You see, not all of us were toilet-trained with the ‘potty’
We didnt even finish the syllabus on how to use the white toilets
So when i came to the city to live with my dad, thats when i first met the white toilet with a flush
I didnt know much
I so much learnt how to use it through the househelp.
In retrospect, i think she knew nothing on the modernity of the toilets
Now she taught me two things:
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[li]If u happen to smear your shit all over the inside of the toilet bowl, take the ring brush. The one behind at the back of the toilet. Scrub the shit to loosen from the toilet bowl. Hiyo ndo kazi yake.[/li]
[li]If you drop a big dump that the toilet aint flushing, there was a long wooden stick akin the one for the moppers at the back of the toilet, use it and stirr the shit, thogothania, till it breaks to small tu.pieces …then flush. Aki itaenda this time round.[/li][/ul]
It was until later in life that i realised that this wasnt the correct way of using the white toilet
