"No toilet, no bride"

This happened when I was in college when our local "hippie-goddess" chick met this guy from the Pacific island of Yap. They were in love and he wanted to marry her, but she insisted on having "American style" plumbing before she'd say yes and go and live with him on Yap. The guy got his hands on a backhoe and put in a septic system himself. Guess it really was love.

DNS seems to be acting up at the moment. For some reason news.ycombinator.com is resolving to Reddit.

Allowing articles which are not within the immediate sphere of a hacker's interest is a slippery slope.

This headline is best enjoyed when sung to the tune of Bob Marley's "No woman, no cry."

<i>In a country where more households have TV sets than lavatories</i><p>This seems insane.<p>Indoor plumming is perhaps somewhat involved but what about outdoor lavatories?<p>Maybe my image of rural Britain having outhouses everywhere is mistaken or occurred at a latter stage of development...

Listing of the worst places in the world for sanitation:<p><a href="http://www.wateraid.org/documents/stateofworldtoilets.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.wateraid.org/documents/stateofworldtoilets.pdf</a><p>Interestingly the total number of households without is about the same for India and China ~700m

This:<p><i>American prenuptial deals have included a wife being able to limit Sunday football games to one a season, and another having to limit her weight to 120lb (55kg)</i><p>made me think of this:<p><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0217062contract1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0217062contract1.html</a><p>(Rated R for evil creepy fucker.)

Everything's gonna be alright?