"Tagging" and the Hygienically Daring

For those of you that don't know what "tagging" is, it's those "personal signatures" (names, gang nicknames, name of the gang or neighborhood) that are scratched, painted or marked into various places. Graffiti.

These vandals mark up places that advertisers wish they had the balls to put their ads. And the location that's the most interesting is toilet seats. I mean, these guys are supposed to be cool, right? To tag a seat by scratching your name into it takes a good amount of pressure. So they'd probably people have to get down on their knees, which is pretty sick in a men's bathroom because there is usually urine and pieces of toilet paper on the floor. (Yes women, your bathrooms are always cleaner than the guy's bathroom.) Then they'd have to get their face pretty close for leverage and accuracy.

The only time that's acceptable to me to have your face that close to a toilet seat is when you're puking, or when you're praying to God Almighty and pleading "Oh God...Oh God, please let me get through this and I promise that I'll never drink again!"

Tagging is also used to "mark your territory." That's why you see some tags crossed out by someone - rival gang member or someone who wants their tag to be the valid one. You know what dude; you can have your territory back right after I finish taking a leak. Then you can get back to guarding your precious real estate to your heart's content.

I don't know who's sicker, the tagger, or the guy that came back to the restaurants to with his camera to get these disgusting shots for his blog.

Note: These are clean and decent restaurants to eat in with an "A" rating. It's just that the bathrooms look like hell.