Dodged a Bullet!

Today I was in Kobe with Shari taking in a bit of the sights and doing a bit of shopping before thse leaves to go back to Canada tomorrow. We went to yaki-niku for dinner and I knew it was going in it was going to do a number on my stomach. I just can't take that concentration of meat in my meals anymore. My stomach just isn't used to it. Anyway after dinner I was feeling pretty good for about 20 minutes then my stomach started bubbling and I knew what was coming. I hoped that I could hold it off until I had reached home, but this was not the case. Coming back on the Hankyu line, about two stops from the end where we need to change trains the pressure became just too intense. When we reached the last stop I bolted to the bathroom on the opposite end of the station and as I was walking into the stalls I already had my belt undone and the zipper down it was that bad. I'd like to thank my years of martial arts training which helped me to place full concentration on the matter at hand ignoring any other kind of bodily signals. I really think a lesser man might have really had a mess on his hands (or legs) in a similar situation. Anyway, I made it to the toilet (Japanese squat-style) problem free and had done my business when I looked around and notice no toilet paper. Frantic, I discovered six unused 1-ply tissues in the adjacent receptacle. Since this was the only thing in the trash bin I felt little reservation and promptly made good use of them. After all was said and done I checked the other stalls to discover than none had toilet paper and the others had no kind of paper in them at all which could be used. Really dodged a bullet there!

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