Broken City

I asked the people of Reddit for the best graffitied toilets in Calgary and the unanimous vote was for this one at Broken City. What a superb loo. Not only that, but there was a Dolly Parton Drag Queen show happening while I visited. Love it



Black urinals at Chop Steakhouse

Some rare black urinals with a gold feature at Chop in Mississauga


The Cavern

I came to the sister venue, Toad In The Hole, the day before but the downstairs Cavern bar was closed. I was pretty keen to check out their free open mic comedy night though so I returned and wasn’t disappointed with their divey downstairs dunnies.

Note the hole in the wall on the left:


Toad In The Hole

I’d heard that Toad In The Hole was the must-see British / whisky bar in town and had some pretty filthy (but potentially interesting!) toilets so I couldn’t help but head to the Southside of the river for a beer.

It’s not often you see a corner trough like this. Troughs in general are few & far between in Canada but a trough with a corner is a true rarity.

And how about a high view of a Toad stall:


Manitoba Legislative Building

You can’t miss the grand Manitoba Legislative Building along Winnipeg’s Broadway. Completed in 1920, its magnificent dome, rotunda and staircase are an impressive sight – as are the roomy and affluent washrooms in the building’s basement.

Pollies need their potties, I guess?

Around the other corner of the building I spied this smaller but equally as tidy mens room as well:

Toilets aside, here’s a few snaps of the outside & inside of this awesome old building:


Hot pot in Tainan

On my first night in Taiwan I went with a group of 10 students studying Mandarin to a hot pot restaurant in the university district of Tainan. Despite the rusty communication between us and the waitress we managed to order a feast.

To be honest I’m not quite sure what I ordered but it tasted pretty good


Foufounes urinals

Staple Montreal dive bar Foufounes Electriques absolutely delivers when it comes to grungy basement urinals


Jimmy Jazz

Jimmy Jazz was the final stop of my whirlwind tour of Guelph and I was very pleased with the quality of dive they had going on inside these dunnies. As avid Toilographers know, each time I come across heavily-graffitied washroom walls I like to take note of their many words of wisdom – there were certainly some philosophical & existential corkers here at the Jazz.

Education is a system of imposed ignorance. – N. Chomsky

It’s no good measure of health, to be found to be well-adjusted in a profoundly sick society. – J. Krishnamurti

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. – Edward Bernays

Sorry, damaged my shitty hipster love in a car accident
– Dude, fuck off, you’re at the Jazz
– It’s ok, no one cares
– Here’s to the few who forgive what you do and the few who don’t even care

Antisocial behaviour is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists. – Nikola Tesla

Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death… if you repeat a lie big enough, long enough and often enough then the people will eventually believe the lie. They are more likely to believe a big lie than a small one. – Adolph Hitler

Jimmy’s Jazz didn’t taste as good as my dads
– Multiple dads?

No doubt I’m cooler than your cooler full of Palm Bays
– But what about my fridge?

RIP Uncle Anus

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. – Aristotle

If she’s amazing, she won’t be easy…
If she’s easy, she won’t be amazing…
Blah blah. – Bob Marley

Watching TV is like taking black spray paint to your third eye. – Bill Hicks

I’m not taking a shit! I’m leaving one.

Fear is your only god!
– Except those who fear God

He who fucks nuns will later join the church. – J. Strummer

I’m in love with a ghost girl, all alone in a lonely world

There is a demon in me and I can’t separate my flesh so when it crawls onto you just know I want to hold my breath
– Give your balls a tug, make sure they’re still attached

This entire room used to be filled with intelligent, beautiful quotes. WTF, Jazz?

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. – Martin Luther King

[Spoken in Spanish accent]
Amigo, there seems to be copious amounts of shite written on these walls by pseudo-intellectuals quoting famous people… which seems rather ironic to me since we’re in a room littered, literally, with a lot of written figurative shit.
¿Comprende?


Van Gogh’s Ear

A beautifully grimy Guelph mens room at Van Gogh’s Ear


Horizontal urinals

One thing I noticed when I was in Missouri was that the urinals extend horizontal from the wall rather than vertical. This was at the Budweiser Brewery Experience in St Louis.

Weird 🤔🚽