A bathroom leftover you'd be happy to find

Posted 07.17.2007 by L Wrong Hubbard

If constant news of turd terrorism has shaken your faith, fear not. A Turd Samaritan has been leaving a most expensive kind of toilet paper in men's shitters throughout Japan: 10,000 yen notes!

The 10,000 yen note, featuring Japan's first finance minister Yukichi Fukuzawa, is roughly equivalent to eighty US dollars. The anonymous Turd Samaritan has been leaving bundles of yen wrapped in fancy Japanese paper with handwritten notes stating that he is "atoning for his sins."

"It might be a bit of an exaggeration," says handwriting expert Hideho Kindaichi, "but it seems to me this person is thinking people are having a hard time in one way or another therefore he's offering this money to help people in this very uncaring society."

National broadcaster NHK has concluded that around 400 envelopes have been found in 18 of Japan's 47 prefectures, totaling around $40,000 altogether.

Judging by the language of the notes -- "Do only good deeds" "Do not think of evil" -- the police think the mystery giver must be a Buddhist. Religious beliefs aside, if I ever come across a bundle of cash in the john, I will consider myself one lucky heathen. And given Japan's past decade plus of economic woes, this just might help boost tourism and bring more foreign moons to the Land of the Rising Sun.

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MousePoo (150) -- 07.17.2007

So Bush is visiting Japan and feels remorseful,eh?

Great comment! +1 point

Mary Queen of Scats (387) -- 07.18.2007

I'd say his religion is more along the lines of "buttism."

Whatever...hope I find more than splatters and TP stuck to the floor next time I use a public restroom.

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No no, honey. Kitties don't sit on the potty.

Miss Simone Scat (570) -- 07.18.2007

"Foreign moons to the land of the Rising Sun" That is a funny line.

Producing waste since 1967

Dave (11657) -- 07.18.2007

"Buttism" is awesome. Although didn't we once decide that our official religion was "Poodaism"?

Deja Poo (649) -- 07.18.2007

My soul is blemished
and it can only be cleansed
by your yen to poop.

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Yo quiero Taco Bell.

DungDaddy (1386) -- 07.18.2007

I wonder if I could make a living by moving to Japan and following this guy around...

GottaGoGirl (2616) -- 07.19.2007

But why in the toilet? Or probably squatters, right? But why there?, I wonder. Is that symbolic in some way, or is it just an easy place to...ahem... drop a package in a public place, unnoticed?

Mary Queen of Scats (387) -- 07.19.2007

Only if you're from Jerusalem, Dave.

Buttism is for our Asian and Indian friends.

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No no, honey. Kitties don't sit on the potty.

Taguba (not verified) -- 07.23.2007

Wow....the only unusual thing I've ever discovered in a men's room over here has been an empty package of women's stockings. I'd much rather have 10,000 and an encouraging note.

The Shit Volcano (3740) -- 07.23.2007

Damn! The best thing I ever found in a bathroom stall was rolled up used pad that missed the little metal can. I'm moving to Japan!

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What if everyone farted at once?

Fudgepump (366) -- 07.23.2007

I was thinking the same thing, G3. There's gotta be some significance to the setting of this person's yen-drops. I wonder if this guy is practicing an offshoot of Japan's ancient animist religion of Shinto: maybe he's a devotee of Shitto?
BTW, I loved "buttism" too. Let's not forget beHinduism, either...

GottaGoGirl (2616) -- 07.23.2007

Taguba, I don't know what that word means, but I like it! I'm going to be saying it all day.

The stockings thing cracks me up. Maybe some guy just needed a little extra, y'know... support! You've got to wonder.

Gasputin (145) -- 07.27.2007

Let's just hope this guy isn't putting his money where his mouth is...