Looking At The Toilets

Ramsey passed along this story from Jason Burke of The Observer, which Adam Hochschild mentioned at Nieman. He was making a point about observation. This is especially brilliant:

… Thus the graffiti on the walls of the Portakabins where, if you got to them later than 9am, you'd be greeted by a 5ft-high pile of soldiers' faeces:

Toilet 7: 'I am become Death, Destroyer of Worlds'; 'I am become Bored, Destroyer of Motivation'

Toilet 3: 'Though I walk through the valley of death I shall fear no evil, because I am the meanest motherfucker in the valley.'

Toilet 6: 'MARINE – Muscles Are Required, Intelegance [sic] Not Essential'

Toilet 2 (women only): 'I miss my cat.'