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To: Vendit™ who wrote (259)	11/15/1999 8:49:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 430

Monday November 15 11:26 AM ET Shakespeare in the Toilet dailynews.yahoo.com LONDON (Reuters) - A British theater company is putting on a run of Shakespeare's plays in an old Victorian toilet. The Bog Standard Theatre Company spent three years and $6,475 converting the facilities into a 12-seat venue with a tiny stage in the western English town of Malvern. ''Shakespeare said all the world's a stage so I guess that includes toilets,'' the troupe's Dennis Neale told the Sun tabloid. ''Ironically we don't have room for a loo -- the audience have to run across the road to public ones.''

To: Vendit™ who wrote (259)	12/13/1999 9:06:00 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 430

Monday December 13 7:38 AM ET 'Toilet Tax' in Popular Tourist City VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Pity the Weak-Bladdered Tourists Caught Short in Central Venice. In a bid to tap deeper into its rich stream of non-resident revenue, the watery city overtaken by millions of visitors is saddling them with a controversial ''toilet tax'' -- a steep surcharge on the price of using public lavatories. The reason is simple. Just 50,000 people live in the center of the city but some 10 million invade it every year, making heavy use of public services but paying little toward their upkeep. ''We are a tiny population compared to the number of visitors we get -- we have to offer public services for 10 million people. It's impossible for us Venetians to pay those costs with our taxes,'' says a spokeswoman for the city council. Introduced in September, what critics have dubbed the ''pee-pee tax'' charges non-residents 1,000 lire (52 cents) per WC visit. City residents, meanwhile, can buy a 6,000 lire three-year pass allowing them access to public conveniences for 500 lire a time.