audit. Wonder if Bwarney Frank was a trail patient in this?