Camp toilets
In my spare time, I help out as a Scout leader, which I enjoy as it is a good laugh and the people are fun. Every summer the troop heads off for a fortnight for summer camp - usually camping on a site in the arse end of nowhere, basically a field next to a river for a supply of water. Obviously the toileting facilities of misc fields are not really that well regarded, so we take some chemical toilets of our own. These are used by everyone on site, then most days get cleaned out by some of us leader sorts.

In reality the job isn't that bad - basically emptying the contents of each wee toilet into a pre dug pit, quickly cleaning out the toilets and then backfilling the pit a bit to cover up the days deposits.

The best bit in my opinion is definately the job of filling in the pit... The fantastic 'schplut' sound made by a shovelfull of earth as it gets chucked into the wee puddle of chemicals and poo in the bottom of the pit continually sends me off into fits of the giggles - which really must be an odd site to see next to an array of portable toilets and cleaning equipment.

We were also quite amused last year when someone spotted two perfect footprints side by side in the bottom of the pit - some scout must have been running past and misjudged the positioning of the pit by a meter or so and landed smack bang in the middle.
(442, Mon 31 Mar 2008, 18:52, Reply)