Colon cleansing course fined for toilet shortage
Published: 5 Apr 11 10:34 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/33022/20110405/
The arrangers of a Hawaiian colon cleansing course in northern Sweden that worked a little too well have been fined for not having enough toilets.
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According to the woman, the fact there were more participants than toilets forced participants to employ a "first come, first served" policy, much to the detriment of those for whom the treatment worked less urgently.
The course in Hawaiian colonic cleansing was organised at a residential study centre in Ångermanland in northern Sweden.
The centre has now been ordered to refund 1,000 kronor ($158) to the woman after she complained that not only did the toilet facilities not meet demand, the course was too short and too expensive.
"The board assumes that the vast majority would prefer, and even take for granted, the possibility to defecate in private, unless otherwise apparent from the event's information," the Swedish National Board for Consumer Disputes (Allmänna reklamationsnämnden - ARN) wrote in its decision.
Hawaiian colon cleansing is a process developed by the island nation's Kahunas - taken to mean variously expert, sorcerer, magician or minister - for the radical purging of bowel plaque and acids.
The cleansing process is completed by drinking large quantities of lightly-salted water and herbal concoctions over the course of several days.
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The national currency is called the Colon
It seems very unlikely that there are any health benefits - was a medical claim made and was any evidence offered.
1. Swallow one pineapple, whole
2. Take 1/2 box of Ex Lax
3. Wait 6 hours. If you can pass the pineapple, your colon will be clean
Ouch
This is a Swedish problem in general.
Just try and find a toilet on the streets of Stockholm (IMPOSSIBLE)
And just be prepared to hold it in ,or pee your pants ,when waiting for a train.
God help you if you are busting ,even when the train pulls up,Because the government thinks, a journey as long as 40 extra minutes is no problem.
Why do we need toilets on trains .This City is very uncivilised in this inhumane way.Imagine this in England,People would not put up with it.
A kind of good idea to send it to nearly all the politicians,
The reason I say "kind of" is because once they do go to the toilet they will have even less brains...
We can laugh because it wasn't us.
Can't believe people actually pay for this! Gees, go to K-Mart/WalMart/Target or a drug store and buy a Fleet Enema, it is a saline laxative for under $5!
"The "Hawaiian Colon Cleanse" has nothing to do with the reputed benefits of the Noni berries (Hawaii's answer to the Brazilian Acai berries) and is really just a more aggressive version of the SWF or Salt Water Flush."
Don't they know native Hawaians have one of the highest obeseity rates on the planet due to their love of such things as SPAMM, Hawaian Bar-b-Qued Pork, Potatoe Chips and chewing tobacoo.
No the whites are stupid, it should be funny.
Line up for the one toilet class, ha, ha,ha, ha, you so funny.